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The GN4-3N project (2019-2023) delivered the most significant restructuring of the GÉANT backbone network in a decade, designed to support the needs of Europe’s research and education community for the next 15+ years.

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GÉANT interconnects Europe's national research and education networks (NRENs) with the high bandwidth, high speed and highly resilient pan-European backbone, spanning 30,000km of fibre and spectrum. Together it connects Europe's researchers, academics and students to each other, and links them to over half the countries in the world.

Data Carried

10PB

10 Petabytes of data carried per day

Backbone Capacity

31Tbps

Up to 31 Terabits per second backbone capacity

Energy Efficiency

-80%

Power consumption per Tbps compared to 2019

Availability

99.999%

Average availability

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GÉANT Global Connectivity

GÉANT collaborates with global research and education network partners to ensure high performance connectivity is in place, and also to make a range of services available to user groups across the world, enhancing their ability to work together. Find out more.

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