DE-CIX Chicago

United States of America

City: Chicago
Website: https://www.de-cix.net/en/locations/united-states/chicago

About this IXP

Data last updated November 2025

Capacity at this IXP

4,851 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 Chicago 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 left7
New ASNs joined14

Participates in the MANRS IXP program

Yes

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: 54
Germany: 3
Brazil: 1
Switzerland: 1
Austria: 1

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United Kingdom: 1
Luxembourg: 1
Netherlands: 1
Australia: 1

Types of network at this IXP

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

NSP: 21
Cable/DSL/ISP: 15
Content: 13
Educational/Research: 4
Network Services: 4

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Enterprise: 3
Unknown: 2
Route Collector: 1
Route Server: 1

Members peering at the route server

47 / 65

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

52 / 65

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 Chicago

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
Edgevana, Inc. Autonomous system (AS) number: 215724 Type of AS: Content 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: 24	215724	Open	Yes
Enzu Inc. Autonomous system (AS) number: 18978 Type of AS: Content 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: 8	18978	Unknown	Yes
Fastly, Inc. Autonomous system (AS) number: 54113 Type of AS: Content Peering policy: Unknown Port speed: 200 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: United States of America Total peering locations for this AS: 139	54113	Unknown	Yes
Gcore Autonomous system (AS) number: 199524 Type of AS: Content Peering policy: Selective Port speed: 100 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: Luxembourg Total peering locations for this AS: 100	199524	Selective	Yes
GHOSTFIBER Autonomous system (AS) number: 400474 Type of AS: Cable/DSL/ISP 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: 3	400474	Unknown	No
Global Secure Layer Autonomous system (AS) number: 137409 Type of AS: NSP Peering policy: Unknown Port speed: 100 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: Australia Total peering locations for this AS: 74	137409	Unknown	Yes
Google Fiber Inc. Autonomous system (AS) number: 16591 Type of AS: Cable/DSL/ISP Peering policy: Unknown Port speed: 100 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: No Country of registration: United States of America Total peering locations for this AS: 16	16591	Unknown	Yes
GOSEMO-LLC Autonomous system (AS) number: 46906 Type of AS: Cable/DSL/ISP 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	46906	Unknown	Yes
Hurricane Electric Autonomous system (AS) number: 6939 Type of AS: NSP Peering policy: Unknown Port speed: 200 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
i3D.net Autonomous system (AS) number: 49544 Type of AS: NSP Peering policy: Selective Port speed: 10 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: No Country of registration: Netherlands Total peering locations for this AS: 99	49544	Selective	Yes
IP-Max SA Autonomous system (AS) number: 25091 Type of AS: NSP Peering policy: Open Port speed: 0.1 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: Switzerland Total peering locations for this AS: 50	25091	Open	Yes
Kazehana Networks Autonomous system (AS) number: 30690 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: 5	30690	Unknown	Yes
Mainstream Fiber Networks Autonomous system (AS) number: 18615 Type of AS: NSP Peering policy: Unknown Port speed: 50 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: United States of America Total peering locations for this AS: 3	18615	Unknown	Yes
Microsoft Autonomous system (AS) number: 8075 Type of AS: Content Peering policy: Selective Port speed: 200 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: No Country of registration: United States of America Total peering locations for this AS: 187	8075	Selective	Yes
MTC Communications Autonomous system (AS) number: 14363 Type of AS: Cable/DSL/ISP 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: 5	14363	Unknown	No
NetFortris Autonomous system (AS) number: 32035 Type of AS: Cable/DSL/ISP Peering policy: Open 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: 19	32035	Open	Yes
Netskope Autonomous system (AS) number: 55256 Type of AS: Network Services Peering policy: Open 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: 135	55256	Open	Yes
NineStar Connect Autonomous system (AS) number: 11525 Type of AS: Cable/DSL/ISP 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: 2	11525	Open	Yes
NJEDge.Net Autonomous system (AS) number: 21976 Type of AS: Educational/Research Peering policy: Unknown Port speed: 2 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: No Country of registration: United States of America Total peering locations for this AS: 5	21976	Unknown	Yes
NSONE Autonomous system (AS) number: 62597 Type of AS: Peering policy: Unknown Port speed: 10 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: No Country of registration: United States of America Total peering locations for this AS: 17	62597	Unknown	Yes
NYI Autonomous system (AS) number: 11403 Type of AS: NSP Peering policy: Unknown Port speed: 10 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: No Country of registration: United States of America Total peering locations for this AS: 4	11403	Unknown	No
Orange County Fiber Autonomous system (AS) number: 54225 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: 2	54225	Unknown	Yes
Pavlov Media Autonomous system (AS) number: 23473 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: 17	23473	Unknown	Yes
PCH AS3856 Autonomous system (AS) number: 3856 Type of AS: Educational/Research 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: 316	3856	Open	Yes
PCH AS42 Autonomous system (AS) number: 42 Type of AS: Educational/Research 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: 322	42	Open	Yes
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