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DE-CIX proudly sponsors PeeringDB

New on Service Insights System

New global traffic record at DE-CIX: 25 Tbps across all IXs

24 April 2025
DE-CIX proudly sponsors PeeringDB
For 11 years in a row, DE-CIX is honored to be a platinum sponsor of PeeringDB. This freely accessible, non-profit, community-driven database is managed and promoted by volunteers dedicated to the good of the Internet. PeeringDB was established to streamline the peering process between networks and...
17 April 2025
New on Service Insights System
We have some exciting updates to the Service Insights System dashboards helping you to dive deeper into the performance of your services. Transceiver Metrics dashboard Now live in the Service Telemetry Insights section (as a tab), the Transceiver Metrics dashboard gives you real-time ...
10 April 2025
New global traffic record at DE-CIX: 25 Tbps across all IXs
DE-CIX has set a new global peak traffic record. On the evening of 8 April, data throughput across all DE-CIX Internet Exchanges worldwide reached an impressive 25 terabits per second (Tbps). This new record reflects a 130% increase in global peak traffic since 2020. Unlike previous records, which ...
3 April 2025
IRAQ-IXP becomes third largest Internet Exchange in the Middle East
Just one year after launch, IRAQ-IXP powered by DE-CIX has rapidly grown to become the third-largest Internet Exchange in the Middle East by the number of connected networks. With 28 networks now connected or in the process of connecting – including major global players like Meta, Akamai, and ...
27 March 2025
Genesis Cloud enhances AI and HPC capabilities with DE-CIX peering
Genesis Cloud, a Munich-based provider specializing in AI and high-performance computing (HPC) solutions, has strengthened its network infrastructure by partnering with DE-CIX. Through a direct connection via DE-CIX Frankfurt, Genesis Cloud has significantly improved data transfer speeds and ...
20 March 2025
DE-CIX Brazil is ready for business
We have officially launched our two new Internet Exchanges in Brazil: DE-CIX Sao Paulo and DE-CIX Rio de Janeiro. These new interconnection hubs will revolutionize the way networks connect in Brazil, offering a more resilient, efficient, and high-performance ecosystem for businesses, ISPs, and ...
6 March 2025
Achieving true digital sovereignty requires resilient interconnection
The desire for digital sovereignty has become more prevalent over the last decade. Organizations, individuals, and states are seeking to operate independently in the digital world without being dependent on individual technology providers. As the World Economic Forum highlights, "digital sovereignt...
27 February 2025
The vital role of connectivity in multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud success
According to an IDC infobrief, businesses are finally getting comfortable in the cloud. In the next two years, the majority of the organizations surveyed expect to “have broadly implemented a substantial cloud team that is proactively managed, resourced well, and clearly driving business growth”. ...
20 February 2025
Boost cloud connectivity with the Cloud ROUTER’s latest features
The DE-CIX Cloud ROUTER is an easy-to-deploy routing service that allows you to establish private Layer 3 connectivity between public and private clouds. You can route traffic across your multi-cloud network efficiently and at scale to achieve optimal performance, security, and control. ...
13 February 2025
Improved service documentation
We have restructured and improved our product documentation and brought everything together in one place. Information is now organised per category, you can search to find a specific topic, and use navigation to explore category details. From the DE-CIX customer portal, the knowledge base ...
4 February 2025
Accelerate business growth with strategic remote peering
The initial goal of Internet Exchanges (IXs) was to bring together networks residing in the same metro and thus keep local traffic local. Remote peering allows networks to connect to IXs without being physically present there. Remote peering has received a bit of a bad rap, and if wrongly ...
28 January 2025
Exciting updates for service insights
At DE-CIX, we’re constantly innovating to empower your peering and interconnection success and therefore we are thrilled to announce the launch of brand new dashboards. These new dashboards with advanced insights and interactive tools will help you to dig deeper into your network to drive ...
23 January 2025
DE-CIX sets new record with 68 exabytes of global data traffic in 2024
Global data traffic at DE-CIX Internet Exchanges reached a new high in 2024, with over 68 exabytes – 15% more than in 2023 and more than double the volume since 2020. Over 3,400 networks connected to our Internet Exchanges globally helped us to achieve this latest milestone. The year’s global data ...
8 January 2025
Two-factor authentication for customer portals
Our customers and partners rely on our platform to run their essential services, and to that end, as you might have noticed, from this week onward we have started to enforce two-factor authentication (2FA) for all logins to the DE-CIX and UAE-IX customer portals. Implementing 2FA is essential for ...
19 December 2024
2024 highlights from DE-CIX
This year has been marked by expansions, traffic peaks, and new features for services. Here are some highlights from the past year. Traffic peaks across the globe The growing number of networks connected to our exchanges and the increasing data traffic underscores the growing demand for ...
26 November 2024
New features on the Cloud ROUTER
The DE-CIX Cloud ROUTER is an easy-to-deploy virtual routing service that allows you to establish private Layer 3 connectivity between public and private clouds. You can route traffic across your multi-cloud network more efficiently and at scale to achieve optimal performance, security, and control...
22 November 2024
New traffic record at DE-CIX Frankfurt: 18.11 Tbps
On the evening of November 20th, DE-CIX Frankfurt set a new milestone, reaching a peak traffic throughput of 18.11 Terabits per second (Tbps), the highest ever recorded at Europe’s largest Internet Exchange. This new record reflects a steady rise in data traffic at the exchange, which has grown by ...