NYIIX, the carrier-neutral internet exchange operated by Telehouse America, turns 30 this year. The milestone lands as the exchange rolls out 400G connectivity and its new Astron platform, built to handle the traffic growth driven by cloud services, streaming, and AI workloads.
Founded in 1996, NYIIX began as a neutral peering fabric where networks could exchange traffic without paying transit between them. Three decades on it sits inside a much larger and denser internet: carriers, hyperscalers, content networks, and increasingly AI infrastructure operators all depend on the kind of interconnection fabric NYIIX helped pioneer.
As we celebrate 30 years of NYIIX, we reflect on how far the internet has evolved and the critical role neutral, high-performance interconnection plays in the global digital economy. When we launched NYIIX in 1996, our vision was to create a resilient, carrier-neutral platform where networks could exchange traffic efficiently and collaboratively. Over the past three decades, NYIIX has grown into a thriving peering community.
The 400G rollout pushes per-port capacity up a generation, keeping pace with members who are running their own upgrades. Telehouse America describes the Astron platform as the foundation for the next phase of NYIIX's growth.
