AI traffic is getting bigger, louder, and less predictable
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Backblaze's Q1 2026 Network Stats report analyzes a shift toward AI-centric traffic patterns—large, high-bandwidth flows between fewer endpoints—observing a winter slowdown in neocloud and hyperscaler traffic with a rebound in March, regional concentrations in U.S. data center hubs (notably Northern Virginia and California) and new activity in US-West and EU-Central, while CDN, hosting, and ISP traffic remained more distributed and predictable.
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