DE-CIX Richmond

United States of America

City: Ashland
Website: https://www.de-cix.net/locations/richmond

About this IXP

Data last updated November 2025

Capacity at this IXP

387 Gbps

Cumulative port speeds of all IXP members. This shows the potential maximum traffic that can be exchanged at this IXP at one time.

Membership and capacity

The size and strength of an IXP is determined by a combination of how many members it has, and the total capacity. Larger networks tend to bring more capacity, which can benefit all members.

Data for DE-CIX Richmond as shown in PeeringDB in November 2025

Members of this IXP

ASNs (autonomous system numbers) are listed in PeeringDB

In the last 12 months

ASNs left2
New ASNs joined3

Participates in the MANRS IXP program

IXPs that join this voluntary program apply a framework of enhanced routing security in peering. It signals an extra commitment to responsible Internet stewardship.

Source: MANRS

RIPE Atlas anchor

Organizations that run IXPs can host anchors to measure Internet connectivity and traffic. An anchor is a large capacity probe often used by IXPs.

Source: RIPEStat

Member information

Last sync from PeeringDB: November 2025

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Countries of registration

A summary of member registrations by country. An IXP with a mixture of international and near-neighbor members can indicate that an IXP is influential, or acts as a hub within its region or sub-region.

United States of America: 15
Germany: 2
United Kingdom: 1
Netherlands: 1

Types of network at this IXP

The mix of members is an indication of a strength or focus of an IXP.

NSP: 6
Network Services: 3
Content: 2
Educational/Research: 2
Enterprise: 2

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Route Server: 1
Non-Profit: 1
Route Collector: 1
Cable/DSL/ISP: 1

Members peering at the route server

15 / 21

The route server is a central hub that makes it easier for all networks to peer without having to create individual agreements with other members.

Members using RPKI

14 / 21

members at this IXP use Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI), a security measure that helps ensure traffic is routed correctly. A member is counted as using RPKI if they have at least one valid ROA.

Peering policies of IXP members

Members of an IXP can choose how they peer with others. The Internet Society encourages open policies where possible.

Member list for DE-CIX Richmond

This list uses the data available in PeeringDB, which is based on self-reported data, and was last updated in Pulse November 2025

Name	AS Number	Peering policy	RPKI Enabled
BGP.Tools Route Collector Autonomous system (AS) number: 212232 Type of AS: Route Collector Peering policy: Open Port speed: 0.1 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: United Kingdom Total peering locations for this AS: 123	212232	Open	Yes
Blue Ridge Bankshares Autonomous system (AS) number: 10248 Type of AS: Enterprise Peering policy: Unknown Speed: Unknown Does this member peer at the route server?: No Country of registration: United States of America Total peering locations for this AS: 1	10248	Unknown	No
Central Virginia Services Autonomous system (AS) number: 397005 Type of AS: NSP Peering policy: Open Port speed: 20 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: United States of America Total peering locations for this AS: 4	397005	Open	No
Cloudflare Autonomous system (AS) number: 13335 Type of AS: Content Peering policy: Open Port speed: 30 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: No Country of registration: United States of America Total peering locations for this AS: 345	13335	Open	Yes
Craig Botetourt Electric Cooperative Autonomous system (AS) number: 396219 Type of AS: NSP Peering policy: Unknown Port speed: 1 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: United States of America Total peering locations for this AS: 1	396219	Unknown	Yes
DE-CIX Monitoring Autonomous system (AS) number: 205529 Type of AS: Network Services Peering policy: Unknown Port speed: 20 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: Germany Total peering locations for this AS: 43	205529	Unknown	No
DE-CIX Richmond Route Servers Autonomous system (AS) number: 393752 Type of AS: Route Server Peering policy: Unknown Port speed: 20 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: No Country of registration: United States of America Total peering locations for this AS: 1	393752	Unknown	No
DE-CIX Services Autonomous system (AS) number: 51531 Type of AS: Enterprise Peering policy: Unknown Port speed: 2 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: Germany Total peering locations for this AS: 25	51531	Unknown	Yes
Empower Autonomous system (AS) number: 21681 Type of AS: NSP Peering policy: Unknown Port speed: 10 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: United States of America Total peering locations for this AS: 1	21681	Unknown	Yes
Hurricane Electric Autonomous system (AS) number: 6939 Type of AS: NSP Peering policy: Unknown Port speed: 100 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: United States of America Total peering locations for this AS: 323	6939	Unknown	Yes
HVENS Autonomous system (AS) number: 11187 Type of AS: Network Services Peering policy: Unknown Port speed: 10 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: United States of America Total peering locations for this AS: 1	11187	Unknown	Yes
Meta AS63293 Autonomous system (AS) number: 63293 Type of AS: Content Peering policy: Selective Port speed: 20 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: No Country of registration: United States of America Total peering locations for this AS: 73	63293	Selective	Yes
PCH AS3856 Autonomous system (AS) number: 3856 Type of AS: Educational/Research Peering policy: Open Port speed: 1 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: United States of America Total peering locations for this AS: 316	3856	Open	Yes
PCH AS42 Autonomous system (AS) number: 42 Type of AS: Educational/Research Peering policy: Open Port speed: 1 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: United States of America Total peering locations for this AS: 322	42	Open	Yes
Pixel Factory Data Center Autonomous system (AS) number: 32425 Type of AS: Network Services Peering policy: Open Port speed: 100 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: United States of America Total peering locations for this AS: 10	32425	Open	Yes
QTS Richmond Autonomous system (AS) number: 53907 Type of AS: NSP Peering policy: Unknown Port speed: 10 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: United States of America Total peering locations for this AS: 4	53907	Unknown	No
RIPE NCC K-Root Operations Autonomous system (AS) number: 25152 Type of AS: Non-Profit Peering policy: Open Port speed: 1 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: Netherlands Total peering locations for this AS: 65	25152	Open	Yes
RuralBand/PGEC Autonomous system (AS) number: 397156 Type of AS: NSP Peering policy: Unknown Port speed: 1 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: United States of America Total peering locations for this AS: 1	397156	Unknown	Yes
VA SkyWire, LLC Autonomous system (AS) number: 19919 Type of AS: Cable/DSL/ISP Peering policy: Unknown Port speed: 30 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: United States of America Total peering locations for this AS: 2	19919	Unknown	Yes