At TeleGeography, we’ve been engaged on a challenge known as the Interconnection Index. This instrument is designed to reply some questions that we’ve discovered very tough to reply and quantify prior to now.
What’s the subsequent rising hub in a selected area? How do numerous hubs examine to one another? The place ought to I broaden in a sure nation moreover the biggest metropolis?
It could 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 drawback 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 components of Northern Virginia, the District of Columbia, and Maryland.
Right here’s the framework for the way we’re going to attempt to handle 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 this planet:
However that is simply top-level rating—the highest of the pyramid.
Choosing a quantity just isn’t terribly significant. London is primary, however what does that imply? Why is it primary?
In case you begin breaking out why it scored so extremely, this all turns into extra fascinating. A metropolis may be robust in some areas however weak in others. That is notably essential as a result of not everybody within the business 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 lot of energy, doubtlessly renewable energy. Nonetheless, 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 beneath, 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 may see, London does notably effectively in pricing and long-distance transport, and it has very secure rules in comparison with different locations on this planet.
Let’s spice issues up by overlaying one other metro space.
As we do that for plenty of completely different hubs, we begin seeing fascinating patterns.
Beneath are the highest three hubs—as of now, this may occasionally change—for each area.
The smaller hubs are likely to have spikier, starlike shapes. It is because they’re superb in a number of areas, however not as universally robust.
The upper scoring hubs are extra well-rounded, actually; their shapes are rounded. It is because they do a variety of issues effectively. Tokyo, Singapore, Frankfurt, London, and even São Paulo—these are areas which can be compelling for funding for lots of causes.
That’s the place issues stand proper now.
To discover which metro areas we expect shall be altering the quickest within the subsequent two years, obtain my full presentation from PTC ’24.
