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The story right now is that global bandwidth demand continues to climb, albeit at a steadily slowing rate.
As recently as 2020, year-on-year demand had increased 45%, but the pace decelerated to 29% in 2024. Still, this represents a steady 32% compound annual growth rate and a tripling of demand between 2020 and 2024, with demand now surpassing 6.4 Pbps.
We cover this, content providers, demand requirements, pricing, geopolitical considerations, and AI in our executive summary.