As 5G cellular networks continue to grow and take hold of our cities, it’s easy to forget how far we’ve come from even a decade ago. However, cloud operators and those that work with cloud data centers are seeing these record-breaking transformations take place on a daily basis.

According to Nathan Tracy, Manager of Industry Standards for the Data and Devices Unit at TE Connectivity, “the number of connections that are made in the cloud are increasing much faster than the population.”

He noted that these connections are increasing at a 10% compound annual growth rate compared to the 6% compound growth rate for the number of users.