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This is a list of Internet exchange points by size, measured by peak data rate (throughput), with additional data on location, establishment and average throughput.
Generally only exchanges with more than ten gigabits per second peak throughput have been taken into consideration. The numbers in the list represent switched traffic only (no private interconnects) and are rounded to whole gigabits. Take into consideration that traffic on each exchange point can change quickly, and be seasonal.
This list is not exhaustive, as it includes only exchanges willing to make traffic data public on their website. Particularly data of IXPs from the United States and China is hard to come by. Examples of large peering points without public data are NAP of the Americas or PacketExchange.
Short name | Name | City | Country | Established | Members | Maximum throughput (Gbit/s) | Average throughput (Gbit/s) | Values updated |
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EPIX | Poland Internet Exchange [1] | Katowice, Warsaw, Poznań | Poland | 2012 | 400 (Katowice), 375 (Warsaw), 25 (Poznań) ref | 1750 [2] | 1000 [2] | 15 October 2020 |
IX.br | Brazil Internet Exchange [3] | Aracaju, Belém, Belo Horizonte, Boa Vista, Brasília, Cascavel, Campina Grande, Campinas, Campo Grande, Caruaru, Caxias do Sul, Cuiabá, Curitiba, Feira de Santana, Florianópolis, Fortaleza, Foz do Iguacu, Goiânia, João Pessoa, Lajeado, Londrina, Maceio, Manaus, Maringá, Natal, Palmas, Porto Alegre, Porto Velho, Recife, Rio Branco, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Santa Maria, São José dos Campos, São José do Rio Preto, São Luis, São Paulo, Teresina, Vitória | Brazil | 2004 | 2,725 [a] [4] | 34,520 [a] [5] | 22,590 [a] [5] | 29 January 2024 |
DE-CIX | Deutscher Commercial Internet Exchange [6] | Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Düsseldorf, Leipzig, Berlin, Chicago, Dallas, New York City, Phoenix, Richmond, Dubai (as UAE-IX), Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Palermo, Marseille, Istanbul, Dallas, Barcelona, Madrid, Lisbon, Mumbai (as Mumbai IX), Athens, Bandar Seri Begawan, Sofia (as BIX.BG), Prague (as NIX.CZ), Aqaba (as Aqaba IX), Johor Bahru, Kuala Lumpur, Lagos, Manila, Warsaw, Bucharest, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Singapore [7] | Germany, USA, United Arab Emirates, Italy, France, Turkey, Spain, Portugal, India, Greece, Brunei, Jordan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Singapore | 1995 | 1,089 [a] [8] | 22,360 [b] [9] | 14,890 [b] [9] | 2 December 2023 |
AMS-IX | Amsterdam Internet Exchange [10] | Amsterdam, [11] Haarlem, [11] Schiphol-Rijk, [11] Rotterdam, [11] Naaldwijk, [11] Willemstad, [12] Hong Kong, [13] New York City, [14] Chicago, [15] San Francisco Bay Area, [16] Mumbai, Kolkata [12] | Netherlands, Curaçao, Hong Kong, USA, India | 1997 [c] | 882 [d] [17] | 12,075 [d] [18] | 8,346 [d] [18] | 5 April 2023 |
PIT Chile | PIT Chile [19] | Santiago, Arica, Concepcion, Temuco | Chile | 2016 | 162 [a] [20] | 15,100 [a] [21] | 8,500 [a] [21] | 24 January 2024 |
LINX | London Internet Exchange [22] | London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Northern Virginia [23] | United Kingdom, USA | 1994 | 965 [a] [24] | 5,820 [a] [25] | 4,170 [a] [25] | 17 January 2021 |
Peering.cz | Peering.cz [26] | Prague, Bratislava, Vienna, Frankfurt | Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Germany | 2013 | 190 [27] | 3,200, approx. [28] | 16 June 2023 | |
NL-ix | NL-ix [29] | Various cities [30] | Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom [31] | 2002 [32] | 661 [33] | 7,980 [34] | 2,410 [34] | 2 February 2024 |
DATAIX | DATA-IX [35] | Amsterdam, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Vaggeryd, Frankfurt, Helsinki, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don, Nur-Sultan, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Odesa | Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan | 2009 | 587 [36] | 3,432 [37] | 2,320 | 11 April 2020 |
MSK-IX | MSK-IX [38] | Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don, Stavropol, Samara, Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Vladivostok, Riga | Russia, Latvia | 1995 | 556 [a] [39] | 4,370 [a] [40] | 1,920 [a] [40] | 4 April 2020 |
NAPAFRICA-IX | NAP Africa Johannesburg [41] | Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban | South Africa | 2012 | 674 [a] [42] | 4,000 [a] [43] | 4,000 [43] | 5 December 2023 |
France-IX | France-IX [44] | Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Grenoble | France | 2010 | 540 [a] [45] | 2,060 [e] [46] | 1,520 [e] [46] | 5 April 2023 |
Netnod | Netnod Internet Exchange in Sweden [47] | Stockholm, Copenhagen, Sundsvall, Gothenburg, Luleå | Sweden, Denmark | 1997 | 269 [a] [48] | 2,277 [a] [49] | 1,712 [a] | 31 March 2020 |
F4IX | F4 Internet Exchange | Kansas City | USA | 2024 | 87 [a] [50] | 27 [51] | — | 26 October 2024 |
SONIX | Sweden Open Network Internet eXchange [52] | Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö | Sweden | 2021 | 27 [a] [53] | 70 [a] [54] | 30 [a] | 21 August 2022 |
Equinix | Equinix Exchange [55] | Paris, Zurich, New York (Secaucus, NJ and New York City), Washington, D.C. (Ashburn, VA), Washington, D.C. (Vienna,VA), Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Silicon Valley (Palo Alto, CA), Silicon Valley (San Jose, CA), Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Bogotá, Madrid, Barcelona, Lisbon, Geneva, Stockholm, Helsinki, Warsaw, London, Manchester, Dublin, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Milan, Seoul, Osaka, Melbourne, Perth, Canberra. | USA, Europe, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, Brazil, Switzerland, Finland, Sweden, Spain, Poland, Colombia, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Korea, Germany, Portugal, Netherlands, Italy | 1998 | 1800 [a] [56] | 19,600 [a] [57] | 9,900 [a] [58] | 5 August 2020 |
SIX | Seattle Internet Exchange [59] | Seattle, Minneapolis, North Kansas City, Spokane | USA | 1997 | 370 [60] | 3,140 [61] | 1,930 [61] | 21 April 2024 |
HKIX | Hong Kong Internet eXchange [62] | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 1995 | 351 [63] | 3,045 [64] | 1,690 [65] | 27 July 2023 |
NIX.CZ | Neutral Internet Exchange of the Czech Republic [66] | Prague, Bratislava | Czech Republic | 1996 | 201 [66] | 2,000 [66] | 1,200 [66] | 17 February 2022 |
JPNAP | Japan Network Access Point [67] | Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, Sendai, Sapporo | Japan | 2001 | 337 [a] [68] | 8,160 [a] [69] | 6,140 [a] [69] | 26 September 2024 |
Giganet | Giganet [70] | Kyiv, Odesa, Kharkiv, Moscow, Warsaw | Ukraine, Russia, Poland | 2012 | 158 [71] | 1,830 [72] | 1,070 [72] | 25 March 2020 |
BIX | Budapest Internet Exchange [73] | Budapest | Hungary | 1997 | 78 [74] | 1,700 [75] | 250 [75] | 7 February 2021 |
TorIX | The Toronto Internet Exchange [76] | Toronto | Canada | 1998 | 311 [77] | 1,900 [78] | 1410 | 9 April 2024 |
NaMEx | Roma Internet Exchange Point | Rome (4 sites), Naples, Bari, Tirana (Albania) | Italy | 2004 | 227 | 585 | 383 | 30 November 2023 |
Any2 | CoreSite Any2 Exchange [79] | Los Angeles, San Jose, Miami, Washington, D.C., Boston, Chicago, Northern Virginia (Reston), New York City, Denver | USA | 2005 | 332 [80] | 500 [81] | 100 | 18 November 2011 |
MICE | Midwest Internet Cooperative Exchange [82] | Minneapolis, MN | USA | 2011 [83] | 113 [84] | 1,160 [85] | — [86] | 4 March 2020 |
DTEL-IX | Digital Telecom Internet eXchange [87] | Kyiv | Ukraine | 2009 | 239 [88] | 2,200 [89] | 1,800 [89] | 25 March 2020 |
NetIX | NetIX [90] | Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Paris, London, Miami, New York, Ashburn, Hong Kong, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Fortaleza, Marseille, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Stockholm, Vienna, Prague, Zagreb, Warsaw, Belgrade, Sofia, Bucharest, Kyiv, Istanbul, Athens, Thessaloniki, Zagreb, Singapore | Germany, Netherlands, France, United Kingdom, United States, Brazil, China, Singapore, Spain, Italy, Russia, Sweden, Austria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Poland, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Turkey, Greece, Croatia, EU | 2013 | 200 [91] | 4,020 [92] | 2,700 [92] | 05 December 2024 |
VIX | Vienna Internet eXchange [93] | Vienna | Austria | 1996 | 170 [94] | 1,430 [95] | 861 [95] | 3 December 2023 |
BCIX | Berlin Commercial Internet Exchange [96] | Berlin | Germany | 2002 | 152 [97] | 933 [98] | 800 [98] | 04 Octobre 2023 |
DE-CIX New York | DE-CIX New York [99] | New York City | USA | 2013 | 235 [100] | 722.05 [101] | 230.1 [101] | 25 March 2020 |
MIX | Milan Internet eXchange [102] | Milan | Italy | 2000 | 359 [103] | 2,252 [104] | 1,299 [104] | 24 February 2023 |
ECIX | European Commercial Internet Exchange [105] | Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Berlin, Hamburg, Munich | Germany | 2002 | 180 [106] | 996 [107] | 500 | 30 October 2017 |
KINX | Korea Internet Neutral eXchange [108] | Seoul | South Korea | 2000 | 44 [109] | 280 | — | 14 October 2014 |
LONAP | London Network Access Point [110] | London | United Kingdom | 1997 | — [111] | 773.3 [112] | 414.5 [112] | 23 March 2021 |
STHIX | Stockholm Internet Exchange [113] | Stockholm, Gothenburg, Copenhagen | Sweden, Denmark | 2005 | 195 [114] | 224 [115] | 115 [115] | 25 March 2020 |
BNIX | Belgium National Internet eXchange [116] | Brussels | Belgium | 1995 | 57 [117] | 340 [118] | — | 25 March 2020 |
INEX | Internet Neutral Exchange [119] | Dublin, Cork | Ireland | 1996 | 113 [120] | 481 [121] | 250~ [121] | 25 March 2020 |
SwissIX | Swiss Internet eXchange [122] | Zurich | Switzerland | 2001 | 235 [123] | 1540 [124] | 220 [124] | 25 March 2020 |
NIXI | National Internet Exchange of India [125] | Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Guwahati | India | 2003 | 42 [126] | 613 [127] | 204 [127] | 22 February 2018 |
SIX | Slovak Internet eXchange [128] | Bratislava and Košice | Slovakia | 1996 | 58 [129] | 501 [130] | 210 | 28 Dec 2022 |
TPIX | Taipei Internet eXchange [131] | Taipei | Taiwan | 2002 | 135 [132] | 250 [133] | 130 | 15 Dec 2023 |
Mumbai IX | Mumbai Internet Exchange [134] | Navi Mumbai | India | 2014 | 184 [135] | 2450 [136] | — | 25 March 2020 |
UAE-IX | UAE-IX [137] | Dubai | UAE | 2013 | 82 [138] | 207.6 [139] | 160.2 [139] | 7 November 2020 |
NIX | Norwegian Internet eXchange [140] | Oslo | Norway | 1993 | 63 [141] | 164 [142] | — | 25 March 2020 |
SGIX | Singapore Internet Exchange [143] | Singapore | Singapore | 2009 | 263 | 3,290 [144] | 2,250 | 28 June 2024 |
SOX | Singapore Open Exchange | Singapore | Singapore | 2001 | 26 | 24, approx. [145] | — | 20 October 2018 |
KCIX | Kansas City Internet Exchange [146] | Kansas City | USA | 2006 | 99 [146] | 110 [146] | — | 25 March 2020 |
FICIX | Finnish Communication and Internet Exchange [147] | Espoo, Helsinki, Oulu | Finland | 1993 | 36 [a] [148] | 41.7 [a] [149] | 27.8 [a] | 25 March 2020 |
Eurasia Peering | Eurasia Peering [150] | Moscow | Russia | 2018 | 161 [151] | 314 [152] | 170 [152] | 6 January 2021 |
SIX | Slovenian Internet Exchange [153] | Ljubljana | Slovenia | 1994 | 31 [154] | 160.04 [155] | 30 [155] | 25 March 2020 |
RoNIX | Romanian Internet Exchange | Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Frankfurt | Romania | 2001 | 43 [156] | 115.06 [157] | 81.48 [157] | 1 April 2020 |
LU-CIX | Luxembourg Commercial Internet eXchange [158] | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 2009 | 34 [159] | y | 127.3 [160] | 25 March 2020 |
IXPN | Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria | Lagos, Port Harcourt, Abuja, Kano, Enugu | Nigeria | 2006 | 108 [161] | 460 [162] | 388 [162] | 11 April 2023 |
QIX | The Montreal Internet Exchange [163] | Montreal | Canada | 1995 [f] | 108 [164] | 361 [165] | 269 [165] | 9 April 2024 |
SFINX | Service for French Internet eXchange [166] | Paris | France | 1995 | 75 [167] | 12.1 [168] | — | 25 March 2020 |
YYCIX | Calgary Internet Exchange [169] | Calgary | Canada | 2012 | 70 [170] | 52.8 [171] | 35.3 [171] | 21 April 2022 |
VANIX | Vancouver Internet Exchange [172] | Vancouver | Canada | 2015 | 67 [173] | 130 [174] | — | 21 April 2022 |
DIX | Danish Internet Exchange Point [175] | Lyngby | Denmark | 1994 | 45 [176] | 113 [175] | — | 30 March 2020 |
Múli-IXP | Múli Internet Exchange Point | Reykjavík | Iceland | 2021 | 6 [177] | 50 [178] | — | 16 June 2022 |
RIX | Reykjavik Internet Exchange | Reykjavík | Iceland | 1999 | 24 [179] | 47.8 [180] | 12.7 [180] | 18 February 2021 |
DET-IX | Detroit Internet Exchange [181] | Detroit | USA | 2014 | 64 [182] | 1035.6 [181] | 516.5 | 11 November 2022 |
InterLAN | InterLAN Internet Exchange [183] | Bucharest, Constanta, Timișoara, Craiova | Romania | 2005 | 139 [184] | 519.04 [g] [185] | 344.33 | 20 June 2024 |
APE | Auckland Peering Exchange [186] | Auckland, New Zealand | New Zealand | 1999 | 84 [187] | 15.49 [186] | 10.43 [186] | 10 June 2022 |
GigaPix | Gigabit Portuguese Internet eXchange [188] | Lisbon, Porto | Portugal | 1995 | 48 [189] | 197.49 [190] | 130.79 | 10 April 2023 |
Pipe IX | Pipe IX [191] | Sydney | Australia | 2002 | 60+ [192] | 13 [192] | 13 | ? |
ALP-IX | ALPs Internet Exchange [193] | Munich | Germany | 2008 | 172 [194] | 54.4 [195] | 31 [195] | 25 March 2020 |
PIRIX | PIRIX Internet Exchange [196] | Saint Petersburg | Russia | 2009 | 40 [197] | 15.32 [198] | 10.2 [198] | 30 March 2020 |
LyonIX | Lyon Internet Exchange Point [199] | LyonIX, Lyon, France | France | 2001 | 102 [200] | 48.8 [201] | 24 [201] | 25 March 2020 |
NIX.SK | Neutral Internet eXchange [202] | Bratislava | Slovakia | 2014 | 53 [203] | 1276.9 [204] | 700 [204] | 25 March 2020 |
Piter-IX | Piter-IX [205] | Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Riga, Frankfurt, Tallinn, Kyiv | Russia, Latvia, Germany, Estonia, Ukraine | 2018 | 284 [206] | 350 [207] | 200 [207] | 24 October 2019 |
NYIIX | New York International Internet Exchange point | New York City, Seacaucus, Newark, Los Angeles, Philadelphia | USA | 1996 | 299 [208] [209] [210] | 1040 [211] | 738 [211] | 24 June 2021 |
CRIX | Punto Neutro de Intercambio de Tráfico de Costa Rica [212] | San José, Costa Rica | Costa Rica | 2014 | 49 [213] | 120 [214] | 60 [214] | 10 February 2022 |
GR-IX | Greek Internet Exchange [215] | Athens, Thessaloniki | Greece | 2009 | 60 (Athens), 21 (Thessaloniki) [216] | 551 [217] | 312 [217] | 3 March 2022 |
1-ix | Distribut Internet exchange point | Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Prague, Bratislava , London, Kyiv | Europe | 2022 | 200+ | 3.000 | 2.200 | 16.09.2024 |
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