The Dutch used the Internet to a record peak on Sunday evening. The Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX), one of the world's most important Internet exchanges, was processing 12 terabytes of data per second around 7:30 p.m. The Internet has never been used to this extent before.
According to AMS-IX, Sunday's rainy weather is one of the reasons for setting the record. Due to the bad weather, the Dutch stayed at home and spent their time doing online activities.
According to AMS-IX, peak internet usage equates to “100 million people playing Fortnite at the same time or 6.4 million people watching TikTok videos.” The old record has stood since October 2022, when 11.1 terabytes per second passed through the node. That was also Sunday evening.
Data traffic through Amsterdam has been increasing for years. In 2010, the node crossed the 1 Tbps threshold and in 2013 the 3 Tbps mark was crossed. Six years later, in 2019, Amsterdam surpassed 6 terabit. It took five years to double that.
The Amsterdam Stock Exchange started in 1994. The center has hundreds of members, including major companies such as Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Spotify and Netflix. The Amsterdam Center is actually spread over sixteen associated sites located in Amsterdam, Haarlem, Rotterdam, Naaldwijk and in Schiphol.
