All around the world, Interconnection is changing the face of digital infrastructure and enabling businesses to serve customers in unprecedented ways. To succeed in today’s rapidly transforming economy, every business must understand—and leverage—Interconnection. Every business can and should leverage Interconnection to stay competitive in the digital age. Start with the Global Interconnection Index, a new global baseline to track, measure and forecast Interconnection Bandwidth. See all the detailed trends, insights and implications of Interconnection among your peers and around the world—and then take the next step. Download the Global Interconnection Index today http://eqix.it/SSIndex17

1. FUELING THE EXPLOSION OF THE
DIGITAL ECONOMY IN ASIA PACIFIC
All around the world, Interconnection is changing the face of digital infrastructure and enabling
businesses to serve customers in unprecedented ways. To succeed in today’s rapidly transforming
economy, every business must understand—and leverage—Interconnection.

2. INTERCONNECTION:
/IN•TER•KUH•NEKT•SHUN/ [NOUN]
The deployment of IT traffic exchange
points integrating direct private connections
between counterparties, hosted in
carrier-neutral data center campuses, with
distributed IT components colocated.
INTERCONNECTION:
/IN•TER•KUH•NEKT•SHUN/ [NOUN]
The deployment of IT traffic exchange
points integrating direct private connections
between counterparties, hosted in
carrier-neutral data center campuses, with
distributed IT components colocated.

3. 46%CAGR BANDWIDTH USAGE
20202016
1,120
Tbps246 Tbps
INTERCONNECTION BANDWIDTH GROWTH
IN ASIA PACIFIC BY 2020
MRI
Brain Scans
1.1B
DNA
Sequences
620M
Autonomous
Vehicles
6.6M
E-Book
Distribution
750B
Shared
Web Pages
106B
App
Updates
Distribution
1.5B
*Interconnection Bandwidth is defined as the capacity to transfer traffic via direct private interconnections
at traffic exchange points hosted inside carrier-neutral colocation data center campuses.

4. Digital technology use can
create $1.36 trillion in additional
economic output in the world’s
top 10 economies in 2020.
GROWING IMPORTANCE OF
THE DIGITAL ECONOMY
* Accenture Digital Density Index

5. LARGEST VOLUME
43% Projected
Growth&256 Tbps
Bandwidth
HONG KONG
HIGH GROWTH
SINGAPORE
51% Projected
Growth&149 Tbps
Bandwidth
SYDNEY
STRONG VOLUME
44% Projected
Growth&173 Tbps
Bandwidth
45% Projected
Growth&132 Tbps
Bandwidth
TOKYO
FASTEST GROWING
INTERCONNECTION IN ASIA PACIFIC
2020 PROJECTION

6. TOP 3 INDUSTRY SEGMENTS IN ASIA PACIFIC
TOTAL PROJECTED INTERCONNECTION BANDWIDTH
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BANKING & INSURANCE
143 Tbps
2020 PROJECTION
TELECOM
166 Tbps
2020 PROJECTION
CLOUD & IT PROVIDERS
227 Tbps
2020 PROJECTION

7. 159% GROWTH*
ENTERPRISES INTERCONNECTING
TO CLOUD & IT PROVIDERS
An enterprise is a company operating in banking and insurance, manufacturing, securities and
trading, business and professional services, energy and utility, retail, healthcare or government.
*Compound Annual Growth Rate
FASTEST GROWING ENTERPRISE SEGMENT IN ASIA PACIFIC
2020 PROJECTION

8. SERVICE PROVIDERS
INTERCONNECTING TO NETWORKS
A service provider is a company operating
in telecommunications, cloud and IT, or content and digital media.
LARGEST SERVICE PROVIDER SEGMENT IN ASIA PACIFIC
2020 PROJECTION
305 Tbps

9. The need for Interconnection Bandwidth increases as companies grow larger,
become more geographically distributed and offer more distributed IT services.
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PROJECTED AVERAGE
INTERCONNECTION BANDWIDTH
BY NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES
PROJECTED AVERAGE
INTERCONNECTION BANDWIDTH
BY NUMBER OF LOCATIONS
SERVICES
PROJECTED AVERAGE
INTERCONNECTION BANDWIDTH
BY NUMBER OF SERVICES
1-50 51-100 101-500
Number of Employees
501-1000 1000+ 1-2 3-5 6-10
Number of SaaS Providers
11-14 15+
150
1-2 3-5 6-10
Number of Sites
11-20 21+
USERS LOCATIONS
32
23
Interconnection Bandwidth Gbps
17
14
10
30
12
20
Interconnection Bandwidth Gbps200
50
100
178
123
6459
180
104
52
27
41
Interconnection Bandwidth Gbps
50
100
150
200

10. FURTHER INSIGHTS
TAKING
THE LEAD
Cloud and IT services providers
is expected to take the lead
as the largest users of
Interconnection Bandwidth
by 2018
BANKING &
INSURANCE
Banking & Insurance is
expected to grow from
7% to 13% of the total
Interconnection Bandwidth
by 2020, making it the
third-largest industry overall
by 2020
FASTEST
CAGR
Energy & Utility is expected to
grow the fastest (82% CAGR),
resulting in a market share
increase from 3% in 2016, to
8% in 2020

11. THE GLOBAL INTERCONNECTION INDEX
Every business can and should leverage
Interconnection to stay competitive in the digital
age. Start with the Global Interconnection Index,
a new global baseline to track, measure and
forecast Interconnection Bandwidth. See all the
detailed trends, insights and implications of
Interconnection among your peers and around
the world—and then take the next step.
SEE THE INDEX