At TeleGeography, we’ve been engaged on a mission referred to as the Interconnection Index. This software is designed to reply some questions that we’ve discovered very troublesome to reply and quantify prior to now.
What’s the subsequent rising hub in a particular area? How do numerous hubs examine to one another? The place ought to I broaden in a sure nation in addition to the most important metropolis?
It might be fairly difficult to create a one-size-fits-all mannequin that may reply all of those questions appropriately. However we’re nonetheless going to strive!
We’re going to handle this downside with information, and—as a result of we’re geography geeks—maps.
Within the map above, each blue dot is a metropolitan space that TeleGeography tracks. There are about 8,200 of them that we’ve collected information on for one purpose or one other.
And by metro space, I imply an agglomeration of cities, so Washington DC can be one metro space—we’re not counting all the person parts of Northern Virginia, the District of Columbia, and Maryland.
Right here’s the framework for the way we’re going to attempt to tackle this.
In order that’s a theoretical instance; now let’s speak via a sensible working instance.
Now for the enjoyable half: the precise mannequin outputs.
As of now, listed below are the highest 5 scoring hubs on the earth:
However that is simply top-level rating—the highest of the pyramid.
Selecting a quantity is just not terribly significant. London is primary, however what does that imply? Why is it primary?
Should you begin breaking out why it scored so extremely, this all turns into extra attention-grabbing. A metropolis is likely to be sturdy in some areas however weak in others. That is significantly necessary as a result of not everybody within the trade has the identical wants.
An organization that’s investing in AI and needs to discover a place to coach its fashions will care about a number of energy, probably renewable energy. Nevertheless, a CDN will wish to know the place the top customers are.
So the place does London do effectively?
On the east facet of the chart under, you’ll see telecom infrastructure standards. The west facet extra so measures market potential.
The additional out a piece reaches, the upper the rating. As you’ll be able to see, London does significantly effectively in pricing and long-distance transport, and it has very secure laws in comparison with different locations on the earth.
Let’s spice issues up by overlaying one other metro space.
As we do that for many totally different hubs, we begin seeing attention-grabbing patterns.
Beneath are the highest three hubs—as of now, this may occasionally change—for each area.
The smaller hubs are inclined to have spikier, starlike shapes. It is because they’re excellent in a couple of areas, however not as universally sturdy.
The upper scoring hubs are extra well-rounded, actually; their shapes are rounded. It is because they do lots of issues effectively. Tokyo, Singapore, Frankfurt, London, and even São Paulo—these are areas which might be compelling for funding for lots of causes.
That’s the place issues stand proper now.
To discover which metro areas we predict will probably be altering the quickest within the subsequent two years, obtain my full presentation from PTC ’24.
