Valve Deploys 100 Gbps Internet Ports from Level 3 after Significant Rise in Steam's Online Gaming Demands

Valve, a global online gaming company, is working with Level 3 Communications (NYSE: LVLT) to upgrade its network infrastructure to include 100 Gigabits per second (Gbps) Internet Service ports. The upgrade is in response to the substantial rise in popularity of digital services and online games provided by Steam, Valve's social entertainment and gaming platform. The new ports will give Valve the bandwidth necessary to continue providing an optimal experience as Steam's audience size and usage expands.

Key Facts:

 

• Level 3's network of 100 Gbps Internet ports is available in 26 markets across North America and Europe.
• Level 3's global IP backbone capacity is more than 42 Terabits per second (Tbps).
• Valve's Steam gaming platform has over 100 million users, averaging more than 10 million concurrent players and over two billion minutes played logged per day.
• Traffic levels to Steam's servers are growing approximately 75 percent year-over-year.
• Steam averages approximately 450-500 petabytes (PB) of data worldwide per month and four to five exabytes (EB) of data per year.
• Steam's standard game release can use 10-40 gigabytes (GB) of data per user download.
• The global games market is expected to bring in nearly $75 billion, according to Superdata.

Mike Dunkle, Business Development, Internet Infrastructure, Valve: "Valve is committed to providing Steam customers with the best possible experience and services. Level 3 has been instrumental in helping us scale our network to easily and efficiently manage the accelerated growth we've seen over the last several years. They're one of the few providers that offers 100 Gbps Internet ports, which are now a critical component of our network infrastructure."