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Backblaze network report shows AI traffic hotspots in California, Northern Virginia

PUBT·04/28/2026 13:02:45
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Backblaze network report shows AI traffic hotspots in California, Northern Virginia
  • Backblaze published Q1 2026 network statistics pointing to rising baseline traffic, signaling sustained infrastructure demand tied to AI workloads.
  • New geographic heatmaps showed US neocloud activity concentrated in California and Ashburn-Reston, Virginia.
  • Global neocloud hotspots emerged in Finland, Brazil, France, and Canada, indicating broader dispersion of GPU-cluster deployment.
  • Traffic mix shifted as CDN share rose to 32% from about 20% while neocloud and hyperscaler combined fell to 25.5% from 36.4% in Q4 2025.
  • Backblaze flagged high-intensity “burst” transfers per unique IP address, consistent with fewer GPU clusters moving large datasets at high magnitude despite lower winter volume.


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