This statistic provides a forecast of data center IP traffic from 2012 to 2021, broken down by data center type. In 2017, the amount of cloud data center IP traffic was 8,190 exabytes for the year. This is expected to increase to 19,509 exabytes per year by 2021.
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This statistic provides a forecast of data center IP traffic from 2012 to 2021, broken down by data center type. In 2017, the amount of cloud data center IP traffic was 8,190 exabytes for the year. This is expected to increase to 19,509 exabytes per year by 2021.
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- February 2018
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- Worldwide
- Survey time period
- 2018
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* Forecast
Cloud Data Center: Traffic associated with cloud consumer and business applications
Traditional Data Center: Traffic associated with non-cloud consumer and business applications
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- Worldwide
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- 2018
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* Forecast
Cloud Data Center: Traffic associated with cloud consumer and business applications
Traditional Data Center: Traffic associated with non-cloud consumer and business applications
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