The document discusses the Global Interconnection Index (GXI) from Equinix, which tracks the growth of digital infrastructure and interconnection bandwidth usage. The GXI projects that interconnection bandwidth in Asia Pacific will grow at a 51% compound annual growth rate to 2,220 terabits per second by 2021. Several major Asia Pacific markets like Tokyo, Hong Kong, Sydney, and Singapore are highlighted as having high interconnection bandwidth volumes and growth rates. Industries like energy/utility, banking/insurance, and healthcare are projected to be the fastest growing in interconnection bandwidth consumption in Asia Pacific through 2021.

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2. Today's digital business leaders are leveraging
Interconnection to solve for the complex integration
and control challenges of an increasingly
distributed infrastructure.
To better understand and track how industry leaders are driving
business advantage with digital-ready infrastructures, Equinix
developed the Global Interconnection Index (GXI), which tracks,
measures and forecasts the explosive growth in digital business.
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3. Interconnection
The direct and private traffic exchange between key business partners.
Interconnection Bandwidth
The total capacity provisioned to privately and directly
exchange traffic with a diverse set of counterparties
and providers at distributed IT exchange points inside
carrier-neutral colocation data centers.
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4. Total Industry Interconnection Bandwidth Growth
Interconnection Bandwidth is expected to grow in AP at
a 51% CAGR* to 2,220 Tbps of installed bandwidth.
To achieve a digital-ready state and compete on a global scale, industries are consuming
larger amounts of Interconnection Bandwidth to integrate their increasingly distributed IT
infrastructure and address core challenges like latency, complexity, risk and integration.
2017
430
2018
628
2019
962
2020
1,470
2021
2,220
The chart above shows past, current and projected growth in the global consumption
of Interconnection Bandwidth across all industries from 2017 to 2021
Projected bandwidth
consumption
Past and current
bandwidth consumption
*Compound Annual Growth Rate
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Interconnection in AP
2021 Projection
LARGEST VOLUME
53%
CAGR
Projected
Growth
445
Tbps
Interconnection
Bandwidth
TOKYO SYDNEY
HIGH GROWTH
48% 278
CAGR
Projected
Growth
Tbps
Interconnection
Bandwidth
HONG KONG
FASTESTGROWING
55% 248
CAGR
Projected
Growth
Tbps
Interconnection
Bandwidth
STRONG VOLUME
47% 394
CAGR
Projected
Growth
Tbps
Interconnection
Bandwidth
SINGAPORE

6. “The Global Interconnection Index
provides a barometer of the growing
relevance of the need to solve for proximity
to digital services across all industries.”
GROWING IMPORTANCE OF THE DIGITAL ECONOMY
Brad Casemore, Research Director, Datacenter Networks, IDC
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83%
CAGR
ENERGY
& UTILITY
79%
CAGR
BANKING &
INSURANCE
79%
CAGR
HEALTHCARE &
LIFE SCIENCES
Fastest-Growing Industries in AP
Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of
Interconnection Bandwidth Consumption
2021 Projection

8. Ecosystem Integration
2021 Projection in AP
99%Growth* in Interconnection
Bandwidth
Enterprises
Interconnecting to
CLOUD & IT SERVICES
TO SOLVE COMPLEXITY
Enterprises
Interconnecting to
NETWORK PROVIDERS
TO SOLVE LATENCY
66%of Total Interconnection
Bandwidth
LARGEST VOLUME FASTEST GROWING
*Compound Annual Growth Rate
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