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 Equinix, NAP of the Americas and 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 | Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich | Germany | 1995 | 480+ | 2232 | 1369 | 5 November 2012 |
AMS-IX | Amsterdam Internet Exchange | Amsterdam, Haarlem, Schiphol-Rijk | Netherlands | 1997 | 530 | 2091 | 1379 | 5 November 2012 |
LINX | London Internet Exchange | London | United Kingdom | 1994 | 442 | 1574 | 1040 | 5 November 2012 |
Equinix | Equinix Exchange | London, Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt am Main, Munich, Zürich, Geneva, New York, Ashburn, Virginia, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Jose, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney | USA, Europe, Asia - Pacific | 1998 | 768 | 1409 | 990 | 15 February 2012 |
MSK-IX | Moscow Internet Exchange | Moscow | Russia | 1995 | 348 | 785 | 417 | 18 March 2012 |
JPNAP | Japan Network Access Point | Tokyo and Osaka | Japan | 2001 | 75 | 273 | 234 | 17 April 2011 |
UA-IX | Ukrainian Internet Exchange Network | Kiev | Ukraine | 2000 | 117 | 369 | 197 | 18 November 2011 |
ESPANIX | Spain Internet Exchange | Madrid | Spain | 1997 | 53 | 259 | 159 | 27 February 2012 |
PLIX | Polish Internet eXchange | Warsaw | Poland | 2006 | 204 | 220 | 132 | 19 February 2012 |
NIX.CZ | Neutral Internet eXchange of the Czech Republic | Prague | Czech Republic | 1996 | 105 | 250 | 121 | 19 November 2012 |
Netnod | Netnod Internet Exchange in Sweden | Stockholm, Malmö, Sundsvall, Gothenburg, Luleå | Sweden | 1997 | 64 | 373 | 118 | 18 November 2011 |
Any2 | Any2 Exchange | Los Angeles, San Jose, Miami, Washington DC, Boston, Chicago, Reston, New York | USA | 2005 | 216 | 250 | 100 | 18 November 2011 |
NYIIX | New York International Internet eXchange | New York | USA | 1996 | 135 | 282 | 93 | 17 November 2011 |
NL-ix | Netherlands Internet Exchange | Aalsmeer, Alblasserdam, Almere, Amsterdam, Arnhem, Ede, Eindhoven, Enschede, Groningen, Haarlem, Hengelo, Hilversum, Maastricht, Oude Meer, Rijen, Rotterdam, Schiphol-Rijk, Steenbergen, Zuidbroek, Zwolle | Netherlands | 2002 | 313 | 188 | 113 | 5 July 2012 |
HKIX | Hong Kong Internet eXchange | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 1995 | 95+46 | 182 | 71 | 18 November 2011 |
JPIX | Japan Internet Exchange | Tokyo | Japan | 1997 | 113 | 167 | 88 | 17 November 2011 |
BIX | Budapest Internet Exchange | Budapest | Hungary | 1996 | 54 | 160 | 75 | 18 November 2011 |
France-IX | France-IX | Paris | France | 2010 | 182 | 158 | 86 | 3 January 2013 |
ECIX | European Commercial Internet Exchange | Düsseldorf, Berlin, Hamburg | Germany | 2003 | 114 | 107 | 64 | 14 May 2012 |
SIX | Seattle Internet Exchange | Seattle | USA | 1997 | 155 | 106 | 70 | 18 November 2011 |
PTT Metro | PTT Metro | 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 | 267 | 100 | 60 | 16 April 2012 |
MIX | Milan Internet eXchange | Milan | Italy | 2000 | 119 | 94 | 40 | 18 November 2011 |
TorIX | The Toronto Internet Exchange | Toronto | Canada | 1998 | 160 | 107 | 70 | 8 December 2012 |
BIX.BG | Bulgarian Internet eXchange | Sofia | Bulgaria | 2009 | 49 | 79 | 40 | 19 September 2012 |
VIX | Vienna Internet eXchange | Vienna | Austria | 1996 | 104 | 73 | 42 | 19 September 2012 |
SVAO-IX | SVAO-IX | Moscow | Russia | 2004 | 47 | 61 | 28 | 19 September 2012 |
Home-IX | Home-IX | Moscow | Russia | 2006 | 52 | 60 | 31 | 19 September 2012 |
SIX | Slovak Internet eXchange | Bratislava and Košice | Slovakia | 1996 | 52 | 59 | 26 | 19 September 2012 |
BalkanIX | Balkan Internet eXchange | Sofia | Bulgaria | 2009 | 25 | 55 | 30 | 19 September 2012 |
BNIX | Belgium National Internet eXchange | Brussels | Belgium | 1995 | 49 | 51 | N/A | 19 September 2012 |
SwissIX | Swiss Internet eXchange | Zürich | Switzerland | 2001 | 132 | 43 | 22.5 | 18 April 2012 |
NIX | Norwegian Internet eXchange | Oslo | Norway | 1993 | 94 | 39 | 20 | 24 April 2011 |
SPB-IX | Saint-Petersburg Internet Exchange | Saint-Petersburg | Russia | 2005 | 102 | 39 | 20 | 24 May 2011 |
SFINX | Service for French Internet eXchange | Paris | France | 1995 | 85 | 38 | N/A | 19 September 2012 |
BCIX | Berlin Commercial Internet Exchange | Berlin | Germany | 2002 | 47 | 35 | 8 | 27 July 2012 |
SIX | Slovenian Internet Exchange | Ljubljana | Slovenia | 1994 | 20 | 35 | 16 | 11 March 2012 |
TOP-IX | Torino Piemonte Internet point eXchange | Turin | Italy | 2002 | 65 | 33 | 10 | 6 January 2011 |
FICIX | Finnish Communication and Internet Exchange | Espoo, Helsinki, Oulu | Finland | 1993 | 27 | 31 | 18 | 19 September 2012 |
DTEL-IX | Digital Telecom Internet eXchange | Kiev | Ukraine | 2009 | 56 | 30 | N/A | 19 August 2011 |
DIX | Danish Internet Exchange Point | Lyngby | Denmark | 1994 | 45 | 29 | N/A | 19 September 2012 |
InterLAN | Romanian Internet Exchange | Bucharest | Romania | 2005 | 62 | 25 | 11 | 6 January 2011 |
LONAP | London Network Access Point | London | United Kingdom | 1997 | 110 | 25 | 8 | 1 March 2012 |
INEX | Internet Neutral Exchange | Dublin | Ireland | 1996 | 51 | 24 | 13 | 14 June 2011 |
GR-IX | Greek Internet eXchange | Athens | Greece | 1997 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 19 September 2012 |
INXS | Internet Exchange Point Munich | Munich | Germany | 1994 | 41 | 21 | N/A | 19 September 2012 |
NaMeX | Nautilus Mediterranean eXchange point | Rome | Italy | 1995 | 40 | 21 | 8 | 19 September 2012 |
NFX | Neutral czFree eXchange | Prague | Czech Republic | 2006 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 19 September 2012 |
PARIX | Paris Internet eXchange | Paris | France | 2001 | 44 | 15 | 11 | 29 September 2006 |
NIXI | National Internet Exchange of India | Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad | India | 2003 | 86 | 14 | 9 | 17 April 2011 |
Pipe IX | Pipe IX | Sydney | Australia | 2002 | 60+ | 13 | 13 | |
ALP-IX | ALPs Internet Exchange | Munich | Germany | 2008 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 4 March 2011 |
RoNIX | Romanian Network for Internet eXchange | Bucharest | Romania | 2001 | 37 | 11 | 7 | 6 January 2011 |
AtlantaIX | Atlanta Internet Exchange | Atlanta | USA | 2003 | 44 | 9 | 3 | |
LAIIX | Los Angeles International Internet eXchange | Los Angeles | USA | 1996 | 44 | 9 | 4 | 6 January 2011 |
EKT-IX | Ekaterinburg Internet eXchange | Ekaterinburg | Russia | 2008 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 24 May 2011 |
Pacific Wave | Seattle Network-to-Network Access Point | Seattle | USA | 1998 | 28 | 8 | 1 | |
GigaPix | Gigabit Portuguese Internet eXchange | Lisbon | Portugal | 1995 | 20 | 8 | 5 | |
GN-IX | Groningen Internet Exchange | Groningen | Netherlands | 2001 | 65 | 7 | 2 | 16 December 2010 |
PIRIX | PIRIX Internet Exchange | Saint-Petersburg | Russia | 2009 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 24 May 2011 |
Kh-IX | Kharkov Internet Exchange Point | Kharkov | Ukraine | ? | 50 | 5 | 3 | 6 November 2010 |
TIX | Telehouse Internet Exchange | Zürich | Switzerland | 1999 | 62 | 4 | 2 | |
TWIX | Taiwan Internet Exchange | Taipei | Taiwan | 1996 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 6 January 2011 |
IIX | Israeli Internet Exchange | Petah Tikva | Israel | 1996 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 6 January 2011 |
FreeBIX | Free Belgian Internet Exchange | Brussels | Belgium | 2003 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 6 August 2010 |
Moebius | PTT Moebius | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 2008 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 7 February 2011 |
CIXP | CERN Internet Exchange Point | CERN, Geneva, Zürich | Switzerland | 1989 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 6 December 2010 |
VSIX | North East Neutral Access Point | Padova | Italy | 2009 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 28 September 2010 |
CATNIX | Catalunya Neutral Internet Exchange Point | Barcelona | Spain | 1999 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 11 January 2012 |
JINX | Johannesburg Internet Exchange | Johannesburg | South Africa | 1996 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 27 August 2011 |
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