According to the service monitoring international communication channels, the capacity of the global network increased by 25% in 2025, reaching 1835 Tbps, which is more than double what it was in 2021. The highest growth in the capacity of international communication channels over the past four years is observed in Africa (38%) and the Middle East (27%).
Factors contributing to the growth of internet traffic in recent years include the proliferation of consumer devices with internet access, the penetration of broadband in developing countries, and the rise of bandwidth-intensive applications.
Factors that may affect international internet traffic in the future include: cloud services for AI and access to GPU power; the implementation of private backbone networks that do not use public communication channels in the infrastructure of companies developing content delivery networks, data centers, and cloud services; the development of services dependent on direct connections to content providers; the use of traffic caching systems; regional content localization; and the reduction of transit traffic costs following the introduction of new international networks.
Source: opennet.ru
