Behind every successful game launch, viral video, or global streaming event lies a question: How do you deliver content to millions of users simultaneously? Amazon CloudFront, AWS’s content delivery network (CDN), answers this challenge daily. This was most recently demonstrated by a record-breaking peak of 268 terabits per second (Tbps) on Nov. 1, 2025, driven by major game delivery workloads. To put this into context, that’s enough bandwidth to simultaneously stream live sports in HD to about 45 million concurrent viewers. This technical milestone demonstrates the scale and reliability that CloudFront and AWS bring to media, entertainment, and the gaming industry.
CloudFront Traffic Peak: 268 Tbps delivered seamlessly during a major game release, showcasing the scale and reliability of AWS’s content delivery network infrastructure.
With CloudFront, large-scale game downloads and video streaming delivery have become…