DE-CIX

DE-CIX
Full nameDE-CIX
Founded1995
Location Germany
Websitewww.de-cix.net
Members3000+[1]
Ports110[2]
Peak17.09 Tbit/s[3]
Daily (avg.)11.98 Tbit/s[3]

DE-CIX (Deutsche Commercial Internet Exchange) is an operator of carrier- and data-center-neutral Internet Exchanges, with operations in Europe, North America, Africa, the Middle East, India and Southeast Asia. All DE-CIX activities and companies are brought together under the umbrella of the DE-CIX Group AG.[4]

The DE-CIX internet exchange point (IXP) situated in Frankfurt, Germany,[5] is one of the largest IXPs worldwide in terms of peak traffic, with throughput of 17.09 Tbit/s in April 2024.[6][7][8] In addition to DE-CIX in Frankfurt, DE-CIX operates IXPs in approx. 40 locations around the globe, with 3 further IXs exchanging peak traffic in excess of 1 Tbit/s, these being DE-CIX New York, DE-CIX Madrid, and DE-CIX Mumbai,[9] [JP2] with DE-CIX Mumbai becoming the largest IXP in the APAC according to PeeringDB in 2021 [JE3].

The DE-CIX global IXs (including presence in partner IXs) include:

Europe: Barcelona, Berlin (powered by BCIX), Bucharest (powered by InterLAN), Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Istanbul, Leipzig,[10] Lisbon, Madrid, Marseille, Munich, Palermo, Prague (powered by NIX.CZ), Ruhr-CIX powered by DE-CIX, SEE-CIX powered by DE-CIX in Athens and Warsaw (powered by ATMAN)

Nordics: Copenhagen, Esbjerg, Helsinki, Kristiansand, Oslo

Africa: Kinshasa (DRC), Lagos (Nigeria), and Tripoli (Libya)

North America: Chicago, Dallas, New York, Phoenix, and Richmond

GCC: Aqaba IX powered by DE-CIX in Jordan, UAE-IX powered by DE-CIX in Dubai), IRAQ-IXP powered by DE-CIX

India: Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai,[11] and Kolkata

Southeast Asia: Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru, Bandar Seri Begawan (Borneo-IX powered by DE-CIX) and Manila (powered by GetaFIX)

  1. ^ "About DE-CIX". DE-CIX. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  2. ^ "Connected networks".
  3. ^ a b "Statistics".
  4. ^ Janović, Inga. "De-Cix-Chef Harald Summa: „Internet? Spannend war das nicht"". FAZ.NET (in German). ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  5. ^ "Latest News | News". BroadGroup. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  6. ^ "DE-CIX Frankfurt traffic statistics". DE-CIX – we make interconnection easy. Anywhere. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  7. ^ "Internet Exchange Directory | PCH". www.pch.net. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  8. ^ "DE-CIX: Datenrekord parallel zum Fußball-WM-Halbfinale | News". heise online (in German). Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  9. ^ "India's largest IX operator surpasses 500 connected networks". DataCenterNews Asia Pacific. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  10. ^ "Netzknoten DE-CIX Leipzig: "Datenturbo für Mitteldeutschland"". heise online (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  11. ^ "DE-CIX Mumbai is now the largest Internet Exchange in APAC". DE-CIX – we make interconnection easy. Anywhere. Retrieved 2022-11-11.