Hurricane Electric

Hurricane Electric
Company typePrivate
IndustryInternet service provider
Founded1994; 30 years ago (1994)
HeadquartersFremont, California, United States
Key people
Mike Leber, founder
ServicesIP transit, colocation, dedicated servers
ASN
Peering policyOpen
Websitewww.he.net

Hurricane Electric is a global Internet service provider offering Internet transit, tools, and network applications,[1] as well as data center colocation and hosting services at one location in San Jose, California[2] and two locations in Fremont, California,[3] where the company is based.

As of June 2024, according to its own data, Hurricane Electric is the largest global IP network as measured by network adjacencies in both IPv4 and IPv6.[4] It is also the largest global IPv6 network as measured by IPv6 prefixes announced, and the fifth-largest global IP network as measured by IPv4 prefixes announced, according to its own data.[5]

  1. ^ Cherry, Steven (January 27, 2011). "IPv6 is Coming--Just in Time". IEEE Spectrum. Archived from the original on January 31, 2011.
  2. ^ "Colocation at Hurricane Electric". Hurricane Electric Internet Services. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  3. ^ "About Hurricane Electric". Hurricane Electric Internet Services. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  4. ^ "BGP Peer Report: Adjacencies". Hurricane Electric BGP Toolkit. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  5. ^ "BGP Peer Report: Prefixes". Hurricane Electric BGP Toolkit. Retrieved June 18, 2024.