500 Tbps of capacity: 16 years of scaling our global network

Cloudflare's network has reached 500 Tbps of external capacity across 330+ cities, representing 16 years of scaling from a 2010 startup to a global security and developer platform.

• •Distributed XDP/eBPF defense programs drop DDoS traffic at line rate without centralized processing, handling the 31.4 Tbps attack in 2025
• •Workers platform runs customer code on every server globally rather than centralized cloud regions, using V8 isolates to minimize cold starts
• •Implemented advanced BGP security protocols including RPKI to validate route origins and ASPA to prevent route leaks
• •AI crawlers now comprise 4% of HTML traffic across the network, detected using TLS fingerprinting and behavioral analysis

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