DE-CIX, the Internet Exchange (IX) operator, is expanding its vision of interconnection beyond terrestrial boundaries. Through its Space-IX initiative, DE-CIX is preparing for this future and already considering what the first orbital IX might look like. Just as the company connects over 4,000 networks across more than 60 IX locations on Earth, Space-IX aims to […]
DE-CIX India has officially welcomed Starlink into its interconnection ecosystem, becoming the country’s first Internet Exchange (IX) platform to provide interconnection for the Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite technology. With Starlink’s commercial licence now secured from India’s Department of Telecommunications and final clearance expected by late 2025 or early 2026, the regulatory path is clear. This […]
A new data throughput record has been set by DE-CIX, the Internet Exchange (IX) operator. On April 8th at 15:10 ET a grand total of 25 terabits per second (Tbit/s) of peering traffic was pumped through DE-CIX Internet Exchanges (IXs) worldwide. This represents more than a doubling of global peering traffic at DE-CIX since 2020, […]
DE-CIX, the Internet Exchange (IX) operator, has revealed another record-breaking milestone in the amount of global data traffic being exchanged at its locations in 2024. More than 3,400 connected networks exchanged over 68 exabytes of data traffic at DE-CIX’s locations around the world, corresponding to an increase of around 15 per cent compared to the […]