A historical and projected view of global internet and data center traffic, AI trends, power consumption, and other key metrics from 1999 to 2025. These data underpin the time-series comparisons, showing general intra-DC traffic climbing from ~70 EB/mo in 2010 to ~1000+ EB/mo in 2020, and AI. CAIDA's Anonymized Two-Way Traffic dataset contains traces collected from high-speed monitors on a commercial backbone link. The data collection started in April 2024 to Present. We analyze SNMP logs collected at 19 data cen-ters to examine. Virginia's Loudoun County alone supports nearly 6 GW of operating and under-construction data centers—more than any other U. Many top data center locations prioritize access to affordable electricity and fiber, not population centers. data center energy consumption could double by. Network traffic breakdown by location and autonomous system Percentage of traffic over the selected time period, by location Traffic volume trends for top five countries over the selected time period Traffic volume trends for top five autonomous systems over the selected time period Mobile device. Create a free IEA account to download our reports or subcribe to a paid service. 0 Based on Cisco (2015), The History and Future of Internet Traffic; Cisco (2018), Cisco Global Cloud Index; Cisco (2019b), Cisco Visual Networking Index; Masanet et al.
