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Cisco study says AI is set to become a leading driver of Internet traffic growth

Cisco says consumer AI traffic is still a small share of Internet traffic today, but could become a major growth driver by the mid-2030s. Its WAN-focused study projects a 6.6x rise in consumer-driven network traffic from AI and agentic AI, with inference traffic reaching 25% of total network traffic by 2035. The report says AI traffic differs from typical web use by creating longer flows, more upstream demand and greater sensitivity to latency.