Iberian Peninsula Internet bandwidth capacity increases by 25% in the past five years

New research presented by EllaLink, DE-CIX and Interxion and carried out by TeleGeography highlights Madrid’s importance and position on the Internet map, bringing together exchange points, data centers, the cloud industry, and connections with the main submarine cables of the Peninsula through Bilbao and Lisbon.

Lisbon – EllaLink, DE-CIX and Interxion, have commissioned TeleGeography to develop the study “The Interconnection Landscape in Southern Europe“, which analyzes how the expansion of data centers, the growing presence of cloud operators, new submarine cables and IXs are turning the Iberian Peninsula into a strategic interconnection region.

Internet access demand is on the rise and, accordingly, so are the reliability, speed and interconnection requirements demanded by users, which makes it necessary to continue working on improving Internet infrastructure. Reducing network latency by bringing digital applications and content closer to the end users is one of the main focuses of the industry. This is the challenge the Iberian Peninsula is facing for the development of the Internet of the future, as a converging point of the data traffic between Europe, the Americas, Africa, the Middle East and Asia, with a huge growth potential for both private and enterprise users.