During a recent Champions League match between Bodø/Glimt and Inter, we recorded a new traffic peak at Namex Bari, exceeding 20 Gbps. This milestone confirms the solid and steady growth trend already underway at the node, both in terms of connected Autonomous Systems and overall traffic volumes.
Major live sporting events have once again proven to be powerful drivers of Internet traffic, underscoring the strategic importance of local interconnection infrastructure. The ability to handle these sudden spikes in a stable and resilient manner is the result of ongoing collaboration within the broader community and the commitment of all partners connected to the Bari node.
The record was also made possible by the presence of content delivery infrastructure distributed across remote sites, including Bari and Naples. Local caches from global players such as Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, and Netflix play a key role in bringing content closer to end users, improving performance and reducing backbone latency and congestion.
It is worth noting that this growth is organic. Bari continues to expand beyond traffic peaks driven by major sporting events, further confirming its role as an increasingly significant interconnection hub in Southern Italy.
— By Flavio Luciani, Namex CTO
