Backblaze Reports Rise in AI-Driven Data Traffic to Neoclouds and Shift Toward AI-Native Network Behavior

Backblaze's Q4 2025 Network Stats report reveals a sharp rise in AI-driven data traffic to neoclouds, signaling a shift toward AI-native network behavior. Key findings include AI traffic concentrating in the US-East region, high-magnitude AI flows becoming the norm, and large-scale data migrations accelerating. The report underscores the importance of low-latency connectivity for model training workloads and highlights the growing dominance of neoclouds in AI infrastructure design.