Supply chain problems and geopolitical tensions do not slow down the interconnection between companies, partners, and ecosystems with a view to increasing and improving digital services. Indeed, those who invest strategically acquire value and competitiveness.
The companies most connected to the ecosystem – that is, those companies that connect directly with partners to provide their digital services – are constantly increasing and fuelling the growth of interconnection bandwidth and innovative services. Equinix’s Global Interconnection Index (GXI) 2023, which measures global interconnection data and its growing impact on digitisation every year, says so.
“When we talk about interconnection – explains Emmanuel Becker, managing director of Equinix Italia -, we are referring to an exchange of direct and private traffic between two or more parties through a carrier-neutral colocation in a data centre. The GXI is a compass for understanding how companies are using bandwidth and their distributed infrastructure to shape and scale the global digital economy.” Overall, the digital transformation “leaders” are particularly focused on changing the sector, while it is precisely these pressures that overwhelm the laggards. It serves well to say that the number of companies at the top of digitisation has increased by 30% compared to the previous survey, despite the current economic and logistical problems.
A challenge open to all
To help you understand what all this means, here are a few numbers: Global interconnect bandwidth will exceed 27,762 terabits per second (Tbps) by 2025, with a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 40%. That’s enough to support over 50 million autonomous cars exchanging over 2,000 terabytes (TB) of data per year. Geographically speaking, digital infrastructure deployment in EMEA is 20-30% higher than in other regions, demonstrating a particular focus on hybrid deployment. London is the interconnected capital and the fastest growing metropolis. Together with Paris it also records the highest percentage of connections to business partners, while Amsterdam shows significant growth of Hyperscaler.
Italy does not enter the rankings at the moment, but the trend is outlined. In a dynamic and sometimes problematic context like today’s, in fact, many companies are transforming themselves into digital providers: this requires a new and sustainable infrastructure, capable of exploiting ecosystems to offer seamless experiences.
