GÉANT interconnects Europe's national research and education networks (NRENs) with the high bandwidth, high speed and highly resilient pan-European backbone – together connecting Europe's researchers, academics and students to each other, and linking them to over half the countries in the world
Data Carried
9PB
9 Petabytes of data carried per day
Traffic Growth
+30%
Average annual increase in network traffic over last five years
Backbone Capacity
12Tb
Up to 12 Terabits per second backbone capacity
Availability
99.999%
Average availability
GN4-3N news
- GÉANT’s GN4-3N project nominated for European Digital Connectivity Awards 2025
GÉANT is proud to announce that GN4-3N, the EU-funded project… Read more » - The GÉANT Project (GN5-1 and GN4-3N) Highlights
The GN5-1 and GN4-3N European Commission project reviews were successfully… Read more » - Industry news: Marcel Grech Mallia on securing Epic Malta’s 15-year IRU with GÉANT
As Chief Commercial Officer for Epic Malta, Marcel Grech Mallia… Read more »
GÉANT Global Connectivity
Networking news
- GNA-G Network eAcademy Working Group – Seventh monthly open meeting
GNA-G Network eAcademy Working Group – Seventh open monthly meeting… Read more » - SIG-CNaaS: building the future of Campus Network Services together
We spoke with Einar Ljønes (Sikt), the coordinator of the… Read more » - GÉANT completes major migration of its pan-European IP backbone network
In January 2026, GÉANT has successfully completed the deployment of its… Read more » - Operating Janet at scale: supporting data‑intensive global research
International research relies on trusted, high‑performance networks working together across borders. For… Read more » - CESNET creates a digital twin of the world’s oldest astronomical clock
A team of researchers from the Network Applications Technologies Department… Read more »