This is a list of Internet Exchange Points by size, measured by peak incoming data rate (throughput), with additional data on location, establishment and average throughput.
Generally only exchanges with more than one gigabit per second 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 is hard to come by. Examples of large peering points without public data are FreeIX (now closed, see France-IX), NAP of the Americas or PacketExchange.
Short name | Name | City | Country | Established | Members | Throughput (Gbit/s) maximum | Throughput (Gbit/s) average | Values updated |
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DE-CIX | Deutscher Commercial Internet Exchange[1] | Frankfurt am Main | Germany | 1995 | 373[2] | 4029[3] | 945[3] | 17 April 2011 |
AMS-IX | Amsterdam Internet Exchange[4] | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 1997[5] | 454[6] | 1346[7] | 849[7] | 6 October 2011 |
Equinix | Equinix Exchange[8] | London, Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt am Main, Munich, Zürich, Geneva, New York, Washington D.C., Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Jose, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney | United States, Europe, Asia - Pacific | 1998 | 768[9] | 1307[10] | 857[10] | 18 November 2011 |
LINX | London Internet Exchange[11] | London | United Kingdom | 1994 | 388[12] | 1092[13][14] | 743[13][14] | 18 November 2011 |
MSK-IX | Moscow Internet Exchange[15] | Moscow | Russia | 1995 | 340[16] | 753[17] | 336[17] | 18 November 2011 |
Netnod | Netnod Internet Exchange in Sweden[18] | Stockholm, Malmö, Sundsvall, Gothenburg, Luleå | Sweden | 1997 | 64[19][20] | 373[21][20] | 118[20] | 18 November 2011 |
UA-IX | Ukrainian Internet Exchange Network[22] | Kiev | Ukraine | 2000 | 110[23] | 369[24][25] | 197[24] | 18 November 2011 |
JPNAP | Japan Network Access Point[26] | Tokyo and Osaka | Japan | 2001 | 75[27][28] | 273[29][28] | 234[28] | 17 April 2011 |
NYIIX | New York International Internet eXchange[30] | New York | USA | 1996 | 135[31] | 282[32] | 93[33] | 17 November 2011 |
Any2 | Any2 Exchange[34] | Los Angeles, San Jose, Miami, Washington DC, Boston, Chicago, Reston, New York | USA | 2005 | 216[35] | 250[36] | 100 | 18 November 2011 |
NIX.CZ | Neutral Internet eXchange of the Czech Republic[37] | Prague | Czech Republic | 1996 | 105[38] | 201[39] | 97 | 17 January 2011 |
ESPANIX | Spain Internet Exchange[40] | Madrid | Spain | 1997 | 53[41] | 184[42] | 88 | 18 November 2011 |
NL-ix | Netherlands Internet Exchange[43] | Aalsmeer, Almere, Alphen a/d Rijn, Amsterdam, Arnhem, Capelle a/d IJssel, Ede, Haarlem, Hilversum, Oude Meer, Rijen, Rotterdam, Schiphol-Rijk, Steenbergen | Netherlands | 2002[44] | 259[45] | 183[45] | 78[46] | 18 November 2011 |
HKIX | Hong Kong Internet eXchange[47] | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 1995 | 95[48]+46[49] | 182[50] | 71 | 18 November 2011 |
PLIX | Polish Internet eXchange[51] | Warsaw | Poland | 2006 | 197[52] | 170[53] | 88[54] | 21 November 2011 |
JPIX | Japan Internet Exchange[55] | Tokyo | Japan | 1997 | 113[56] | 167[57] | 88 | 17 November 2011 |
BIX | Budapest Internet Exchange[58] | Budapest | Hungary | 1996 | 54[59] | 160[60] | 75[60] | 18 November 2011 |
SIX | Seattle Internet Exchange[61] | Seattle | USA | 1997 | 155[62] | 106[63] | 70 | 18 November 2011 |
MIX | Milan Internet eXchange[64] | Milan | Italy | 2000 | 119[65] | 94[66][67] | 40[67] | 18 November 2011 |
ECIX | European Commercial Internet Exchange[68] | Düsseldorf, Berlin, Hamburg | Germany | 2003 | 112[69] | 91[70] | 43 | 17 October 2011 |
France-IX | France-IX[71] | Paris | France | 2010 | 121[72] | 86[73] | 57[72] | 9 November 2011 |
TorIX | The Toronto Internet Exchange[74] | Toronto | Canada | 1998 | 137[75] | 66[76] | 39 | 9 March 2011 |
SVAO-IX | SVAO-IX[77] | Moscow | Russia | 2004 | 47[78] | 47[79] | 28[79] | 3 October 2010 |
GR-IX | Greek Internet eXchange[80] | Athens | Greece | 1997 | 12[81] | 45[82] | 8[82] | 26 December 2010 |
TOP-IX | Torino Piemonte Internet point eXchange[83] | Turin | Italy | 2002 | 65[84] | 33[85] | 10[85] | 6 January 2011 |
DTEL-IX | Digital Telecom Internet eXchange[86] | Kiev | Ukraine | 2009 | 56[87] | 30 | N/A | 19 August 2011 |
NIX | Norwegian Internet eXchange[88] | Oslo | Norway | 1993 | 94[89] | 39[90] | 20 | 24 April 2011 |
PTT Metro | PTT Metro[91] | Americana, Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Campina Grande, Campinas, Curitiba, Florianópolis, Fortaleza, Goiânia, Londrina, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, São José dos Campos, São Paulo | Brazil | 2004 | 183[92] | 52[93] | 29[94] | 17 April 2011 |
BIX.BG | Bulgarian Internet eXchange[95] | Sofia | Bulgaria | 2009 | 38[96] | 31[97] | 17[97] | 19 May 2010 |
SIX | Slovak Internet eXchange[98] | Bratislava and Košice | Slovakia | 1996 | 52[99] | 30[100] | 16 | 12 April 2010 |
SPB-IX | Saint-Petersburg Internet Exchange[101] | Saint-Petersburg | Russia | 2005 | 102[102] | 39[103] | 20 | 24 May 2011 |
VIX | Vienna Internet eXchange[104] | Vienna | Austria | 1996 | 104[105] | 29[106] | 20 | 19 May 2010 |
Home-IX | Home-IX[107] | Moscow | Russia | 2006 | 52[108] | 28[109] | 13[109] | 4 October 2010 |
BNIX | Belgium National Internet eXchange[110] | Brussels | Belgium | 1995 | 44[111] | 28[112] | N/A | 22 June 2010 |
SIX | Slovenian Internet Exchange[113] | Ljubljana | Slovenia | ? | 18[114] | 27[115] | 14[115] | 2 November 2010 |
InterLAN | Romanian Internet Exchange[116] | Bucharest | Romania | 2005 | 62[117] | 25[118][25] | 11 | 6 January 2011 |
FICIX | Finnish Communication and Internet Exchange[119] | Espoo, Helsinki, Oulu | Finland | 1993 | 27[120][121] | 24[122][121] | 14[121] | |
SwissIX | Swiss Internet eXchange[123] | Zürich | Switzerland | 2001 | 132[124] | 21[125] | 9.4[125] | 30 January 2011 |
LONAP | London Network Access Point[126] | London | United Kingdom | 1997 | 90[127] | 19[128] | 8 | 9 March 2010 |
WORK-IX | WORK-IX[129] | Hamburg | Germany | 2002 | 33[130] | 19[131] | 4[131] | 6 December 2010 |
SFINX | Service for French Internet eXchange[132] | Paris | France | 1995 | 85[133] | 17[134][135] | N/A | |
INXS | Internet Exchange Point Munich[136] | Munich | Germany | 1994 | 41[137] | 17[138] | 7 | 5 December 2010 |
BalkanIX | Balkan Internet eXchange[139] | Sofia | Bulgaria | 2009 | 17[140] | 16[141] | 7[142] | 16 December 2010 |
BCIX | Berlin Commercial Internet Exchange[143] | Berlin | Germany | 2002 | 47[144] | 23[145] | 8 | 15 February 2011 |
DIX | Danish Internet Exchange Point[146] | Lyngby | Denmark | 1994 | 45[147] | 18[148] | N/A | |
PARIX | Paris Internet eXchange[149] | Paris | France | 2001 | 44[150] | 15[151] | 11 | 29 September 2006 |
Pipe IX | Pipe IX[152] | Sydney | Australia | 2002 | 60+[153] | 13[153] | 13 | |
NaMeX | Nautilus Mediterranean eXchange point[154] | Rome | Italy | 1995 | 40[155] | 13[156] | 7[156] | 16 December 2010 |
INEX | Internet Neutral Exchange[157] | Dublin | Ireland | 1996 | 51[158] | 14[159] | 5[160] | 14 June 2011 |
ALP-IX | ALPs Internet Exchange[161] | Munich | Germany | 2008 | 18[162] | 13[163] | 5[163] | 4 March 2011 |
RoNIX | Romanian Network for Internet eXchange[164] | Bucharest | Romania | 2001 | 37[165] | 11[166] | 7[166] | 6 January 2011 |
AtlantaIX | Atlanta Internet Exchange[167] | Atlanta | USA | 2003 | 44[168] | 9[169] | 3 | |
LAIIX | Los Angeles International Internet eXchange[170] | Los Angeles | USA | 1996 | 44[171] | 9[172] | 4[172] | 6 January 2011 |
Pacific Wave | Seattle Network-to-Network Access Point[173] | Seattle | USA | 1998 | 28[174] | 8[175] | 1 | |
GigaPix | Gigabit Portuguese Internet eXchange[176] | Lisbon | Portugal | 1995 | 20[177] | 8[178][25] | 5 | |
NIXI | National Internet Exchange of India[179] | Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad | India | 2003 | 86[180] | 14[181] | 9[182] | 17 April 2011 |
GN-IX | Groningen Internet Exchange[183] | Groningen | Netherlands | 2001[184] | 65[185] | 7[186] | 2[187] | 16 December 2010 |
PIRIX | PIRIX Internet Exchange[188] | Saint-Petersburg | Russia | 2009 | 40[189] | 7[190] | 4[190] | 24 May 2011 |
Kh-IX | Kharkov Internet Exchange Point[191] | Kharkov | Ukraine | ? | 50[192] | 5[193][25] | 3[194] | 6 November 2010 |
TIX | Telehouse Internet Exchange[195] | Zürich | Switzerland | 1999 | 62[196] | 4[197] | 2 | |
EKT-IX | Ekaterinburg Internet eXchange[198] | Ekaterinburg | Russia | 2008 | 30[199] | 9[200] | 5 | 24 May 2011 |
TWIX | Taiwan Internet Exchange[201] | Taipei | Taiwan | 1996 | 26[202] | 3[203] | 2[204] | 6 January 2011 |
IIX | Israeli Internet Exchange[205] | Petah Tikva | Israel | 1996 | 18[206] | 3[207] | 2[207] | 6 January 2011 |
FreeBIX | Free Belgian Internet Exchange[208] | Brussels | Belgium | 2003 | 30[209] | 2 | 1 | 6 August 2010 |
Moebius | PTT Moebius[210] | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 2008 | 11[211] | 2[212] | 1[212] | 7 February 2011 |
CIXP | CERN Internet Exchange Point[213] | CERN, Geneva, Zürich | Switzerland | 1989 | 40[214] | 2[215] | 1[216] | 6 December 2010 |
VSIX | North East Neutral Access Point[217] | Padova | Italy | 2009 | 20[218] | 1[219] | 1[219] | 28 September 2010 |
CATNIX | Catalunya Neutral Internet Exchange Point[220] | Barcelona | Spain | 1999? | 24[221] | 1[222] | 1[222] | 2 July 2011 |
JINX | Johannesburg Internet Exchange[223] | Johannesburg | South Africa | 1996 | 48[224] | 2[225] | 1[226] | 27 August 2011 |
HTN-CIX | HT Networks Cambodia Internet Exchange[227] | Phnom Penh | Cambodia | 2008 | 18[228] | 20 | 1 | 15 December 2011 --> |