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AI ambition is soaring – but can your infrastructure keep up? As enterprises scale AI across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, performance bottlenecks, latency issues, and growing bandwidth demands are putting networks under pressure. Insights from Brandon Ross, Senior Interconnection Consultant at DE-CIX, reveal where organizations are struggling, why connectivity is becoming mission-critical, and how peering could be the key to unlocking faster, more resilient AI performance.

Brazil’s digital infrastructure moment has arrived. From AI readiness to São Paulo’s rise as a global interconnection hub, discover what industry leaders revealed at Capacity LATAM about where Brazil’s digital future is heading.

From fusion power plants to modular robotics and fully digitalized value chains: Hannover Messe demonstrated how AI is reconnecting industry – from the factory floor to the cloud and into orbit. Why manufacturers will be less likely to be caught off guard by the market in the future thanks to algorithms. And what Internet Exchanges and fusion power plants have in common for our future – an article by Ivo Ivanov, CEO of DE-CIX.

India is redefining how AI infrastructure is built, financed, and shared. From democratized compute to cross-border collaboration, the AI Impact Summit offered powerful lessons for regions looking to turn AI ambition into real-world impact.

AI is revolutionizing business models – but its success depends on digital infrastructure. Why proximity between data, users, and AI matters. And what role Internet Exchanges and satellites play in the AI era.

As AI reshapes medical training, diagnostics, and even remote surgery, digital infrastructure becomes the backbone of global healthcare innovation. Ivo Ivanov, CEO of DE-CIX, reveals how cloud, edge, and interconnection solutions are powering the next leap in medical access and outcomes.

From AI-powered devices to next‑gen eSIM and satellite‑enabled mobility – MWC 2026 made one thing clear: none of it works without the right infrastructure. Discover the key connectivity trends shaping the future of digital innovation.

Discover why inference traffic is exploding and how latency, routing, and interconnection now make or break AI performance.

Enabling, booking, scaling, and monitoring services online: For Internet Exchange operators, automation is a crucial part of the business model. How interconnection services can be intelligently administered.

Neoclouds can’t win on price alone. To thrive beyond bare metal, they need sovereignty, agility, and smarter connectivity. Discover why peering and network control are the keys to transforming from GPU providers into AI inference leaders.

The connected car is no longer just a vehicle – it’s a data engine. As software and connectivity become the heart of automotive value, controlling the data journey – not the horsepower – will determine who’s in pole position for the next decade of innovation.

AI’s rapid growth is testing the limits of Earth’s infrastructure. Power and cooling demands are driving new ideas — from orbital compute powered by continuous solar energy to interconnection models linking satellites with terrestrial networks. Space-based systems are emerging as part of the digital backbone, raising the question of how Earth and orbit will connect to support AI at scale.

AI is evolving fast—but without high-performance infrastructure, it can’t reach its full potential. From Emotion AI in banking to real-time healthcare and autonomous micro-factories, 2026 will be the year connectivity becomes the key to unlocking AI’s promise. Discover how DE-CIX is building the networks that make it all possible.

The future of global connectivity is lifting off. With Space-IX, DE-CIX is pioneering the first Internet Exchange in space. Delivering ultra-fast, low-latency satellite Internet to even the most remote corners of Earth. Discover how this bold leap is reshaping digital infrastructure and unlocking new possibilities for AI, cloud, and edge technologies.

From training massive models to delivering real-time results, AI depends on ultra-low latency and secure data exchange. Internet Exchanges (IXs) are emerging as the backbone of this transformation, creating “data gravity” that draws in networks, clouds, and compute. To unlock AI’s full potential across industries and regions, America must build a distributed interconnection layer that reaches far beyond coastal hubs.

At the crossroads of continents, Istanbul is fast becoming the digital heartbeat of Eurasia. As DE-CIX Istanbul celebrates 10 years of transformative growth, discover how Türkiye is reshaping global connectivity and powering the future of cloud, AI, and interconnection.

Discover why latency is becoming the new currency of connectivity and how your enterprise can stay ahead. Insights from Yotta 2025 reveal what’s next for cloud, interconnection, and the future of the Internet.

The DE-CIX Global Interconnection Summit brought together dozens of speakers from infrastructure and enterprise roles to speak about the evolution and future of connectivity. In his keynote address Matthieu Bourguignon, Senior Vice President and Head of Europe at Nokia, warned that with the advent of AI “We need to invent new networks. Connectivity isn’t peripheral to AI, it’s foundational."

Modern office software is redefining the world of work and the demands of the workforce. What stands in the way are Internet delays. How DE-CIX and Microsoft are optimizing latency and reducing waiting times for companies.

Discover why interconnection is crucial for AI infrastructure. Learn how low-latency networks can unlock AI's full potential and drive future innovation.

Explore why network neutrality is vital for AI growth in the US, as Wichita leads with the first Internet Exchange Point on WSU's Innovation Campus.

The future of global connectivity is lifting off. With Space-IX, DE-CIX is pioneering the first Internet Exchange in space. Delivering ultra-fast, low-latency satellite Internet to even the most remote corners of Earth. Discover how this bold leap is reshaping digital infrastructure and unlocking new possibilities for AI, cloud, and edge technologies.

From data and applications to individual workloads: Why diverse IT systems are more resilient, what IT service providers should know, and what role cloud connectivity plays in ensuring business continuity.

From the cloud to the factory floor, the industrial machine is becoming an interconnected ecosystem of automation, digitization, and AI-powered efficiency.

Read the article by Harald Kriener to find out how to boost enterprise productivity with DE-CIX and Microsoft. Enjoy faster, secure SaaS connectivity with MAPS, eliminating lag and improving cloud app performance.

Explore the future of AI and connectivity from MWC 2025, focusing on scalable AI solutions and the rise of the "Common Cloud" for enhanced network efficiency.

Learn how Ivo Ivanov, CEO of DE-CIX, explains how connectivity enables many AI-driven innovations shown at this year’s edition of CES.

Explore how New York's thriving AI sector is leveraging neutral Internet Exchanges to shape the digital future, as detailed by DE-CIX CEO Ivo Ivanov.

Where once the choice of headquarters locations was limited to historically strategic centers, new hubs offer economic and geographical advantages. Theresa Bobis from DE-CIX, on putting Iberia first on the list for location strategies in 2025.

Explore the future of live sports streaming and its impact on the Internet infrastructure with insights from DE-CIX CEO, Ivo Ivanov.

Virtual, immersive, and always online: The gamescom event last week showcased trends redefining digital gaming. How a powerful Internet drives digital game worlds and business models.

Discover how 5G and 6G will revolutionize connectivity across industries, from healthcare to urban development, with insights from DE-CIX's Dr. Christoph Dietzel.

With Cloud Bursting you can dynamically scale resources from on-prem servers to the public cloud during peak loads. Careful planning of network capacity exposes high latency, a lack of interoperability, and crippling cloud egress costs as myths.

For cities to gain an advantage in stiff global competition, they need world-class connectivity. Today, to attract company settlements and talent and grow their economies, an Internet Exchange is essential, explains Ivo Ivanov, CEO of DE-CIX.

Learn how Dr. Thomas King, CTO of DE-CIX, underscores the need for next-gen Internet Exchanges: automation, scalability, redundancy, and heightened security, with a focus on cloud connectivity and tailored services to meet growing digital demands.

The US faces a digital divide, impacting gameplay and productivity. Wichita's Internet Exchange model offers a solution, highlighting the need for nationwide connectivity for a more inclusive digital future.

Commercially available AI as-a-service solutions, which enable companies to train AIs for their own specific use cases, live in the cloud. As a result, companies need to update their cloud strategies to keep pace with the rapidly changing technology landscape.

Learn how DE-CIX's expansion in Mexico boosts digital connectivity, emphasizing low latency and empowering transformation with high-performance services.

Learn why a cloud interconnection strategy will accelerate your work in the cloud and give your business the boost it needs.

Variety and diversity are also desirable qualities on a technological level. Learn how cloud concentration risk can be mitigated through the strategic use of multiple cloud providers, along with distributed infrastructure to ensure operational resilience.

Dr. Thomas King, CTO of DE-CIX, discusses the challenges and tasks of building the foundations for the immersive tactile Internet, emphasizing the need for advanced technology and robust digital infrastructure to handle massive data volumes with minimal latency.

Learn about the transformation of cities into attractive locations for investment and business and how Dubai has become an international Internet hub thanks to its digital ecosystem.

Ensure uninterrupted access to critical data with a multi-X strategy that leverages multi-cloud, multi-location, and multi-provider approaches, providing resilient connectivity and mitigating the risk of vendor lock-in, as explained by Dr. Christoph Dietzel, Head of Global Products & Research at DE-CIX.

Learn about the 5 trends that will shape the connected business world, the further evolution of technology, and the interconnection business in 2023.

The 5G campus network is set to revolutionize the manufacturing industry. Learn what makes 5G so interesting for their business.

Learn more about the challenges that arise when building a massive and highly interconnected global infrastructure and the solutions required to meet them.

Learn why multi-cloud strategy is a must for companies and how to keep your data safe and always available.

Learn about the five trends in the manufacturing sector demonstrating the potential of 5G connectivity.

Learn about the connectivity landscape of the modern enterprise from capability to adjust bandwidths to improving latency and security.

When efforts are made to try to disconnect certain areas from the Internet, it results in a splintering of the global infrastructure and impacts the use of the Internet for everyone. This concept is known as the “Splinternet”. To understand the Splinternet, it is first necessary to understand the Internet itself.

Big cities with strong economies tend to lead the way of good quality connectivity but regional Internet Exchanges can contribute to a positive development of regional digital economies.

Who is winning the ultimate data race for the software-defined vehicle? Read more in this article by Ivo Ivanov, CEO of DE-CIX International.

Read the article by Ivo Ivanov, CEO of DE-CIX to find out where the limits of the satellite Internet lie.

To become fully digitalized, banks need to take a new approach to managing their data. Read more in this article by Ivo Ivanov, CEO of DE-CIX International.

Ivo Ivanov, CEO of DE-CIX International explains the four steps to a future-proof connectivity in the finance sector and how to take control of the data journey.

Read this article from Dr. Thomas King, CTO DE-CIX, to learn how network automation makes cloud connectivity easy and safe.

As enterprises exchange more and more data along their digital value chains, they need to take a closer look at how to protect their connections to trusted partners and to their digital resources in the cloud.

Learn how Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites are opening new frontiers in the delivery of the Internet to regions of the world that have so far missed out on connecting to the digital superhighway.

Read the article by Ivo Ivanov, CEO of DE-CIX to find out why digitalization is the keystone for the future of travel.

An increasing number of enterprises discovering the benefits of connecting via an Internet Exchange. The digital car is a digital ecosystem entailing a huge variety of types of data.

In view of these significant changes in our Internet usage behavior during Covid-19, the questions arise: How much short-term growth can the Internet actually sustain, and what are the limiting factors? Read more to find out.

We are entering a new era of digitalization – a new era of interconnection. It's no longer a question of whether you should digitalize.

In times of accelerated digitalization, 5G is playing a crucial role. It offers enormous potential for a range of industrial and economic sectors but requires complementary technologies in order to implement these more complex use cases.

Covid-19 has strongly accelerated digital transformation. Read our article why low latency is essential.

DE-CIX International's CEO Ivo Ivanov considers the impact that Covid-19 has had on the Internet and digitalization.

Today, data centers are the warehouses of the digital economy, providing a home not only for the data itself, but also for the platforms and applications that have become so ubiquitous in the modern world. This article from DE-CIX describes the evolution of datacenters.

New and transformative technologies, like IoT, artificial intelligence, and 5G, are accelerating the pace of change in markets around the globe. These elements will also serve as a "digital interconnection triangle" of future innovation.