Internet Exchange Points

2020 Report
 Contents

1. Introduction................................................................................................................................................................. 4
1.1 Foreword....................................................................................................................................................................... 4
1.2 Notes on this report ..................................................................................................................................................... 4
1.3 Internet Exchange Point (IXP) ...................................................................................................................................... 4

2. IXPs in Europe............................................................................................................................................................. 5
2.1 Number of operational IXPs in Europe......................................................................................................................... 5
2.2 Number of connected parties globally by IXP.............................................................................................................. 6
2.3 Number of connected parties in Europe by IXP........................................................................................................... 7
2.4 Number of connected parties globally by region .............................................................................................................. 8

3. Traffic Statistics in Europe...................................................................................................................................... 10

3.1 Traffic growth over 10 years among Euro-IX Membership......................................................................................... 10
3.2 Global Traffic Statistics............................................................................................................................................... 11
3.3 Traffic Statistics - Top 10.................................................................................................................................................... 17

5. IXP Switching Platform Technology....................................................................................................................... 18

5.1 Switches in use in Europe........................................................................................................................................... 18
5.2 Network Peering Hardware ............................................................................................................................................... 19

6. Further Information.................................................................................................................................................. 20

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About Euro-IX

The European Internet Exchange Association was established on June 28, 2001, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Since
this date, the European Internet Exchange Association (Euro-IX) has operated under the responsibility of an Association
according to Dutch law. Euro-IX has been set-up as a non-profit association.

Euro-IX brings together the Intenet community with the aim to share ideas and experiences and coordinate technical
standards, develop common procedures and publish statistics and other useful information. To compile this report on
IXPs, we used data from the Internet Exchange Point Database (IXPDB) - https://ixpdb.euro-ix.net/en/

The IXPDB is an authoritative, comprehensive, public source of data related to IXPs. It collects data directly from
IXPs through a recurring automated process. It also integrates data from third-party sources in order to provide a
comprehensive and corroborated view of the global interconnection landscape. For example, it highlights networks
that have not reported they are in PeeringDB and shows which IXPs are MANRS compliant. The combined data can be
viewed, analyzed, and exported through this web-based interface and an API.
In 2020, Euro-IX counted 72 Members and 11 Patrons from the IXP-related equipment-vendor and colocation sectors
of the community.
The 72 member IXPs are from 50 countries and the affiliations are as follows:

- Standard Members: 42 IXPs from 29 countries

- Associate Members: 8 IXPs from 5 countries (Brazil, Japan, Saudi Arabia, UK and USA)
- Remote Members: 22 IXPs from 21 countries, including 14 IXPs from Europe (Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Finland, Iceland, Italy, Macedonia, Russia, Sweden and UK), 6 from the Af-IX region (Angola,
Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa), 3 IXPs from the APIX region (Australia, Sri Lanka and Serbia) and 2 IXPs from
the LAC-IX region (Costa Rica and Curacao).

Euro-IX Region
NA Region

APIX Region

LAC-IX Region

Af-IX Region

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 1. Introduction

1.1 Foreword

This report has been compiled by the European Internet Exchange Association (Euro-IX) to give an overview of the
current status of IXP deployment in Europe including:
- The number of Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) currently operating in Europe
- Related statistics and trends that are appearing in the European IXP market and a general global view
- The evolution over the last couple of years

1.2 Notes on this report

- Not all IXPs make their traffic statistics publicly available and no attempts at estimates were made where true figures
were not presented.
- All information has been gathered on a best effort basis and relies on the information that is provided by individual
IXPs. Therefore all information contained in this report is only as accurate as the information that has been published
by these IXPs. If you are planning to base your decision on the information contained in this report, we strongly
advise to check the information against up-to-date data.
- Not all IXPs measure their peak traffic using the same periodic average. While the majority of IXPs choose to take
samples every five minutes, some have chosen to take these samples more or less frequently.
- A best effort was made to list all known operational IXPs in Europe. However we may be unaware of the existence
of some IXPs and thus they do not appear in the list (Appendix 1). We welcome any information about IXPs missing
from this report.
- Some IXPs that were listed in the 2018/19 report have not been included in the 2020 one due to the fact that either
no contact could be made with them to verify if they are still operational, they have no working website or we have
received information that they are no longer operational.

1.3 Internet Exchange Point (IXP)

Euro-IX has accepted the Internet Exchange Federations (IX-F) definition of an IXP being;
“A network facility that enables the interconnection and exchange of Internet traffic between more than two
independent Autonomous Systems. An IXP provides interconnection only for Autonomous Systems. An IXP does
not require the Internet traffic passing between any pair of participating Autonomous Systems to pass through any
third Autonomous System, nor does it alter or otherwise interfere with such traffic.”

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 2. IXPs in Europe

2.1 Number of operational IXPs in Europe

» IXP Growth in Europe over 10 years

The number of operational IXPs in Europe has increased by 87.5% over the past 10 years, going from 136 in
2010, to 255 in 2020. 2020 saw significant growth for IXPs, partially due to the number of IXPs added to the
IXPDB, indicating better reporting of active IXPs.
Note: The growth of 52 IXPs in 2020 includes both newly established IXPs but also IXPs that were only
identified by Euro-IX in 2020 (Source: IXPDB)

257 Total Operational IXPs Total Changes

237
217
197
177
157
137
117
97
77
57
37
17
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93 95 97 99 01 03 05 07 09 11 13 15 17 20
19 19 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20

Graph 2.1.1

YEAR IXPS STARTED IXPS CLOSED OR INACTIVE GROWTH OPERATIONAL

2010 18 4 14 136

2011 8 0 8 144
2012 2 0 2 146
2013 22 2 20 166
2014 37 16 21 187

2015 17 11 6 193

2016 44 12 32 225

2017 5 2 3 198

2018 7 2 5 203

2019 21 2 19 224

2020 59 7 52 255

Table 2.1.1

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 2.2 Number of connected parties globally - Top 10 by IXP (excluding Europe)

» The data below show the top 10 IXPs by connected parties globally. More complete data can
be found in the IXPDB.

2300

1800

1300
Number of ASNs

800

300

-200 IX.br Sao NAPAfrica IX IX.br Rio de IX.br Fortal eza SIX Seattle DE-CIX IX-SYD DE-CIX NYC IX.br Porto TorIX
Paulo Johannesburg Janeiro Mumbai (Sydney IX) Alegre
Graph 2.2.1
ASNs Unique ASNs

This data shows the total listed ASNs, and unique ASNs globally. The highest participants’ distribution is from
IX.br - São Paulo, Brazil, with 2203 ASNs, followed by NAPAfrica with 443 ASNs connected. If you see that an
IXP is missing, please speak to us or the IXP to get their data included.

IXP Number of listed ASN Number of unique ASNs

1 IX.br São Paulo 2203 1323
2 NAPAfrica IX Johannesburg 443 158
3 IX.br Rio de Janeiro 438 158
4 IX.br Fortaleza 374 125
5 SIX Seattle 344 126
6 DE-CIX Mumbai 322 172
7 IX-SYD (Sydney IX) 307 58
8 DE-CIX NYC 256 45
9 IX.br Porto Alegre 255 85
10 TorIX 224 129
Table 2.2.1

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 2.3 Number of connected parties in Europe - Top 10 by IXP

» The data below shows the top 10 IXPs by connected parties in Europe. More complete data
can be found in the IXPDB.

1200

1000

800
Number of ASNs

600

400

200

0
DE-CIX AMS-IX LINX LON1 EPIX EPIX Warsaw MSK-IX NL-ix Piter-IX KleyReX Equinix Paris
Frankfurt
Graph 2.3.1
ASNs Unique ASNs

The data here shows the total listed ASNs, and unique ASNs in the Euro-IX region at the end of 2020. We see DE-
CIX Frankfurt leading the top ten with 1043 ASNs, followed by AMS-IX with 870 ASNs. However, it’s interesting to
see the IXP with the most unique ASNs is EPIX based in Poland, followed by MSK-IX and Piter-IX, both based in
Russia.

IXP Number of listed ASN Number of unique ASNs

1 DE-CIX Frankfurt 1043 149
2 AMS-IX 870 105
3 LINX LON1 827 60
4 EPIX 556 199
5 EPIX Warsaw 436 93
6 MSK-IX 431 198
7 NL-ix 422 101
8 Piter-IX 377 189
9 KleyReX 373 113
10 Equinix Paris 366 57

Table 2.3.1

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 2.4 Number of connected parties globally

» Euro-IX Region

30

20 • In Europe, we see the majority of IXPs have

Number of IXPs

between 21-50 ASNs connected.

There has been natural growth with IXPs with
10
51- 100 ASNs, in contrast to IXPs with 101-200
ASNs, which has dropped slightly this year.
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Number of ASNs

» Af-IX Region

10
9
8
• In Africa, we see the largest majority of
7
Number of IXPs

6 IXPs have a range between 3-10, which is

5 not surprising with the number of new IXPs
4 being formed over the last few years. We
3 expect growth in the next category over the
2 next year.
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Number of ASNs

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 » APIX Region

28
24
20
Number of IXPs

16 • Similarly, in Asia we also see the majority of

12 IXPs had a range of 21-50 ASNs connected,
followed by a range of 21-50.
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101 201 Graph
501

Number of ASNs

» LAC-IX Region

22
20
18
16
14
12
Number of IXPs

10 • In the LAC region, there was significant

8 growth in the 1-10 category in 2020, whilst the
6
rest of the categories remained relatively the
4
same as the previous year.
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 3. Global Traffic Statistics

3.1 Traffic Statistics in Europe

» Traffic growth over 10 years among Euro-IX membership

The average number of IXPs we collected data from was 56. These include Euro-IX members and “sub-members”, i.e.
other IXPs or PoPs operated by our members in Europe, such as LINX Manchester, Netnod Gothenburg etc.

Note: the aggregated peak traffic volume is determined by collecting publicly available traffic statistics from Euro-IX
Member IXPs. The data was captured during 12-month periods, from January to December each year, and varied from
one month to the other depending on the data available. Please refer to section 1.2 for details on how traffic data is
collected.

251

Number of countries in the Euro-IX region

201 with IXPs
Known operating IXPs in the Euro-IX region
Number of IXPs

151

101

51

1
07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20
20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
Graph 3.1.1

Aggregated peak IXP traffic within the Euro-IX Membership [in Gbps]
55,500
50,000
44,500
Number of IXPs

39,000
33,500
28,000
22,500
17,000
11,500
6,000
500
07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20
20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Graph 3.1.2

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Known operating IXPs in Europe 136 144 146 166 188 193 225 198 203 224 255

Number of countries in Europe with IXPs 35 35 38 43 48 48 49 49 42 40 40

Average number of IXPs we collected traffic

42 44 43 45 54 55 58 54 57 56 56
data from in 2020

Average aggregated peak traffic per year within

4,140 6,080 7,629 10,515 13,877 18,765 23,192 26,136 27,117 34,342 45,325
Euro-IX membership (in Gbps)

Maximum aggregated peak traffic per year within

5,085 7,072 9,099 11,9 03 16,169 21,469 27,198 30,987 30,009 39,609 56,172
the Euro-IX membership (in Gbps)

Table 3.1.1

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 3.2 Global Traffic Statistics

» Total Aggregated Global Traffic Statistics (in Gbps)

These charts show general trends based on reported data. Not all IXPs report data or use the same measurement
intervals. These charts should be used to understand trends in data flows and not to place boundaries on total traffic
passing through IXP infrastructure.

100,000

95,000

90,000

85,000
Gbps

80,000

75,000

70,000

65,000
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0
v-2 c-2
Jan Fe Ma Ap Ma Ju Ju Au Se Oc No De

Graph 3.2.1

The average peak per IXP increased from 66,368 Gbps in January to 97,875 in December, with many peaks and
troughs, which can be attributed to the “lockdown” and “relaxing of lockdown” measures around the world.

» Number of IXPs monitored worldwide » Average Peak traffic per IXP (in Gbps)
700
155

650
IXPs

150

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Graph 3.2.2 Graph 3.2.3

The number of IXPs monitored fluctuated throughout the year, starting with 147 in January, decreasing to 137 in
September, before going back up to 146 in December. The drop in data collected in September, can partially be
explained by the temporary decrease of IXPs monitored (with some IXP data unavailable at the time).

The average peak traffic per IXP increased with 49%, going from 451 Gbps to 670 Gbps. The traffic peaks in this
region ranged from 22 Mbps and 7,800 Gbps in January and from 25 Mbps in January to 10,181 Tbps in December.

The averages shown above are therefore not representative for most of the Exchanges and the IXP community
remains very diverse.

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 » Traffic in the Euro-IX Region

63,000

58,000

53,000
Gbps

48,000

43,000
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Graph 3.2.4

In the Euro-IX region, the average peak per IXP increased from 44,912 Gbps in January to 64,737 Gbps in December.
The peaks and troughs generally follow the same pattern as that in the global traffic, except traffic seemed to hold
steady nearing the end of 2020.

» Number of IXPs monitored in the Euro-IX region » Average Peak traffic per IXP (in Gbps)

930

73
880

830
70
Gbps

780
IXPs

730
67

680

64 630
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Graph 3.2.5 Graph 3.2.6

The number of IXPs monitored throughout the year varied between 72 in January, slightly decreasing to 69 in December.
The average peak traffic per IXP increased with 50%, going from 624 Gbps to 938 Gbps. The traffic peaks in this region
ranged from 31 Mbps to 3,500 Tbps in January and 77 Mbps to 10,181 Tbps in December.

The 4 largest IXPs in terms of traffic in this region are DE-CIX in Frankfurt, AMS-IX in Amsterdam, LINX in London and
MSK-IX in Moscow, which are the only ones where the traffic peaks above 3 Tbps each month.

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 » Total Aggregated Traffic in the Af-IX Region (in Gbps)

1,970
1,820
1,670
1,520
1,370
1,220
Gbps

1,070
920
770
620

470
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170
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b-2 r -2 r -2 y-2 n-2 l-2 g-2 p-2 t -2 v-2 c-2
Jan Fe Ma Ap Ma Ju Ju Au Se Oc No De

Graph 3.2.7

In the Af-IX region, the average peak per IXP increased from 1,034 Gbps in January to 1,556 Gbps in December.
Although there was some fluctuation throughout the year, the traffic seemed to steadily increase from September to
the end of the year. The sudden drop in May, September and November can partially be explained by the temporary
decrease of IXPs monitored during those months (with some IXP data unavailable at the time).

» Number of IXPs monitored in the Af-IX region » Average Peak traffic per IXP (in Gbps)

700
155

650
150

600
145
Gbps
IXPs

140 550

135 500

130 450
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Ja Fe Ma Ap Ma Ju Au Se No De Fe Ju Oc
Ja Ma Ap Ma Ju Au Se No De

Graph 3.2.8 Graph 3.2.9

The average peak traffic per IXP increased with 69%, going from 148 Gbps to 250 Gbps. The traffic peaks in this
region ranged from 3.7 Gbps and 978 Gbps in January and from 25 Mbps in January to 1,556 Gbps in December.

The largest IXP in terms of traffic is NapAfrica (Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town), now peaking above 1 Tbps
each month.

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 » Total Aggregated Traffic in the APIX Region (in Gbps)

10,000

9,500

9,000

8,500

8,000
Gbps

7,500

7,000

6,500

6,000

5,500

5,000
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Graph 3.2.10

In the APIX region, the average peak per IXP increased from 6,870 Gbps in January to 9,963 Gbps in December.
These numbers are based on data collected from 19 IXPs on average, over public peering LAN. The sudden drop in
September can be explained by the temporary decrease of IXPs monitored during that month (with some IXP data
unavailable at the time).

» Number of IXPs monitored in the APIX » Average Peak traffic per IXP (in Gbps)
region

20 590

19 540

18 490
IXPs

Gbps

17 440

16 390

15 340
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Graph 3.2.11 Graph 3.2.12

The number of IXPs monitored throughout the year varied between 19 in January, slightly decreasing to 17 in December.
The average peak traffic per IXP increased with 62%, going from 362 Gbps to 586 Gbps. The traffic peaks in this region
ranged from 6.5 Gbps to 1,996 Gbps in January and 35 Gbps to 2,770 Gbps in December.

The 3 largest IXPs in terms of traffic in this region are JPNAP, JPIX and Hong Kong IX.

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 » Total Aggreagted Traffic in the LAC-IX Region (in Gbps)

14,000

13,000

12,000

11,000

10,000

9,000
IXPs

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6,000

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Graph 3.2.13

In the LAC-IX region, the average peak per IXP increased from 8,807 Gbps in January to 13,993 Gbps in December.
Unlike in the other regions, there was no sudden decrease of traffic occurring in the year. The traffic has been
growing steadily with slight drops in April and August.

» Number of IXPs monitored in the LAC-IX region » Average Peak traffic per IXP (in Gbps)

36 450

35 400

34 350

33 300
Gbps
IXPs

32 250

31 200

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Ja Fe Ma Ap Ma Au Se No De

Graph 3.2.14 Graph 3.2.15

The number of IXPs monitored throughout the year varied between 35 in January, slightly decreasing to 32 in May
and going back up to 35 in December. The average peak traffic per IXP increased with 98%, going from 252 Gbps to
400 Gbps. The traffic peaks in this region ranged from 31 Mbps to 3,500 Tbps in January and 1,08 Gbps to 10,065
Gbps in December.

The largest IXP in terms of traffic in this region is IX.br (São Paulo), where the traffic peaks above 7 Tbps each month.
IX.br (São Paulo) and DE-CIX Frankfurt have the most data throughput worldwide.

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 » Total Aggreagted Traffic in the North America Region (in Gbps)

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70,000

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Graph 3.2.16

In the North America (NA) region, the average peak per IXP increased from 4,745 Gbps in January to 7,182 in
December. The NA region experienced fluctuations similar to the other regions, with traffic steadily increasing from
September to the end of the year.

» Number of IXPs monitored in the NA region » Average Peak traffic per IXP (in Gbps)

17
420

16 400

380

15
Gbps

360
IXPs

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Graph 3.2.17 Graph 3.2.18

The number of IXPs we collect data from went from 14 in January to 17 in December. The average peak traffic per
IXP increased with 24%, going from 339 Gbps to 422 Gbps. The traffic peaks in this region ranged from 43 Mbps to
1,300 Tbps in January and 1.45 Gbps to 1,810 Tbps in December.

The largest IXPs in this region are SIX in Seattle, Telx Atlanta (both showing a traffic peaking above 1 Tbps each
month), and NYIIX in New York and Torix in Toronto, with a steadily increasing monthly peak.

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3.3 Traffic Statistics - Top 10

» The tables show the top 10 IXPs and countries in the world with the highest traffic. More complete data
can be found in the IXPDB.

» IXPs with the most traffic in Europe » Countries with the most IXP traffic in Europe

Maximum in Aggregated Traffic

IXP Country
Gbps Peaks (in Gbps)
1 DE-CIX Frankfurt 10,385 1 The Netherlands 14,29 0
2 AMS-IX 9,820 2 Germany 12,792
3 LINX LON1 4,920 3 Russian Federation 8,990
4 MSK-IX 4,674 4 United Kingdom 6,481
5 NL-IX 4,470 5 Ukraine 5,103
6 DATA-IX 3,849 6 Czech Republic 3,600
7 GigaNET 2,300 7 Sweden 2,136
8 Peering.cz 2,100 8 Italy 1,880
9 DTEL-IX 2,002 9 France 1,750
10 Netnod Stockholm 1,980 10 Poland 1,433

Table 3.3.1 Table 3.3.2

» IXPs with the most traffic worldwide (excluding Europe)

Maximum in
IXP
Gbps
1 IX.br 13,047
2 JPNAP Tokyo I 2,800
3 IX.br Rio de Janeiro 1,890
4 SIX - Seattle 1,850
5 HKIX 1,840
6 NAPAfrica 1,556
7 JPIX Tokyo 1,530
8 TLEX Atlanta 1,290
9 TORIX 1,166
10 IX.br Fortaleza 1,021

Table 3.3.3

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 4. IXP Switching Platform Technology

4.1 Switches in use at IXPs

» Number of switches in use in 2020 - *Data source: IXPDB

35

30
Cisco
25
Arista
20 Juniper Networks

15 Extreme Networks

Cumulus Networks
10

0
Cisco Arista Juniper Extreme Cumulus
Graph 4.1.1
Networks Networks Networks

» Market Share of Vendors

6%

3%
2% 14%
6%
Cisco 34%
6%
Arista
34%
Juniper Networks
7% 16%
Extreme Networks
Cumulus Networks20%
21%
30%
Chart 4.1.1

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 4.2 Network Peering Hardware

» Hardware used at the IXP participants - *Data source: IXPDB

250
Extreme

200 Arista

Cisco
150
Juniper Networks

Huawei
100

Cumulus Networks

50

0
Extreme Arista Cisco Juniper Networks Huawei Cumulus Graph 4.2.1
Networks

» IXP Participants’ Market Share by Vendor

4%
21%
17% 9%
Extreme
10% 31%
10%
Arista

Cisco 31%
6%

Juniper Networks 17%

5%

2%
Huawei 2%
2% 2%

Cumulus Networks 29%

Chart 4.2.1

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 6. Further information

6.1 Resources
IXPDB - The data in the IXPDB is automatically updated from JSON feeds supplied directly by the IXPs. The
data, in addition to member lists and location information, also includes details of hardware used at IXPs.
We thank all sponsors of the IXPDB, Euro-IX Members and Patrons. We additionally thank all European IXPs,
and especially those that provide publicly available information.

6.2 Contact
We welcome all forms of feedback and suggestions concerning this report and will do our best to answer any
further requests for information.

The Euro-IX Secretariat

secretariat@euro-ix.net

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 Appendix 1

List of known IXPs in Europe

Note: * indicates Euro-IX Member / ** indicates IXPs operated by our Members

# OF
ECONOMY CITY FULL NAME OF IXP ACRONYM
IXPS

Albania 1
Tirana Albanian Neutral Internet Exchange ANIX*
Armenia 1
Yerevan Armenia Internet Exchange ARMIX*
Austria 5
Graz Grazer Internet Exchange GraX
Klagenfurt Alpes Adria Internet Exchange AAIX
Vienna Community Internet Exchange - Vienna Community-IX Vienna
Vienna Equinix Internet Exchange - Vienna Equinix Vienna**
Vienna Vienna Internet eXchange VIX*
Belarus 1
Minsk Belarus National Internet Exchange Point BY-IX
Belgium 2
Brussels Belgian National Internet Exchange BNIX*
Waasmunster Belgium Internet Exchange BelgiumIX
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina Internet Exchange BHNIX*
Bulgaria 5
Sofia Balkan Internet Exchange Balkan-IX
Sofia Bulgarian Internet Exchange BIX.BG*
Sofia Sofia Internet Exchange IX-SOF
Sofia NetIX NetIX*
Sofia T-CIX T-CIX
Croatia 1
Zagreb Croatian Internet eXchange CIX*
Cyprus 1
Nicosia Cyprus Internet Exchange CyIX
Czech Republic 3
Brno Brno Internet Exchange Point BR-IX
Prague Neutral Internet eXchange of Czech Republic NIX.CZ*
Prague Peering.cz Peering.cz*
Denmark 3
Copenhagen Danish Internet eXchange point DIX*
Copenhagen Netnod - Copenhagen Netnod - Copenhagen**
Copenhagen Stockholm Internet Exchange - Copenhagen STHIX Copenhagen**
Estonia 4
Riga PITER-IX PITER-IX Riga
Tallinn Tallinn Governmental Internet Exchange RTIX
Tallinn Tallinn Internet eXchange TIX Tallinn
Tallinn Tallinn Internet Exchange TLLIX

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 Finland 7
Espoo Finnish Communication and Internet Exchange FICIX - Espoo**
Espoo Global Internet Exchange - Helsinki Global-IX - Espoo
Helsinki Finnish Communication and Internet Exchange FICIX - Helsinki*
Oulu Finnish Communication and Internet Exchange FICIX - Oulu**
Helsinki Global Internet Exchange - Helsinki Global-IX - Helsinki
Tampere Tampere Region Exchange TREX*
Tuusula Securebit AG SBIX TUU
France 14
Béarn BéarnIX BéarnIX
Clermont Ferrand AuvernIX AuvernIX
Grenoble Grenoble Internet Exchange Point GrenoblIX**
Lille Lille Internet Exchange Lillix
Lyon Lyon Global Internet Exchange LyonIX**
Marseille France Internet Exchange - Marseille France-IX Marseille**
Marseille Deutscher Commercial Internet Exchange DE-CIX Marseille**
Nantes OuesteIX OusteIX
Paris Equinix Internet Exchange - Paris Equinix Paris**
Paris French National Internet Exchange IPv6 FNIX6
Paris France Internet Exchange France-IX*
Paris Service for French Internet eXchange SFINX*
Rennes Breizh-IX Breizh-IX
Toulouse GIX de la grande region Toulousaine TOUIX*
Germany 21
Berlin Berlin Commercial Internet Exchange BCIX*
Berlin Europen Commercial Internet Exchange - Berlin ECIX Berlin*
Berlin Community-IX Community-IX
Bremen Bremen Internet Exchange BREM-IX
Dortmund Dortmund Internet Exchange DO-IX*
Düsseldorf Deutscher Commercial Internet Exchange DE-CIX Düsseldorf**
European Commercial Internet Exchange -
Düsseldorf ECIX Dusseldorf**
Dusseldorf
Düsseldorf Local Internet Exchange LocIX Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf OpenCarrier e.G. Member IX Dusseldorf OCIX Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf Securebit AG SBIX DUS
Frankfurt Deutscher Commercial Internet Exchange DE-CIX Frankfurt*
European Commercial Internet Exchange -
Frankfurt ECIX Frankfurt**
Frankfurt
Frankfurt Equinix Internet Exchange - Frankfurt Equinix Frankfurt**
Frankfurt Local Internet Exchange LocIX Frankfurt
Hamburg Deutscher Commercial Internet Exchange DE-CIX Hamburg**
Europen Commercial Internet Exchange -
Hamburg ECIX Hamburg**
Hamburg
Karlsruhe Baden-Württemberg Internet Exchange Karlsruhe BW-IX
Munich Deutscher Commercial Internet Exchange DE-CIX Munich**
Munich Europen Commercial Internet Exchange - Munich ECIX Munich**
Nuernberg Nuernberger Internet eXchange N-IX
Stuttgart Stuttgarter Internet eXchange S-IX
Greece 2
Athens Greek Internet Exchange GR-IX*
(South East Europe Cloud & Interconnection
Athens SEECIX
Exchange
Thessaloniki Greek Internet Exchange GR-IX Thessaloniki**

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 Thessaloniki Thessaloniki neutral Internet Exchange Point THESS-IX
Hungary 1
Budapest Budapest Internet eXchange BIX*
Iceland 1
Reykjavik Reykjavik Internet Exchange RIX*
Iran 1
Tehran Tehran Internet Exchange Tehran-IX
Ireland 3
Cork Internet Neutral EXchange INEX Cork**
Dublin Internet Neutral EXchange INEX*
Dublin Equinix Internet Exchange - Dublin Equinix Dublin**
Israel 1
Tel-Aviv Israeli Internet eXchange IIX - Tel Aviv
Italy 10
Florence Tuscany Internet eXchange TIX Tuscany*
Milan Equinix Internet Exchange - Milan Equinix Milan**
Milan Milan Neutral Access Point MiNAP
Milan Milan Internet eXchange MIX-IT*
Padova VSIX Nap del Nord Est VSIX*
Palermo Deutscher Commercial Internet Exchange - Palermo DE-CIX Palermo**
Piacenza Piacenza Internet Exchange PCIX
Rome Nautilus Mediterranean Exchange Point NaMeX*
Torino Torino Piemonte Exchange Point TOP-IX*
Udine Friuli Venezia Giulia Internet eXchange FVG-IX*
Kazakhstan 2
Almaty Kazakhstan Traffic Exchange KAZ-IX
Semey KazNIX Exchange Point KazNIX
Kosovo 1
Prishtinë Kosovo Internet Exchange Point KOSIX*
Latvia 3
Riga Latvian Internet eXchange LIX - Latvia
Riga Moscow Internet Exchange - Riga MSK-IX Riga**
Riga Santa Monica Internet Local Exchange SMILE
Lebanon 2
Beirut Advanced Internet eXchange A-IX
Beirut Beirut Internet Exchange Beirut-IX*
Liechtenstein 2
Balzers Securebit AG VIXP
Eschen Rheintal IX Internet Exchange Rheintal IX
Lithuania 3
Vilnius Baltic Internet Exchange BALT-IX
Vilnius Lietuvos Interneto paslaugų tiekėjų apsikeitimo mazgu LIPTAM
Vilnius Lithuania Internet Exchange Litix
Luxembourg 1
Luxembourg Luxembourg Commercial Internet Exchange LU-CIX*
North Macedonia 1
Skopje Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering IXP.mk
Moldova, Republic of 1
Chisinau Internet eXchange Moldova MD-IX
Netherlands 14
Amsterdam Amsterdam Internet Exchange AMS-IX*

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 Amsterdam Asteroid Amsterdam IX Asteroid*
Amsterdam Equinix Internet Exchange - Amstedam Equinix Amsterdam**
Amsterdam Global Internet Exchange - Amsterdam Global-IX Amsterdam**
Dronten Speed Internet Exchange SPEEDIX
Emmen Zuid Oost Drentse Internet eXchange ZOD-IX
Enschede Nederlands-Duitse Internet Exchange NDIX
Groningen Groningen Internet Exchange GN-IX
Leeuwarden Friese Internet Exchange FR-IX
Rotterdam Rotterdam Internet Exchange R-iX
The Hague Data Facilities Internet Exchange DF-IX
The Hague LayerSwitch Internet Exchange LSIX
The Hague Neutral Internet Exchange NL-ix*
Local Internet Exchange LocIX Netherlands
Norway 7
Bergen Bergen Internet Exchange BIX**
Oslo Free Internet eXchange Oslo FIXO
Oslo Norwegian Internet eXchange NIX*
Oslo Norwegian Internet eXchange NIX2**
Stavanger Stavanger Internet Exchange SIX - Stavanger
Tromsø Tromsø Internet Exchange TIX
Trondheim Trondheim Internet Exchange TRDIX**
Palestinian Territory, Occupied 1
Ramallah Palestine Internet Exchange Point PIX Palestine
Poland 12
Gdansk Gdansk Internet eXchange GIX Gdansk
Gdynia APLIX.PL APLIX
Katowice E-Poludnie Internet Exchange - Katowice EPIX Katowice
Krakow Cracow Internet Exchange CIX KR
Lodz Lodz Telecommunication Node IX.LODZ.PL
Lodz Lodz Internet Exchange LIX - Poland
Poznan Poznan Internet Exchange PIX
Warsaw KIX - Poland KIX - Poland
Warsaw Equinix Internet Exchange - Warsaw Equinix Warsaw **
Warsaw Orange Polska Internet Exchange TPIX*
Warsaw Warsaw Internet eXchange WIX - Poland
Warsaw E-Poludnie Internet Exchange - Warszawa EPIX Warszawa
Portugal 3
Lisbon Deutscher Commercial Internet Exchange - Lisbon DE-CIX Lisbon**
Lisbon GIGAbit Portuguese Internet eXchange GigaPix*
Lisbon Equinix Internet Exchange - Lisbon Equinix Lisbon**
Romania 6
Bucharest Balcan-IX Internet Exchange BALCAN-IX
Bucharest InterLAN IX InterLAN*
Buscharest Romanian Commercial Internet Echange RO-CIX
Bucharest Romanian Internet eXchange RoNIX
Constanta Tomis Internet Exchange Tomix
Targoviste LNK Internet Exchange LNK-IX
Russian Federation 29
Barnaul SFO-IX SFO-IX
Chelyabinsk Chelyabinsk Peering Point CHEL-PP
Ekaterinburg Moscow Internet Exchange - Ekaterinburg MSK-IX Ekaterinburg**
Kazan Moscow Internet Exchange - Kazan MSK-IX Kazan**
Khabarovsk DataIX - Khabarovsk DataIX - Khabarovsk
Krasnodar South Russia IX Sea-IX

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 Krasnoyarsk Krasnoyarsk Internet Exchange SIBIR-IX
Moscow Dataline Internet Exchange DatalineIX
Moscow DataIX - Moscow DataIX - Moscow
Moscow MPIX MPIX
Moscow Moscow Internet Exchange MSK-IX*
Moscow PITER-IX Moscow PIETER-IX Moscow
Nizhny Novgorod IX of Nizhny Novgorod NNOV-IX
Novosibirsk DataIX - Novosibirsk DataIX - Novosibirsk
Novosibirsk Moscow Internet Exchange - Novosibirsk MSK-IX Novosibirsk**
Omsk OMSK-IX OMSK-IX
Rostov on Don Moscow Internet Exchange - Rostov on Don MSK-IX Rostov-on-Don**
Samara Moscow Internet Exchange - Samara MSK-IX - Samara**
St.Petersburg DataIX - St Petersburg DataIX - St. Petersburg
St.Petersburg Global Internet Exchange Global-IX
St.Petersburg PIRIX Internet Exchange PIRIX
St.Petersburg Moscow Internet Exchange - St. Petersburg MSK-IX - St. Petersburg**
St.Petersburg PIETER-IX St.-Petersburg PITER-IX St.-Petersburg
Simferopol Crimea-IX Crimea-IX
Stavropol Moscow Internet Exchange - Stavropol MSK-IX - Stavropol**
Ufa DataIX - Ufa DataIX - Ufa
Ulyanovsk Ulyanovsk Internet Exchange ULN-IX
Vladivostok Moscow Internet Exchange - Vladivostok MSK-IX - Vladivostok**
Yaroslavl Yaroslavl Internet Exchange YAR-IX
Saudi Arabia 1
Riyadh Saudi Arabia Internet Exchange SAIX*
Serbia 1
Belgrade Serbian Open eXchange SOX*
Slovakia 3
Bratislava Slovak Internet eXchange - Bratislava SIX - Bratislava
Bratislava Neutral Internet eXchange of Slovakia NIX.SK**
Kosice Slovak Internet eXchange - Kosice SIX - Kosice
Slovenia 1
Ljubljana Slovenian Internet Exchange SIX*
Spain 5
Barcelona Catalunya Neutral Internet Exchange CATNIX*
Barcelona Equinix Internet Exchange - Barcelona Equinix Barcelona**
Madrid Espana Internet Exchange ESPANIX*
Madrid Deutscher Commercial Internet Exchange DE-CIX Madrid**
Madrid Equinix Internet Exchange - Madrid Equinix Madrid**
Sweden 14
Gothenburg Gothenburg Internet Exchange GIX
Gothenburg Internet Exchange i Sverige - Gothenburg Netnod - Gothenburg**
Gothenburg Stockholm Internet Exchange STHIX - Gothenburg**
Lulea Internet Exchange i Sverige - Lulea Netnod - Lulea**
Malmoe Internet eXchange point of the Oresund Region IXOR
Stockholm Global Internet Exchange - Stockholm Global-IX - Stockholm
Stockholm Internet Exchange i Sverige - Stockholm Netnod - Stockholm*
Stockholm SOLIX SOLIX - Stockholm
Stockholm Stockholm Internet Exchange STHIX*
Stockholm Equinix Internet Exchange - Stockholm Equinix Stockholm**
Sundsvall Internet Exchange i Sverige - Sundsvall Netnod - Sundsvall**
Sundsvall Stockholm Internet Exchange - Sundsvall STHIX - Sundsvall**
Umea Stockholm Internet Exchange- Umea STHIX - Umea**

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 Umea NorrNod NorrNod
Switzerland 8
Geneva CERN Internet eXchange Point CIXP*
Lousanne RomandIX RomandIX
Zurich 4B42 Internet Exchange Point 4IXP
Zurich CH-IX CH-IX
Zurich Equinix Internet Exchange - Zurich Equinix Zurich*
Zurich Swiss Internet Exchange SwissIX*
Zurich Securebit AG SBIX
Zurich Community-IX.ch Community-IX ch
Turkey 2
Istanbul Deutscher Commercial Internet Exchange DE-CIX Istanbul**
Istanbul Turkish internet eXchange TR-IX
Ukraine 5
Donetsk Donetsk Internet Exchange DN-IX
Kiev Digital Telecom Internet Exchange DTEL-IX
Kiev Giganet Giganet
Kiev Ukrainian Internet Exchange UA-IX
Odessa Odessa Traffic Exchange Network Od-IX
United Arab Emirates 2
Abu Dhabi SmartHub Internet Exchange SH IX
Dubai United Arab Emirates Internet Exchange UAE-IX*
United Kingdom 11
Bradford Bradford Internet Exchange BFD-IX
Cardiff LINX Wales LINX Wales**
Edinburgh LINX Scotland LINX Scotland**
Leeds IXLeeds IXLeeds*
Liverpool Liverpool Internet Exchange IX Liverpool
London Equinix Internet Exchange - London Equinix London**
London London Internet Exchange LINX*
London London Network Access Point LONAP*
Manchester Equinix Internet Exchange - Manchester Equinix Manchester**
Manchester LINX Manchester LINX Manchester**
Newcastle Newcastle Internet Exchange NCL-IX

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Appendix 2

» IXPs who are MANRS Compliant in the IXPDB

Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS) is a global initiative, supported by the Internet Society, that
provides crucial fixes to reduce the most common routing threats.

In 2020, there were 109 IXPs who were MANRS in the IXPDB.

600

500

400

300
IXPB Data
200
Total IXPs 651
100 New IXPs added in 2020 59

0
MANRS Compliant IXPs 109
Total IXPs New IXPs MANRS
compliant

Learn more about the MANRS Program

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 Appendix 3

IXP API exports in the IXPDB

» There were 256 API’s in the IXPDB at the end of 2020

Euro-IX Region
NA Region = 224 API’s
= 123 API’s

APIX Region
= 134 API’s
LAC-IX Region
= 96 API’s

Af-IX Region = 39
API’s

Note: IXPDB sponsors in 2020

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