{"id":112741,"date":"2026-01-29T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=112741"},"modified":"2026-02-20T08:01:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T16:01:34","slug":"network-stats-for-q4-2025-neocloud-traffic-trends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/network-stats-for-q4-2025-neocloud-traffic-trends\/","title":{"rendered":"Network Stats for Q4 2025: Neocloud Traffic Trends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"820\" src=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Blog-Header-1440x820-1.png\" alt=\"A decorative image with the text Q4 2025 Network Stats. \" class=\"wp-image-112757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Blog-Header-1440x820-1.png 1440w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Blog-Header-1440x820-1-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Blog-Header-1440x820-1-1024x583.png 1024w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Blog-Header-1440x820-1-768x437.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome to our second quarterly Network Stats report covering Q4 of 2025. Along with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-drive-stats-for-q3-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Drive Stats<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-performance-stats-for-q3-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Performance Stats<\/a>, Network Stats pulls back the curtain on real-world infrastructure data, particularly how network-level analytics reflect emerging AI industry trends and usage patterns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"background-color:#e6e3ff\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Get more Network Stats (and the details of the dataset)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are curious about what metrics we\u2019re recording and how we classify data in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/tag\/networkstats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this series<\/a>, check out the details outlined in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/network-stats-for-q3-2025-the-magnitude-of-ai-workflows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Q3 2025 Network Stats <\/a>&nbsp;report.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the roles of the Network Engineering (NetEng) team at Backblaze is to monitor how traffic moves into, out of, and across our platform\u2014not just day-to-day, but over time as customer behavior and industry dynamics evolve. Right now, few forces are reshaping networks faster than AI.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/cloud-storage\/b2-overdrive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">B2 Overdrive<\/a> in April 2025, we built a direct, high-performance path between our storage layers and neoclouds where processing, inference, and modeling take place. It has given us a front-row seat to the impact of AI and how network behavior is changing with it. This quarter, in addition to our regular data analysis, I\u2019ll walk through where AI-driven traffic is concentrated, how ingress and egress patterns showed up, and what the findings say about where AI infrastructure might be headed next.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"abstract\" style=\"line-height: 1.8; margin: 24px 12px; padding: 24px 12px 10px 12px;\">\n<h4>Continue the conversation<\/h4>\nJoin us live for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brighttalk.com\/webcast\/14807\/661324?utm_source=brighttalk-portal&#038;utm_medium=web&#038;utm_campaign=my-channels-feed&#038;utm_content=manage-channels\" rel=\u201dnoopener\u201d target=\u201d_blank>Q4 2025 Network Stats webinar<\/a> Wednesday, February 4, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. PT \/ 1:00 p.m. ET. We\u2019ll explore where AI traffic concentrates, how high-magnitude data flows behave, and what early indicators suggest about the future of AI-native infrastructure design.\n\nCan\u2019t make it live, or reading this article after-the-fact? Sign up anyway and catch the recording on demand.\n<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<!--HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><span class=\"hs-cta-wrapper\" id=\"hs-cta-wrapper-b44b9ff6-f871-46fa-9a89-16dbdf55ed2c\"><span class=\"hs-cta-node hs-cta-b44b9ff6-f871-46fa-9a89-16dbdf55ed2c\" id=\"hs-cta-b44b9ff6-f871-46fa-9a89-16dbdf55ed2c\"><!--[if lte IE 8]><div id=\"hs-cta-ie-element\"><\/div><![endif]--><a href=\"https:\/\/cta-redirect.hubspot.com\/cta\/redirect\/2832298\/b44b9ff6-f871-46fa-9a89-16dbdf55ed2c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"hs-cta-img\" id=\"hs-cta-img-b44b9ff6-f871-46fa-9a89-16dbdf55ed2c\" style=\"border-width:0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/no-cache.hubspot.com\/cta\/default\/2832298\/b44b9ff6-f871-46fa-9a89-16dbdf55ed2c.png\"  alt=\"Get Inside Real AI Network Flows\"\/><\/a><\/span><script charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/js.hscta.net\/cta\/current.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> hbspt.cta.load(2832298, 'b44b9ff6-f871-46fa-9a89-16dbdf55ed2c', {\"useNewLoader\":\"true\",\"region\":\"na1\"}); <\/script><\/span><!-- end HubSpot Call-to-Action Code -->\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Brave new market<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>AI workflows don\u2019t just need a place to store data, they need to be able to move it quickly, easily, and nearly constantly for short bursts. Large, multi-petabyte datasets are ingested, transformed, exported for training, pulled back for evaluation, and periodically refreshed as models evolve.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Backblaze plays a key role at both ends of that lifecycle. We serve as a durable storage layer for the initial data ingestion, and as the high-throughput source feeding model training, evaluation, and validation to whatever best neocloud is suitable at the moment. Once that model has been trained, it needs to be stored, served, and periodically retrained, where we serve as the storage medium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69efbc857bd05&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69efbc857bd05\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1886\" height=\"969\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-01.png\" alt=\"A diagram that shows the role of storage in the five stages of AI training and inference. \" class=\"wp-image-112749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-01.png 1886w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-01-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-01-1024x526.png 1024w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-01-768x395.png 768w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-01-1536x789.png 1536w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-01-1568x806.png 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1886px) 100vw, 1886px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This quarter, we saw a large amount of traffic between Backblaze, neoclouds, and traditional hyperscalers for processing concentrated across the months of June to November. This reflects large-scale ingestion events followed by intensive data manipulation and model-related egress.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From a network perspective, this represents a meaningful shift from diffuse, internet-style traffic patterns to large, high-bandwidth flows between a smaller set of endpoints typical of AI-centric infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The neocloud slice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The defining theme of the quarter is \u201cnew:\u201d new AI-oriented workflows, new traffic patterns, and leading indicators of new infrastructure trends.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The stacked area graph below shows total traffic by network type over time. While content delivery network (CDN), hosting, and internet service provider (ISP) traffic stayed largely within historical norms reflecting steady-state usage patterns like content delivery, web hosting, and traditional backup workflows, two slices stand out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Migration traffic<\/strong>: We saw a notable increase in migration traffic from August through October.&nbsp; This classification reflects an influx of data into our network over fiber connections we have in the data centers to cost effectively migrate large amounts of data over private links, not using the public Internet.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Neocloud traffic: <\/strong>We saw a sharp increase in July through November, peaking in October.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69efbc857c5fa&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69efbc857c5fa\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1050\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-03.png\" alt=\"A chart showing the volume of bits transferred to Backblaze networks categorized by the network type. \" class=\"wp-image-112751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-03.png 1800w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-03-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-03-1024x597.png 1024w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-03-768x448.png 768w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-03-1536x896.png 1536w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-03-1568x915.png 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Monthly view of all bits transferred to each network type<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>What do we think is happening? Taken together, these patterns suggest a familiar AI lifecycle:&nbsp; large datasets consisting of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/building-multimodal-ai-data-infrastructure-with-pixeltable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">assets like images, videos, and metadata are ingested<\/a> and consolidated then exported for training and experimentation. Now, those assets can be periodically updated as new assets are added and generated models and stored. We see that heading into the new year, the overall baseline has increased indicating a new normal.<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"background-color:#e6e3ff\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick terminology refresher<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Regions\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>US-West: Our largest and longest-running region<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>US-East: Region with the most observed proximity to neocloud infrastructure<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CA-East: Our newest region in Canada.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Network Types\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>CDN: Networks that use Backblaze as an origin store for content delivery&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hosting: Traditional hosting providers that runs workloads like physical or virtual servers for web, database, or application tasks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hyperscaler: Large, traditional cloud providers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ISP Regional: Local or regional ISPs, think of these as the \u201clast mile\u201d paths as these networks are very close to customer equipment and efficient&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ISP Tier1: National or international ISPs that carry our traffic long distances<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Neocloud: AI -focused compute networks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Migration: Network links that we use for large-scale data onboarding<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Heatmaps: Where AI traffic concentrates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To better understand where AI activity is happening, we thought it would be interesting to isolate the different Backblaze regions and to view concentrations of metrics visualized through heatmaps. We\u2019re going to look at the following three dimensions:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Total traffic volume:<\/strong> Where did we send and receive the most traffic?&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Magnitude:<\/strong> Where were the data transfers with the most bits per unique IP address?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Uniqueness:<\/strong> What does the number of distinct IP addresses look like?&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Heatmap #1: Where did we send and receive the most traffic?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Unsurprisingly, US-West \u2194 ISP-Regional traffic dominates in total traffic volume. This region has the largest data center footprint behind it, with connectivity to internet exchanges (IX) such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-network-stats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Equinix-IX<\/a> that were brought online in 2023. Internet exchanges bring us closer to consumer networks, where we can deliver traffic with lower latency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More interesting, however, is the US-East \u2194 neocloud concentration. Our flow data shows neocloud activity clustering in regions including Chicago, Dallas-Houston, Denver, New York, Northern Virginia (Reston\/Ashburn corridor), and Atlanta\u2014skewed more towards the East Coast where there\u2019s dense AI compute availability.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From a performance standpoint, this makes sense. It\u2019s important to keep latency (the time between the source and destination) lower to achieve consistent high bandwidth rates for AI data transfers. For now, that gravity is pulling activity towards the East coast.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69efbc857d309&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69efbc857d309\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"756\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-03-1.png\" alt=\"A heatmap showing the total number of bits transferred across network types and by region. \" class=\"wp-image-112750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-03-1.png 1500w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-03-1-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-03-1-1024x516.png 1024w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-03-1-768x387.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Total number of bits transferred across our regions to each network type<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Will neocloud traffic concentrations shift over time? Since this is our first quarter with a full dataset, it\u2019s a bit early to draw long-term conclusions. But this is exactly the kind of trend we\u2019ll be tracking. Stay tuned for future <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/tag\/networkstats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Network Stats reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Heatmap #2: Where were the data transfers with the most magnitude (bits per IP address)?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Another metric we record is bits per IP or what we termed in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/network-stats-for-q3-2025-the-magnitude-of-ai-workflows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">last report<\/a> \u201cmagnitude.\u201d This combination of the amount of traffic transferred with how many actors are involved per network is a good proxy to measure how heavy or impactful individual data flows are. In short:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>High volume, many IPs:<\/strong> Easier to distribute and load-balance across infrastructure. And many source and destination pairs means that we can traffic engineer at the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wide_area_network\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WAN<\/a> layer, sending some traffic over one provider and some over another.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>High volume, few IPs: <\/strong>More difficult, but more interesting, from a NetEng perspective.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69efbc857daa0&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69efbc857daa0\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"750\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-04.png\" alt=\"A chart showing the concentration of bits transferred by IP address and by region. \" class=\"wp-image-112752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-04.png 1500w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-04-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-04-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-04-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Magnitude transferred across our regions to each network type<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/cloud-storage\/b2-overdrive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">B2 Overdrive<\/a>, we routinely support client transfers starting at 100Gbps up to 1Tbps of throughput. These high-magnitude flows show up clearly in the data, especially in regions serving AI-heavy neocloud endpoints. Seeing these patterns emerge in the data validates that customers are actively using the platform the way it was designed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Heatmap #3: How many unique addresses do we interact with?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Uniqueness\u2014measured by the number of distinct IP addresses per network type\u2014adds another dimension to the story.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>US-West shows the highest overall uniqueness, driven by its larger number of data centers and mix of workloads.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Neocloud traffic, by contrast, tends to involve fewer, more persistent endpoints, consistent with AI pipelines that rely on stable, long-standing connections between storage and compute.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This contrast reveals a broader trend: AI networking is less about many-to-many communication and more about sustained high-throughput relationships between specialized systems.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69efbc857e17f&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69efbc857e17f\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"516\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-05-1024x516.png\" alt=\"A chart showing the number of unique IP addresses that sent or received data to the Backblaze networks by region. \" class=\"wp-image-112753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-05-1024x516.png 1024w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-05-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-05-768x387.png 768w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-05.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Communication uniqueness across our regions to each network type<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary: Early indicators of an AI-native network era<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This quarter represents an early but important snapshot of how AI is reshaping network behavior:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>AI-driven traffic is concentrated and heavy (not groundbreaking news by any means, but interesting to see it played out on a network).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Neocloud connectivity is a defining feature of data movement today.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Data gravity is pulling storage, compute, and network design into tighter alignment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This is our first look at these patterns specifically. As we gather more quarters of data, we\u2019ll be watching closely to see how cyclical neocloud activity becomes, how regional concentrations shift, and how the growing ecosystem of AI-focused ISVs continues to change the shape of the network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quarter over quarter data<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Last quarter we started capturing data and metrics that we were interested in tracking over time. This represents our first full quarter of data as we only started tracking in August of 2025, so it\u2019s still early to start to see trends, but we\u2019re including the visualizations for fidelity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First let\u2019s take a look at where all our traffic goes from a global perspective with an updated view of last quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69efbc857ee6c&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69efbc857ee6c\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1788\" height=\"1340\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-06.png\" alt=\"A Sankey diagram that tracks total data traffic flow between Backblaze and different types providers for Q4 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-112754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-06.png 1788w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-06-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-06-1024x767.png 1024w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-06-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-06-1536x1151.png 1536w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-06-1568x1175.png 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1788px) 100vw, 1788px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sankey diagram of all Q4 2025 ingress and egress traffic grouped by type of network<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traffic to other clouds has increased (36.2% to 49.6%) since we last reported in August of 2025, with a slight decrease (19.8% to 18.4%) in Neocloud destinations, but a large increase (3.5% to 18%) to hyperscalers. It\u2019s too early to call these things statistically significant trends or patterns that impact the cloud storage industry broadly, because they\u2019re reflective of what types of customers Backblaze specifically has and our sampling range is only a quarter. That said, we do see an overall increase in cloud to cloud traffic, but the higher percentage to the type of clouds rotated from last quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, let\u2019s look at the magnitude of our network traffic based on the category of the traffic destination. As a reminder, magnitude represents the amount of traffic transferred with how many actors are involved per network.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69efbc857fc58&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69efbc857fc58\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-07.png\" alt=\"A chart showing the the amount of traffic transferred with how many actors are involved per network on a logarithmic scale for Q4 2025. \n\" class=\"wp-image-112755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-07.png 1200w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-07-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-07-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-07-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, to be consistent with our previous report, we\u2019ll look at magnitude on a linear scale.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69efbc8580353&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69efbc8580353\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-08.png\" alt=\"A chart showing the the amount of traffic transferred with how many actors are involved per network on a linear scale for Q4 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-112756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-08.png 1200w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-08-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-08-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Q4-2025-Network-Stats-Chart-08-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>With more datapoints, we can clearly see the magnitude of the neocloud and hyperscaler transfers when compared to other network types. As above, it\u2019s a bit early to claim concrete quarter over quarter patterns, but we\u2019ll keep monitoring and updating the dataset.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s next?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Next quarter will be the first where we have true quarter over quarter data to analyze, and we\u2019ll be back with more on how AI-driven flows change quarter over quarter. And as we get more data, we\u2019re interested in looking at other trends like IPv4 vs. IPv6 traffic, cross-cloud connectivity trends, and revisiting the concentration analysis we did this quarter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anything specific you want to see? Let us know in the comments or reach out to our <a href=\"mailto:evangelism@backblaze.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Evangelism team<\/a>. 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