| Neutral Internet Exchange | |
| Abbreviation: | NL-ix |
| Founded: | 2002 |
| Location: | Netherlands |
| Members: | 661 |
| Ports: | 1762 |
| Peers: | 513 |
| Website: | www.nl-ix.net |
| Peak In: | 8.61 Tbit/s |
| Peak Out: | 8.61 Tbit/s |
| Daily In: | 1.08 Tbit/s |
| Daily Out: | 1.08 Tbit/s |
| Year | Peak traffic[1] | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 50 Mbit/s | |
| 2003 | 800 Mbit/s | |
| 2004 | 6.2 Gbit/s | |
| 2005 | 10.0 Gbit/s | |
| 2006 | 13.1 Gbit/s | |
| 2007 | 16.3 Gbit/s | |
| 2008 | 42.4 Gbit/s | |
| 2009 | 40.3 Gbit/s | |
| 2010 | 118.2 Gbit/s | |
| 2011 | 146.7 Gbit/s | |
| 2012 | 220.1 Gbit/s | |
| 2013 | 403.9 Gbit/s | |
| 2014 | 701.3 Gbit/s | |
| 2015 | 1.3424 Tbit/s | |
| 2023 | 7,98 Tbit/s | |
| 2024 | 8,61 Bbit/s |
The Neutral Internet Exchange (abbreviated as NL-ix, with the last two letters typeset in lowercase) is an Internet exchange in Europe, which is distributed across ninety-six datacentres in fifteen European cities in seven countries by year-end 2023.[2] The exchange was founded in 2002 to serve as an alternative to the Amsterdam Internet Exchange.[3] As of May 26, 2015, the daily average inbound traffic is 619.48 Gbit/s and the daily average outbound traffic 616.77 Gbit/s[4] and 513 members are connected on 1762 ports.[5] On March 4, 2011, it was announced that Dutch landline and mobile telecommunications company KPN had purchased and, subsequently, acquired the exchange.[6]
NL-ix members can connect at 96 sites in 15 cities across 7 countries.[4]