The global epidemic, has starkly demonstrated the importance of the internet in society and altered the ways in which we work. As the impact of digital transformation increases, this job will develop more. Connecting additional users, devices, applications, content, and data is just one aspect of this expansion, though.

The proximity of new and developing digital experiences is essential

In the past, service providers frequently set up a centralised location with a relatively small number of large data centres and network interconnects. In other words, each geographic region would have a single large-scale data centre that would serve as the destination for all relevant local traffic. Yet, given their significantly tighter performance requirements, new and developing digital experiences, as mentioned above, are pressuring these centralised data centre and interconnect designs. Fundamentally, processing power affects how rapidly applications and related data can be handled, whereas the speed of light controls how quickly traffic can move through a network.

Why it all depends on interconnections?

With regard to emerging technologies like AI, VR/AR, and IoT, private interconnect services exchange data between businesses privately. That's because it possesses a number of qualities that businesses in these industries cannot live without.

When information is travelling between continents or regions, direct and secure connectivity is essential, which is made possible by private interconnection. Direct connections are the quickest, most dependable, and most secure connections that are currently accessible.

Moreover, interconnection offers many-to-many connections that can be software-programmable for increased flexibility and agility. To get around the laws of physics, closeness comes first. Several of these digital technologies suffer from latency, which can only be eliminated by reducing the distance between the players. Lastly, interconnection is provided at the edge by widely dispersed data exchange stations.

It’s simple. Devices, clouds, businesses, and digital ecosystems are all sharing data at the edge; in order to power all of these technologies and expand digital commerce, they all require interconnection that is close enough to one other and their customers.

Without connectivity, businesses are compelled to backhaul all of their data between customers, partners, and centralised corporate data centres. In other words, without connectedness, the future that these technologies promised when they first appeared all those years ago would still be far off rather than present.

A Peering hub in India

For the main Indian and international networks, DE-CIX India serves as a Peering Hub in India. Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, and Kolkata in India are served by carrier- and datacenter-neutral Internet Exchange Points operated by DE-CIX India.