Internet Exchanges in New York

An Internet Exchange (IX) is where multiple networks connect to exchange traffic directly, rather than routing through third parties. This reduces costs, improves performance, and lowers latency for end users.

IXs are typically housed in carrier-neutral data centers where no single network has control, creating a level playing field for all participants. Networks connect via switches and exchange traffic through peering agreements. A single IX may have a physical presence in multiple facilities across a state or region.

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IX infrastructure data on this page is sourced from PeeringDB, a freely available database of networks and interconnection facilities maintained by the global network operator community. PeeringDB data is self-reported by network operators and facility owners.

Broadband performance data (download speed, upload speed, and latency) is sourced from Speedtest® by Ookla® open data, aggregated quarterly at the state level.

As of the latest data, New York has 14 Internet Exchanges present across 25 facilities, with 472 unique networks physically connected.

These numbers are updated monthly from PeeringDB. See the chart above for historical trends.

The physical location of Internet Exchanges directly impacts network performance, cost, and resilience for users and businesses in New York:

• Latency: Local IXs keep New York traffic local, reducing round-trip times
• Cost: Direct peering at local IXs reduces transit costs for New York ISPs
• Resilience: Multiple local interconnection points prevent single points of failure
• Economic development: IXs attract network investment, data centers, and digital businesses to New York

Without local IXs, New York traffic may be "tromboned" through distant cities, adding latency and cost.

Real-time inference and edge inference workloads require the lowest possible latency to deliver instant responses. Internet exchanges provide direct peering between networks, minimizing the number of network hops and reducing round-trip time.

This is critical for real-time inference applications like conversational AI and autonomous vehicles, as well as edge inference deployments that process data closer to end users rather than in centralized cloud data centers.

The average fixed broadband latency in New York is currently 13 ms, based on Speedtest® by Ookla® open data. Latency measures the round-trip time for data to travel between a user and a server. Lower values mean faster, more responsive connections.

States with more Internet Exchanges tend to have lower latency because traffic can be exchanged locally rather than being routed through distant cities. See the chart above for New York's historical latency trend alongside IX growth.

New York has Internet Exchange presence in 7 cities: Brooklyn, Garden City, Hawthorne, New York, Staten Island, Syracuse, Westbury.

Each city page shows which networks are physically present and which additional networks become virtually accessible through IX peering. See the cities list above for links to detailed data.

New York is home to 14 Internet Exchanges, including: DE-CIX New York, NYIIX New York, NetIX, Equinix New York, MASS-IX, Digital Realty New York, Any2East, JumboIX Peru, MegaIX New York, Global Peer Exchange, GPIEX, American IX ★ New York, DACS-IX North, BigApe. Each IX enables networks to peer directly, reducing latency and transit costs.

New York currently has 14 Internet Exchanges. Here's how neighboring states compare:

• New Jersey: 13 IXs, 13 ms avg latency
• Pennsylvania: 5 IXs, 18 ms avg latency
• Massachusetts: 4 IXs, 14 ms avg latency
• Vermont: 1 IX, 17 ms avg latency
• Connecticut: 0 IXs, 13 ms avg latency

See the neighboring states section for links to each state's full IX data page.