IXP companies hiking investments amid data centre boom

Mumbai: Investments in Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) and peering networks are set to surge in India amid the data centre boom to support increasing IT workloads and strong data consumption by mobile users.

IXPs, typically, are physical locations where different networks connect to exchange internet traffic via common switching infrastructure. They are responsible for interconnecting internet service providers (ISPs), content delivery networks (CDNs) such as Cloudfare, Akamai, over-the-top (OTT) players such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, DNS root servers, national and international telco networks and even social media networks like Instagram.