DE-CIX Major Milestones

Lasting interconnections start with a global presence: DE-CIX’s evolution into the global leader of data center-neutral and carrier-neutral Internet Exchanges

1995
DE-CIX Frankfurt starts operations

2008
DE-CIX Munich

2008
DE-CIX Munich

2012
UAE-IX Powered by DE-CIX

2013
DE-CIX New York

2013
DE-CIX Apollon, world’s largest IX platform (100 GE)

2015
DE-CIX Palermo, Marseille, Istanbul, Dallas

2015
DE-CIX Frankfurt 5 Tbit/s peak traffic

2016
GlobePEER Remote, DirectCLOUD go live

2016
DE-CIX Dusseldorf, Madrid

2017
DE-CIX 6Tbit/s Peak Traffic in Frankfurt

2018
DE-CIX Lisbon, Mumbai, IX partnership with BCIX Berlin

2018
First patch robot worldwide

2019
Implementation of 400 GE in Frankfurt

2019
DE-CIX Delhi, Chennai, Kolkotta

2019
DE-CIX Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru

2020
9+ Tbit/s Peak Traffic in Frankfurt

2020
25 years DE-CIX

2020
DE-CIX Singapore, Borneo-IX powered by DE-CIX

2020
12+ Tbit/s Global Peak Traffic

2021
DE-CIX Richmond, Phoenix

2021
DE-CIX enters the Nordics: Oslo, Kristiansand (Norway), Esbjerg, Copenhagen (Denmark), Helsinki (Finland)

2021
DE-CIX India Largest IX in APAC

2022
DE-CIX New York, Mumbai, and Madrid all exceed
1 Tbit/s peak traffic

2022
Expansion in the Middle East: Aqaba-IX powered by DE-CIX (Jordan), Iraq-IXP powered by DE-CIX

2022
DE-CIX expands to Africa: AFCIX powered by DE-CIX, Lagos (Nigeria), ACIX powered by DE-CIX, Kinshasa (DRC), Tripoli (Libya)

2022
DE-CIX Leipzig + Partnerships with IXs in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Poland & Romania

2022
Implementation of 800GE in Frankfurt

2022
DE-CIX honored as Best Internet Exchange Operator for the 7th time at the Global Carrier Awards