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DATA CENTRE PREDICTIONS

EQUINIX ANNUAL MARKET STUDY REVEALS PACE AT WHICH COVID-19 IS ACCELERATING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Digital Service Providers forecast to increase private connectivity 5x between 2019 and 2023 , driven by greater demands from enterprises to close digital gaps at the Edge . Industry experts tell us more .

The latest Global Interconnection

Index ( GXI ), an annual market study published by Equinix , shows that the COVID-19 pandemic has already had a dramatic effect on how businesses are planning their digital infrastructure initiatives over the next three years .
According to this , the fourth volume of the report ( Vol . 4 ), digital service providers , within industries like telecommunications , cloud and IT services , content and digital media and technology providers , are forecast to increase private connectivity bandwidth 5x by 2023 , driven by greater demands from enterprises to close digital gaps at the Edge . www . intelligentdatacentres . com Issue 22
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