Private connectivity bandwidth to increase 5x by 2023, says report

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Digital service providers, within industries such as telecommunications, cloud and IT services, content and digital media, and technology providers, are forecast to increase private connectivity bandwidth by five times by 2023, primarily driven by greater demands from enterprises to close digital gaps at the edge. That’s according to a new global report published by data centre operator Equinix (who recently bought 13 data centres from Bell for $1 billion). The report also forecasts overall global interconnection bandwidth, the measure of private connectivity for the transfer of data between organizations, will achieve a 45% compound annual growth...