Research

Meet Me in Atlanta

July 2022

  • Richard Lukaj
    Experienced Financial Executive, Private Investor, Philanthropist

    Great value to feature the substance behind the strategic value of these critical interconnection facilities.

  • Arnold Nipper
    Chief Technology Evangelist (CTE) at DE-CIX

    Great work!

In this Article

Series Introduction

Welcome to the next evolution of the "Meet Me In..." research series. The goal of the series has always been to educate, create awareness, and highlight key facts about where, how and why the physical networks that make up the world's information infrastructure meet.

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Then

The original series featured 56 Marietta St, the King of Carrier Hotels and network interconnection in Atlanta at the time and the main thoroughfare for Europe to LATAM traffic through the U.S. As per the research data, 56 Marietta is still reigning champion, as per the number of total ASNs present in the building, in Atlanta today. Back then, in 2003, were the days of networks measured by a physical presence alone and not ASN’s on an IX. 56 Marietta had 54 physical networks present and published at the time with up to a total of 80 as mentioned in the original research. The Atlanta Internet Exchange (AIX) existed in 56 Marietta at that time, but was not listed in the original series. On the contrary, the Palo Alto Internet Exchange (PAIX) had a presence in 56 Marietta and was listed as a “network” present in the building.

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Now

The Atlanta Internet Exchange was eventually acquired by telx, which became the Telx Internet Exchange (TIE) and is now part of Digital Realty Trust. The PAIX was acquired by Switch and Data, which was then acquired by Equinix, which is a tenant in 56 Marietta, but have announced that they will be leaving the building to consolidate in to a building more favorable to them in Atlanta, 180 Peachtree. Once again, and as the research data will prove continually, networks go to where networks already are and the same holds true for IX’s. As of this publishing, the Digital Realty Atlanta IX now has 155 ASN’s alone. The overall Atlanta interconnection scene continues to be very robust.


Atlanta Internet Exchanges

Currently there are 7 IX’s in 13 facilities within 10 addresses in Atlanta. The largest, Digital Realty Atlanta, has 155 ASN’s and the smallest, Global Peer Exchange, has 3 ASN published. The difference between the largest IX and 2nd largest, NetIX with 98 ASN’s, is 43. That is a fairly large delta making Digital Realty Atlanta the clearly dominant IX in Atlanta. These numbers change as networks move on and off of IX’s, but the general direction is typically up.

The Top 5 Networks, by number of IX’s connected to, are CloudFlare, Hurricane Electric, Akamai, Google, and Microsoft.

The tables below display live data on all IXs in the region highlighted in this map image.
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Atlanta - Internet Exchanges by Location Address

Address IX`s @ Facilities @ IX Name: Digital Realty Atlanta NetIX CIX-ATL Any2East Equinix Atlanta SNAP Global Peer Exchange
      #ASNs: 155 116 52 49 27 24 4
55 Marietta St. NW 4 , ,        
56 Marietta St NW 4 ,        
180 Peachtree 2            
250 Williams St NW 2            
300 Satellite Blvd NW 1              
1003 Donnelly Ave SW 1              
1033 Jefferson St. NW 1              
1100 White SW 1              
1101 Donnelly Ave SW 1              
1130 Powers Ferry Pl 1              

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Atlanta - Networks by Internet Exchange

Network Name (ASN) #IX`s IX Name: Digital Realty Atlanta NetIX CIX-ATL Any2East Equinix Atlanta SNAP Global Peer Exchange
    #ASNs: 155 116 52 49 27 24 4
Hurricane Electric (6939) 6    
Cloudflare (13335) 6    
Akamai Technologies (20940) 4        
Google LLC (15169) 4        
Microsoft (8075) 4        
Southern Crossroads (SoX) (10490) 4        
Fastly, Inc. (54113) 4        
Riot Games (6507) 4        
North Georgia Network (54665) 4        
Uniti Fiber (13760) 4        
Whitesky Communications AS62887 (62887) 4        
THE GENTRY FUND (398448) 4        
Yahoo! (10310) 3          
PCH AS3856 (3856) 3          
365 Data Centers (BroadbandONE) (19151) 3          
Meta (32934) 3          
Nodes Direct Holdings (19531) 3          
PCH AS42 (42) 3          
NEGIA, Inc. (10302) 3          
Hotwire Communications (23089) 3          
Blizzard Entertainment (57976) 3          
AISG / Equinox Communications (15008) 3          
Pixel Factory Data Center (32425) 3          
L2Net (Synips xSP, Enguity nSP) (40911) 3          
JMF Solutions (40805) 3          
Broadcast Networks (17077) 3          
Telekenex Inc (32035) 3          
Subspace (32261) 3          
Belzoni Cable (33218) 3          
Edgio - AS22822 (22822) 2            
Netflix (2906) 2            
Cisco Umbrella (36692) 2            
iRis Networks (11758) 2            
Edgio (Edgecast) - AS15133 (15133) 2            
Amazon IVS / Twitch (46489) 2            
i3D.net (49544) 2            
Claro (4230) 2            
Sony Interactive Entertainment (PlayStation) (33353) 2            
Cyber Wurx (22653) 2            
Apple Inc. (714) 2            
U.S. Cellular (6614) 2            
Unitas Global (1828) 2            
Valve Corporation (32590) 2            
G-Core Labs (199524) 2            
Planters Rural Telephone Cooperative (26744) 2            
Automattic (2635) 2            
Georgia Public Web - GPW (31877) 2            
VMware SASE (53766) 2            
Clouvider (62240) 2            
Massive Networks (21777) 2            
Southern Fibernet (393670) 2            
Columbia County Community Broadband Utility (62488) 2            
VeriSign Global Registry Services (26415) 2            
Adaptive Data Networks (23367) 2            
Infortel Comunicacoes (53180) 2            
GTHost US and EU (63023) 2            
GMCHOSTING (19186) 2            
BENCHMARK COMMUNICATIONS (397103) 2            
Millry Telephone (53507) 2            
Mikrotec Internet Services (3801) 2            
DALnet IRC Network (31800) 1              
Internap (29791) 1              
Colt (8220) 1              
Orange Business Services North America (2647) 1              
TDS Telecom (4181) 1              
BICS (6774) 1              
British Telecom GIIB (3300) 1              
China Telecom (4134) 1              
OCCAID (30071) 1              
WOW! (12083) 1              
GreatAccess.com (25975) 1              
Zayo (Abovenet Communications Inc.) (6461) 1              
AiNET (6405) 1              
Education Networks of America, Inc. (11686) 1              
Sprint (1239) 1              
M247 (9009) 1              
l.root-servers.net (20144) 1              
LeaseWeb Network (16265) 1              
One Ring Networks (35985) 1              
The Constant Company (20473) 1              
Witbe (15436) 1              
Florida LambdaRail (11096) 1              
CacheFly (30081) 1              
Clearleap (46199) 1              
IPTP Networks (41095) 1              
Dailymotion (41690) 1              
Salesforce.com (14340) 1              
Columbus Networks (23520) 1              
Clearwire (16586) 1              
OVHcloud (16276) 1              
Emory University (3512) 1              
API Digital (14793) 1              
Amazon.com (16509) 1              
LightCore a CenturyTel Co. (22561) 1              
RIPE NCC K-Root Operations (25152) 1              
SoftLayer Technologies, Inc. (an IBM Company) (36351) 1              
Ufinet Brasil RJ (28338) 1              
Hetzner Online (24940) 1              
Windstream Communications (7029) 1              
Bandwidth (12130) 1              
Spirit Communications (2711) 1              
Hong Kong Broadband Network LTD (9269) 1              
Globe Telecom (4775) 1              
Net2Atlanta (20081) 1              
Neterra Ltd. (34224) 1              
DREN (668) 1              
Charter Communications (20115) 1              
Fibernet Direct (33132) 1              
Hivelocity INC (29802) 1              
Neotel (34772) 1              
Performive (46562) 1              
Smoothstone/West IP Communications (32880) 1              
McAfee (46484) 1              
GRUCom (10674) 1              
Pavlov Media (23473) 1              
Cincinnati Bell Telephone (6181) 1              
NET1 LTD (43561) 1              
Digital Realty United States (36086) 1              
RASCOM (20764) 1              
Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (8866) 1              
DigitalOne AG (47328) 1              
Türk Telekom International (6663) 1              
Telekomunikasi Indonesia Int (TELIN) (7713) 1              
Jive Communications (6643) 1              
Bestel (18734) 1              
Axcelx Technologies LLC (33083) 1              
GigaMonster (31939) 1              
TSSRB - Telekom Srbija (8400) 1              
OneCom Global Communications (51185) 1              
Anexia (42473) 1              
MediaMath (30419) 1              
Twitter, Inc. (13414) 1              
RouteViews (6447) 1              
Serbian Open eXchange (13004) 1              
Serbia BroadBand (31042) 1              
Omonia (44306) 1              
Dropbox (19679) 1              
Digital Realty IX Route Servers (32299) 1              
Dacentec (31863) 1              
Delta Telecom (29049) 1              
Equinix Internet Exchange - MLPE (24115) 1              
Convergenze S.p.A. (39120) 1              
G8 (28329) 1              
Unidata S.p.A. (5394) 1              
VOXILITY (3223) 1              
GlobeNet (52320) 1              
Zscaler AS22616 (22616) 1              
Logosoft d.o.o. (16178) 1              
VelocityOnline.net (13730) 1              
CNS Internet (16700) 1              
Mid-Atlantic Terascale Partnership - MATP (40220) 1              
Syringa Networks (15305) 1              
Netriplex Corporation (15072) 1              
Intermedia.net, Inc. (16406) 1              
DartPoints 15085 (15085) 1              
Silknet (35805) 1              
Tencent Global (132203) 1              
Google Fiber, Inc. (16591) 1              
UPIX Networks AS40850 (40850) 1              
Equinix Metal (54825) 1              
Warner Bros Discovery (5662) 1              
Shentel Service Company (4922) 1              
REV (5009) 1              
Nitel (53828) 1              
Elauwit Networks, LLC (54119) 1              
VSX Networks (262355) 1              
Link10 (262428) 1              
IPACCT (31287) 1              
Troy Cablevision, Inc. (13825) 1              
Zito Media (26801) 1              
Open X Tecnologia Ltda (263444) 1              
Rede Brasileira de Comunicacao (28202) 1              
TekLinks (33606) 1              
Cinergy Metronet (30600) 1              
CoreSite IP (2734) 1              
City of Monroe, GA (33515) 1              
DigitalOcean (14061) 1              
Baidu (55967) 1              
Point Broadband Fiber Holding (26479) 1              
Plena Telecom (52988) 1              
C Spire Fiber (11272) 1              
Azertelecom (196925) 1              
EPB Fiber Optics (26827) 1              
Imperva (19551) 1              
ATG Communications, LLC (29897) 1              
BVU Authority (17310) 1              
BR.Digital (14840) 1              
Calltower (20340) 1              
ManagedWay Company (53292) 1              
Ritter Communications (23404) 1              
Connecticore S.A. (197580) 1              
Host Leasing (15280) 1              
Linode AS63949 (63949) 1              
Invistanet Provedor de Acesso (262427) 1              
CFH CABLE INC (394109) 1              
Bigleaf Networks, Inc. (62642) 1              
Community IX Holdings (63221) 1              
IPiFony Systems, Inc. (6082) 1              
T-2 d.o.o. (34779) 1              
The Home Depot (10967) 1              
TurkNet Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S (12735) 1              
Sirius Technology SRL (60501) 1              
Faction Inc. (14701) 1              
ATC Broadband (11240) 1              
Grupo IP - IP Telecom (61573) 1              
MetTel (16524) 1              
Turbozone Internet (264479) 1              
PBX-Change (22549) 1              
Conterra (32505) 1              
FORTE TELECOM LTDA. (263009) 1              
Aztelekom (34170) 1              
JBurgess One (393662) 1              
F5 Inc. (formerly Acorus Networks / Volterra) (35280) 1              
Netskope (55256) 1              
CDN77 (60068) 1              
SpeedClick (57704) 1              
Comnet Bulgaria (29084) 1              
Melbikomas (56630) 1              
AppRiver (53780) 1              
QTS Atlanta-Suwanee (20141) 1              
Sterling Payment Technologies (26343) 1              
Equinix Connect - AT, Atlanta (27330) 1              
4vendeta (50360) 1              
ZET (25198) 1              
Digital Service Consultants (10355) 1              
Frankfort Plant Board (26133) 1              
Orange Romania S.A. (8953) 1              
Acronis US (53991) 1              
Geodim (29687) 1              
ISC F-ROOT ATL1 (33080) 1              
Invesco Group Services, Inc. (14630) 1              
INFORBARRA TELECOM (263903) 1              
StackPath (Highwinds) (33438) 1              
Spring City Cable (54816) 1              
Hargray Communications (22646) 1              
PeachNet AS3479 (3479) 1              
SKAT TV (34577) 1              
Equinix Solution Validation Center (394749) 1              
Any2 Route Servers (32184) 1              
DataBank (13767) 1              
ROBLOX (22697) 1              
MLaB NL (41047) 1              
Traffic Broadband Communications (48452) 1              
Net-Surf.net (20911) 1              
Coloblox Data Centers (6597) 1              
Asympto Networks (39533) 1              
Ellijay Telephone Company (25853) 1              
Conect Provedor de Acesso a Internet (265066) 1              
NETGUARD (39251) 1              
Bluegrass Network (11979) 1              
Global Secure Layer (137409) 1              
SIMPLEHELIX (46506) 1              
TEC of Jackson (17253) 1              
QX.Net (13776) 1              
TNC COMMUNICATIONS (396855) 1              
Zonata - Natskovi & Sie (34368) 1              
NetX - NG (204281) 1              
Seaborn (13786) 1              
Momentum Telecom AS25645 (25645) 1              
Digital Workspaces (397165) 1              
L. Garcia Comunicações (264556) 1              
Airtek Solutions (61461) 1              
BrightRidge (22987) 1              
SpaceX Starlink (14593) 1              
Harbor Communications (26949) 1              
zColo Atlanta (7226) 1              
GIBIRNET (208972) 1              
Afghan Wireless Backbone ASN (138322) 1              
NBS TELECOM (61745) 1              
Smart City Telecom AS14288 (14288) 1              
FogNet - iFog GmbH (34927) 1              
West Carolina Communications (10279) 1              
HAPROXY-TECHNOLOGIES (11019) 1              
ISPIX (7000) 1              
Fiber Telecom (FT) (41327) 1              
Layer Sistem (59886) 1              
MOUNTAINET (22792) 1              
COMNET Global IP Backbone (61135) 1              
Ben Lomand Connect (21766) 1              
Morristown Utility Systems (40128) 1              
Digital Communication Company (60268) 1              
Zulu (31298) 1              
Mountain Telephone (53848) 1              
ASSET BLACK (398202) 1              
essensys Inc. (394065) 1              
Ensono (19229) 1              
Ting Fiber (Backbone) (32133) 1              
ESCOM (25374) 1              
Aryel (59829) 1              
Zenlayer AS4229 (4229) 1              
Dedicated IT, LLC (398570) 1              
BCI Mississippi Broadband (46687) 1              
Dyjix SAS (212815) 1              
NOLA Broadband, Inc (22462) 1              
Telekabel AD (29030) 1              
Mathew Philipps (213201) 1              
8ROUTE (34428) 1              
empower, Delivered by Craighead Electric (22413) 1              
LINK BRASIL TELECOMUNICACOES (271253) 1              
SAWAD LAND AS41805 (41805) 1              
Backblaze Inc (40401) 1              
Digital Systems (3245) 1              
ICONIC Networks (212175) 1              
Alex Escape (61437) 1              
Skyrunner (53274) 1              
AppLovin AS394506 (394506) 1              
FIXNET TELEKOM LTD. STI. (47288) 1              
DIL Technology AS210021 (210021) 1              
Melbicom (8849) 1              
TelNet Worldwide DR (19326) 1              
Grid Telekom (39582) 1              
Knoxville Utilities Board AS33566 (33566) 1              
DC Host (208287) 1              
OHOST LLC (210106) 1              
ESO (13172) 1              
Istqrar for Servers Services (211826) 1              
Edgio - AS26506 - Edgextend (26506) 1              
Wavefly (400735) 1              
Level 86 (212483) 1              
Conexon Connect (399898) 1              
NBI Systems (39396) 1              
OpenSolutions (205138) 1              

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