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AI drives internet traffic shift, boosts data center demand
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Fusion42 · 15 October 2026 · Fusion42 review
For the first time in June, machine-generated internet traffic surpassed human requests, driving increased demand for data center capacity, power, and infrastructure. This shift alters network traffic patterns to favour agent-to-agent communication and necessitates networks with greater resilience, low latency, and automation.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of AI Infrastructure, Cloud Infrastructure and Data & Analytics.
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Your network infrastructure must now prioritise resilience and low latency for machine-to-machine traffic rather than just human use. Data centre operators have a growing opportunity if they integrate compute, cloud, and power efficiently rather than maintaining siloed setups.
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