Top 10

Largest exchanges worldwide

By members on the exchange's own list, or PeeringDB's count where there's no list.

1. 1
   IX.br (PTT.br) São Paulo São Paulo/SP, Brazil
   2,413 members
2. 2
   DE-CIX Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany
   1,073 members
3. 3
   4b42 Internet Exchange Point Zurich, Switzerland
   1,019 members
4. 4
   IIX-Jakarta Jakarta, Indonesia
   947 members
5. 5
   AMS-IX Amsterdam, Netherlands
   902 members
6. 6
   JKT-IX Jakarta, Indonesia
   821 members
7. 7
   LINX LON1 London, United Kingdom
   800 members
8. 8
   GNM-IX Amsterdam, Netherlands
   752 members
9. 9
   NL-ix Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Brussels, Luxembourg, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Berlin, Dublin, London, Copenhagen, Paris, Marseille, Netherlands
   668 members
10. 10
    OpenIXP / NiCE Indonesia, Indonesia
    624 in PeeringDB

Busiest exchanges

By peak traffic over the last week, for the exchanges that publish their traffic.

1. 1
   GNM-IX Amsterdam, Netherlands
   11.5 Tbps peak
2. 2
   NAPAfrica IX Johannesburg Johannesburg, South Africa
   5.12 Tbps peak
3. 3
   SIX Seattle Seattle, United States
   3.43 Tbps peak
4. 4
   MICE Minneapolis, MN, United States
   2.63 Tbps peak
5. 5
   LONAP London, United Kingdom
   2.58 Tbps peak
6. 6
   Frys-IX Fryslân, Netherlands
   1.66 Tbps peak
7. 7
   NAPAfrica IX Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa
   1.62 Tbps peak
8. 8
   BKNIX (Thailand) Bangkok, Thailand
   1.51 Tbps peak
9. 9
   Namex Rome Rome, Italy
   1.19 Tbps peak
10. 10
    INEX LAN1 Dublin, Ireland
    974 Gbps peak

Fastest growing

Members gained in the last 30 days.

The site started keeping daily counts recently. This list fills in on November 1, 2026.

Newest exchanges

By the date the exchange was added to PeeringDB, which is usually around when it launched.

1. 1
   IX.br (PTT.br) Macapá Macapá, Brazil
   Sep 2026 3 in PeeringDB
2. 2
   EdgeIX - Canberra Canberra, Australia
   Sep 2026 3 in PeeringDB
3. 3
   CANIX Charlottetown Charlottetown, Canada
   Sep 2026 1 in PeeringDB
4. 4
   Intermountain IX Spokane, United States
   Sep 2026 1 in PeeringDB
5. 5
   IX GDL Guadalajara, Mexico
   Aug 2026 3 in PeeringDB
6. 6
   MX-IX Chennai Chennai, India
   Aug 2026 2 in PeeringDB
7. 7
   nusa-IX Surabaya Surabaya, Indonesia
   Aug 2026 2 in PeeringDB
8. 8
   NIX Surabaya Surabaya, Indonesia
   Jul 2026 2 in PeeringDB
9. 9
   MegaIX Madrid Madrid, Spain
   Jul 2026 3 in PeeringDB
10. 10
    MegaIX Phoenix Phoenix, United States
    Jul 2026 4 in PeeringDB

Most connected capacity

Total port speed of every connection listed in PeeringDB. A rough guide to size, not traffic.

1. 1
   IX.br (PTT.br) São Paulo São Paulo/SP, Brazil
   181 Tbps 1,862 networks
2. 2
   DE-CIX Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany
   109 Tbps 1,019 networks
3. 3
   Equinix Singapore Singapore, Singapore
   70.1 Tbps 470 networks
4. 4
   GNM-IX Amsterdam, Netherlands
   67.5 Tbps 446 networks
5. 5
   AMS-IX Amsterdam, Netherlands
   66.1 Tbps 853 networks
6. 6
   LINX LON1 London, United Kingdom
   50 Tbps 838 networks
7. 7
   NL-ix Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Brussels, Luxembourg, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Berlin, Dublin, London, Copenhagen, Paris, Marseille, Netherlands
   45.6 Tbps 536 networks
8. 8
   BBIX Tokyo Tokyo, Japan
   41 Tbps 355 networks
9. 9
   IX.br (PTT.br) Fortaleza Fortaleza/CE, Brazil
   40.9 Tbps 607 networks
10. 10
    IX.br (PTT.br) Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil
    37.4 Tbps 533 networks

Highest IPv6 adoption

Share of members with an IPv6 address on the peering LAN. Exchanges with at least 50 members.

1. 1
   ixFabric - Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany
   100% 221 of 221
2. 2
   ixFabric - Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands
   100% 190 of 190
3. 3
   ixFabric - Dusseldorf Dusseldorf, Germany
   100% 144 of 144
4. 4
   ixFabric - London London, United Kingdom
   100% 120 of 120
5. 5
   STLIX Saint Louis, MO, United States
   100% 115 of 115
6. 6
   Protocol 7 IX - Hong Kong Hong Kong, Hong Kong
   100% 93 of 93
7. 7
   ixFabric - Zurich Zurich, Switzerland
   100% 91 of 91
8. 8
   Kent Internet Exchange Point Kent, United Kingdom
   100% 88 of 88
9. 9
   DE-CIX Chicago Chicago, United States
   100% 84 of 84
10. 10
    ZXIX Hong Kong Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    100% 78 of 78

Largest facilities worldwide

Data centers by the number of networks listing them in PeeringDB.

1. 1
   Datacenter APJII-Cyber Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia
   730 networks
2. 2
   Digital Realty Frankfurt FRA1-27 Frankfurt, Germany
   617 networks
3. 3
   Equinix SP4 - São Paulo Barueri, Brazil
   600 networks
4. 4
   Equinix FR5 - Frankfurt, KleyerStrasse Frankfurt, Germany
   553 networks
5. 5
   Equinix SG1 - Singapore Singapore, Singapore
   530 networks
6. 6
   IDC 3D Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia
   527 networks
7. 7
   Equinix DC1-DC15,DC21-DC22 - Ashburn Ashburn, United States
   518 networks
8. 8
   NIKHEF Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands
   497 networks
9. 9
   Telehouse - London (Docklands North) London, United Kingdom
   495 networks
10. 10
    Teraco Johannesburg Campus, South Africa Johannesburg, South Africa
    391 networks

Cities with the most exchanges worldwide

Exchanges listed in PeeringDB, per city.

1. 1
   Jakarta Indonesia
   26 exchanges
2. 2
   Amsterdam Netherlands
   20 exchanges
3. 3
   Frankfurt Germany
   17 exchanges
4. 4
   Hong Kong Hong Kong
   15 exchanges
5. 5
   London United Kingdom
   14 exchanges
6. 6
   Chicago United States
   13 exchanges
7. 7
   Singapore Singapore
   11 exchanges
8. 8
   Tokyo Japan
   11 exchanges
9. 9
   Bangkok Thailand
   10 exchanges
10. 10
    Moscow Russia
    10 exchanges

Largest metro areas without an exchange worldwide

The largest uncovered metro area in each country (pick a country above for its full list): no exchange within 50 km, or only ghost exchanges. A metro area is a city and its neighbours within 40 km; populations from GeoNames. China tops any worldwide ranking because few of its exchanges are in PeeringDB, so read its entries with care.

1. 1
   Chongqing No exchange · China · nearest exchange AKIX - TFU, 269 km
   22.02M people
2. 2
   Nagoya No exchange · Japan · nearest exchange JPNAP Osaka, 137 km
   7.85M people
3. 3
   Busan No exchange · South Korea · nearest exchange KOIX, 203 km
   5.38M people
4. 4
   Peshawar No exchange · Pakistan · nearest exchange NIXA, 229 km
   5.16M people
5. 5
   Chattogram No exchange · Bangladesh · nearest exchange NOVO NIX, 211 km
   4.63M people
6. 6
   Casablanca Only a ghost exchange: CAS-IX · Morocco · nearest exchange FEZIX, 246 km
   4.45M people
7. 7
   Ibadan No exchange · Nigeria · nearest exchange IXPN Lagos, 105 km
   4.14M people
8. 8
   Algiers No exchange · Algeria · nearest exchange NIXVAL-IX, 439 km
   3.72M people
9. 9
   Pyongyang No exchange · North Korea · nearest exchange Equinix Seoul, 188 km
   3.47M people
10. 10
    İzmir No exchange · Türkiye · nearest exchange TR-IX, 188 km
    3.42M people

Most isolated big cities worldwide

Metro areas of a million people or more, by the distance to the nearest real exchange (one per country).

1. 1
   Mogadishu Only a ghost exchange: SoIXP · Somalia · nearest exchange KIXP-Mombasa, 922 km
   922 km to an exchange
2. 2
   Yinchuan No exchange · China · nearest exchange CHN-IX Beijing, 887 km
   887 km to an exchange
3. 3
   Kananga No exchange · DR Congo · nearest exchange ACIX, 810 km
   810 km to an exchange
4. 4
   Bangui No exchange · Central African Republic · nearest exchange CAMIX Yaounde, 783 km
   783 km to an exchange
5. 5
   Mashhad No exchange · Iran · nearest exchange Tehran IX, 739 km
   739 km to an exchange
6. 6
   Ashgabat No exchange · Turkmenistan · nearest exchange Tehran IX, 668 km
   668 km to an exchange
7. 7
   Agadir No exchange · Morocco · nearest exchange FEZIX, 590 km
   590 km to an exchange
8. 8
   Santa Cruz de la Sierra No exchange · Bolivia · nearest exchange PIT Bolivia, 539 km
   539 km to an exchange
9. 9
   Quetta No exchange · Pakistan · nearest exchange NIXA, 524 km
   524 km to an exchange
10. 10
    Tripoli Only a ghost exchange: Tripoli IXP · Libya · nearest exchange TunIXP, 517 km
    517 km to an exchange

Largest US states without an exchange

States with no exchange, or only ghost exchanges. By 2024 Census population estimates.

1. 1
   Louisiana Only a ghost exchange: DartPoints Bridge IX Baton Rouge, LA
   4.60M people
2. 2
   Connecticut No exchange
   3.68M people
3. 3
   Arkansas Only a ghost exchange: Natural State Community Internet Exchange
   3.09M people
4. 4
   Mississippi No exchange
   2.94M people
5. 5
   New Hampshire No exchange
   1.41M people
6. 6
   Montana Only a ghost exchange: YRIX
   1.14M people
7. 7
   Rhode Island No exchange
   1.11M people
8. 8
   Delaware No exchange
   1.05M people
9. 9
   South Dakota No exchange
   925K people
10. 10
    Alaska Only a ghost exchange: AlaskaIX
    740K people

Countries with the most exchanges

Exchanges listed in PeeringDB, per country.

1. 1
   United States
   214 exchanges
2. 2
   Indonesia
   80 exchanges
3. 3
   Germany
   59 exchanges
4. 4
   Brazil
   54 exchanges
5. 5
   India
   42 exchanges
6. 6
   Russia
   42 exchanges
7. 7
   Australia
   37 exchanges
8. 8
   Netherlands
   34 exchanges
9. 9
   United Kingdom
   30 exchanges
10. 10
    Canada
    29 exchanges

Most members missing from PeeringDB

Networks on the exchange's own member list that don't list the exchange in PeeringDB.

1. 1
   IX.br (PTT.br) São Paulo São Paulo/SP, Brazil
   1,270 of 2,413 members
2. 2
   4b42 Internet Exchange Point Zurich, Switzerland
   735 of 1,019 members
3. 3
   GNM-IX Amsterdam, Netherlands
   309 of 752 members
4. 4
   MSK-IX Moscow Moscow, Russia
   223 of 500 members
5. 5
   IX.br (PTT.br) Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil
   220 of 470 members
6. 6
   KleyReX Frankfurt, Germany
   193 of 467 members
7. 7
   IX.br (PTT.br) Porto Alegre Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil
   140 of 359 members
8. 8
   NL-ix Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Brussels, Luxembourg, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Berlin, Dublin, London, Copenhagen, Paris, Marseille, Netherlands
   134 of 668 members
9. 9
   TPIX PL Warsaw, Poland
   132 of 469 members
10. 10
    IIX-Jakarta Jakarta, Indonesia
    122 of 947 members

Best PeeringDB match

Share of networks that are both on the exchange's list and in PeeringDB. Exchanges with at least 50 members.

1. 1
   DE-CIX Chicago Chicago, United States
   99% 83 members
2. 2
   SONIX Stockholm Stockholm, Sweden
   99% 81 members
3. 3
   BCIX Berlin, Germany
   98% 143 members
4. 4
   MegaIX Dusseldorf Dusseldorf, Germany
   98% 96 members
5. 5
   CINX Cape Town, South Africa
   98% 124 members
6. 6
   JINX Johannesburg, South Africa
   97% 212 members
7. 7
   Frys-IX Fryslân, Netherlands
   97% 322 members
8. 8
   LONAP London, United Kingdom
   97% 315 members
9. 9
   MINAP Milan Milan, Italy
   97% 118 members
10. 10
    DINX Durban, South Africa
    96% 103 members

Worst PeeringDB match

Share of networks that are both on the exchange's list and in PeeringDB. Exchanges with at least 50 members.

1. 1
   IX.br (PTT.br) Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte/MG, Brazil
   22% 93 members
2. 2
   IX.br (PTT.br) Brasília Brasília/DF, Brazil
   23% 114 members
3. 3
   IX.br (PTT.br) Salvador Salvador/BA, Brazil
   24% 106 members
4. 4
   IX.br (PTT.br) Campina Grande Campina Grande/PB, Brazil
   25% 78 members
5. 5
   BDIX Dhaka, Bangladesh
   26% 79 members
6. 6
   4b42 Internet Exchange Point Zurich, Switzerland
   28% 1,019 members
7. 7
   DTEL-IX Kiev, Ukraine
   28% 88 members
8. 8
   IX.br (PTT.br) Manaus Manaus/AM, Brazil
   28% 56 members
9. 9
   IX.br (PTT.br) Recife Recife/PE, Brazil
   31% 118 members
10. 10
    IX.br (PTT.br) Florianópolis Florianópolis/SC, Brazil
    32% 92 members

Most connected networks

Networks present at the most exchanges, by PeeringDB or the exchanges' own lists.

1. 1
   CloudflareAS13335
   361 exchanges
2. 2
   PCH AS42AS42
   340 exchanges
3. 3
   Hurricane ElectricAS6939
   337 exchanges
4. 4
   PCH AS3856AS3856
   329 exchanges
5. 5
   Akamai TechnologiesAS20940
   259 exchanges
6. 6
   MetaAS32934
   219 exchanges
7. 7
   MicrosoftAS8075
   211 exchanges
8. 8
   Google LLCAS15169
   189 exchanges
9. 9
   Amazon.comAS16509
   176 exchanges
10. 10
    DNS-OARC-112AS112
    166 exchanges

Ghost exchange operators

PeeringDB organizations running the most ghost exchanges (fewer than two outside networks).

1. 1
   Megaport9 of their 36 exchanges
   9 ghosts
2. 2
   HackerSpace AU7 of their 7 exchanges
   7 ghosts
3. 3
   ixFabric5 of their 52 exchanges
   5 ghosts
4. 4
   PIT5 of their 18 exchanges
   5 ghosts
5. 5
   CyrusOne Inc.5 of their 6 exchanges
   5 ghosts
6. 6
   BBIX, Inc.4 of their 13 exchanges
   4 ghosts
7. 7
   Ninja-IX Corporation4 of their 12 exchanges
   4 ghosts
8. 8
   Stephan Rakowski, trading as CSN Solutions e.K.4 of their 4 exchanges
   4 ghosts
9. 9
   Equinix, Inc.3 of their 45 exchanges
   3 ghosts
10. 10
    MX-IX Digital Infrastructure Private Limited3 of their 6 exchanges
    3 ghosts