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| Full name | Deutsche Commercial Internet Exchange |
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| Abbreviation | DE-CIX |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Location |
 Germany
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| Website | www |
| Members | 740 |
| Ports | 1121 |
| Peak | 6125.02 Gbit/s |
| Daily (avg.) | 3441.6 Gbit/s |
Deutsche Commercial Internet Exchange (German Commercial Internet Exchange) (DE-CIX) is a carrier and data center-neutral internet exchange point (IXP) situated in Frankfurt (Germany). It is the largest exchange point worldwide in terms of peak traffic with a maximum throughput of more than 5 terabits per second. In addition to DE-CIX in Frankfurt, DE-CIX operates internet exchange points in Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Munich, New York City (DE-CIX New York), Dallas (DE-CIX Dallas), Dubai (UAE-IX), Palermo (DE-CIX Palermo),Marseille (DE-CIX Marseille),Istanbul (DE-CIX Istanbul), and Mumbai (Mumbai Convergence Hub).
DE-CIX was founded in 1995 by three Internet Service Providers (ISPs). Back then, German Internet traffic was still exchanged in the United States. To improve latency and reduce costs for backhaul connectivity, three providers decided to establish an Internet exchange in the back room of a postal office in Gutleutviertel in Frankfurt. Hamburg-based MAZ, EUnet from Dortmund and XLink from Karlsruhe were the first to connect their networks in Frankfurt at DE-CIX.
DE-CIX was managed by Electronic Commerce Forum, now known as eco - association of the Internet industry. Other providers joined and made DE-CIX and Frankfurt the hotspot for the German internet. In 1998, DE-CIX moved its switching hardware to the Interxion data center in Frankfurt.
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