IX.br is the Internet exchange point system of Brazil. It is a project of the government agency Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil (Brazilian Internet Steering Committee, CGI.br), and operates as a non-profit funded by NIC.br.
IX.br is an interconnection of metropolitan area network IXPs (called PIXes in Brazil) with commercial and academic networks, under centralized management. IX.br has 36 Internet exchange points in Brazil, as of January 2024. The aggregated traffic over its 39 locations has peaked over 31 Tb/s in 2023, making it the largest IXP aggregator in the world.
The most important IXP points are located in São Paulo with a traffic peak over 22 Tbit/s, and Fortaleza and Rio de Janeiro at around 4 Tbit/s each. The São Paulo point is the largest in the world, both by traffic volume and number of participants, with more than 2400 ASNs in late 2024.
Locations
Aracaju Belém Belo Horizonte Boa Vista Brasília Campina Grande Campinas Campo Grande Caruaru Cascavel Caxias do Sul Cuiabá Curitiba Feira de Santana Florianópolis Fortaleza Foz do Iguaçu Goiânia João Pessoa Lajeado Londrina Maceió Manaus Maringá Natal Palmas Porto Alegre Porto Velho Recife Rio Branco Rio de Janeiro Salvador Santa Maria São José dos Campos São José do Rio Preto São Luis São Paulo Teresina Vitória
See also List of Internet exchange points
References
External links
Traffic Statistics - Sum of traffic of all 36 locations