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
QTS Chicago Autonomous system (AS) number: 394968 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: 2	394968	Unknown	No
Riot Games Autonomous system (AS) number: 6507 Type of AS: Content Peering policy: Selective 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: 86	6507	Selective	Yes
Shift Hosting Autonomous system (AS) number: 394177 Type of AS: NSP 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: 5	394177	Open	Yes
SpaceX Starlink Autonomous system (AS) number: 14593 Type of AS: Cable/DSL/ISP Peering policy: Open Port speed: 400 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: United States of America Total peering locations for this AS: 66	14593	Open	Yes
Teraswitch Inc Autonomous system (AS) number: 20326 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: 21	20326	Unknown	Yes
ThreatMetrix Autonomous system (AS) number: 30286 Type of AS: Enterprise Peering policy: Unknown Port speed: 2 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: United States of America Total peering locations for this AS: 5	30286	Unknown	Yes
TierPoint LLC Autonomous system (AS) number: 17378 Type of AS: NSP 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: 13	17378	Open	Yes
Unitas Global Autonomous system (AS) number: 1828 Type of AS: NSP Peering policy: Selective 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: 46	1828	Selective	Yes
US Internet Autonomous system (AS) number: 10242 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: 9	10242	Unknown	Yes
Valve Corporation Autonomous system (AS) number: 32590 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: 72	32590	Open	Yes
Vapor IO Autonomous system (AS) number: 5670 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: 1	5670	Unknown	No
Waddell Solutions Group LLC Autonomous system (AS) number: 12243 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	12243	Unknown	Yes
WIN Technology Autonomous system (AS) number: 11796 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	11796	Unknown	Yes
Zscaler AS22616 Autonomous system (AS) number: 22616 Type of AS: Network Services Peering policy: Open Port speed: 400 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: United States of America Total peering locations for this AS: 20	22616	Open	Yes
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