Brisbane · Australia
PeeringDB records five exchanges in Brisbane, with MegaIX Brisbane on 94 participants ahead of IX Australia Brisbane (QLD-IX) on 74 and EdgeIX Brisbane on 53. Thirteen facilities hold 164 network presences, most of them in NEXTDC B1. An IP that geolocates to Brisbane describes a registry record, not a device address.
Internet exchanges in Brisbane
An exchange is a shared switch where networks hand traffic to each other directly. Participant counts come from PeeringDB, where each network maintains its own record.
| Exchange | Participants | Registry carriers peering |
|---|---|---|
MegaIX Brisbane Megaport MegaIX Brisbane | 94 | none in the registry |
IX Australia Brisbane (QLD-IX) Queensland Internet Exchange | 74 | none in the registry |
EdgeIX - Brisbane | 53 | none in the registry |
BGP.Exchange - Brisbane | 10 | none in the registry |
HSIX-QLD HackerSpace Networking - Brisbane, QLD | 1 | none in the registry |
Exchange records: PeeringDB.
Colocation facilities
Buildings where networks put equipment. The network count is how many PeeringDB members list a presence there, which shows where capacity in the city sits.
| Facility | Networks present | Address |
|---|---|---|
| NEXTDC B1 | 96 | 20 Wharf Street |
| Equinix BR1 - Brisbane (formerly Metronode Brisbane 1) | 20 | 54-58 Alfred Street Fortitude Valley |
| Polaris Data Centre | 13 | 11 Mary Macenroth Lane Springfield QLD 4300 |
| Over the Wire - 100 Wickham | 9 | Level 6, 100 Wickham St Fortitude Valley |
| PIPE Networks Brisbane | 7 | Level 9, 127 Creek St |
| Host Networks BNE1 | 7 | 1/53 Brandl Street Eight Mile Plains |
| Fujitsu Eight Mile Plains | 7 | 3 Brandl Street Eight Mile Plains |
| 5GN Brisbane Data Centre (BDC) | 3 | 42 Amelia Street Fortitude Valley |
| AAPT Fortitude Valley | 1 | Level 1, 100 Wickham Street Fortitude Valley |
| Christie Systems DC1 | 1 | 320 Adelaide Street |
| AAPT Brisbane | 0 | Level 8, 123 Eagle Street Brisbane |
| Rail Centre 1 | 0 | 305 Edward St |
Showing the 12 facilities with the most networks, of 13 recorded.
What a Brisbane IP address tells you
Brisbane's peering sits in three exchanges of similar size. MegaIX Brisbane has 94 participants, IX Australia Brisbane (QLD-IX) 74 and EdgeIX Brisbane 53, with BGP.Exchange Brisbane on 10 and HSIX-QLD on one, for 232 peer records in all. Colocation is thinner and more scattered. Thirteen facilities hold 164 network presences, and NEXTDC B1 alone accounts for 96 of them, with Equinix BR1 on 20 and a long tail of buildings holding fewer than ten networks each. No Australian mobile ASN appears on a Brisbane exchange participant list.
An address geolocating to Brisbane tells you how the block is registered. Telstra (AS1221), Optus (AS4804) and Vodafone Australia (AS133612) each announce address space from a registry record with a single published address on it, and mobile subscribers reach the internet through a small number of gateways rather than from wherever the phone happens to be. Geolocation databases follow the operator's published location for the prefix, so a Queensland-wide mobile allocation can resolve to Brisbane for every subscriber it holds.
For a specific address, read the origin ASN and the netname on the covering prefix. A prefix announced by one of the three mobile ASNs is subscriber access, and its city label reflects paperwork rather than position. A prefix announced by a network that peers at MegaIX Brisbane or occupies rack space in NEXTDC B1 is hosting or transit with a real building behind it. The city figures on this page describe network presence in Brisbane, not the whereabouts of any user.
Mobile carriers in Australia
A mobile address in Brisbane is routed by one of the country's operators. Each entry lists the operator's ASNs, so you can check which network an address belongs to.
Questions
Which internet exchanges are in Brisbane?
PeeringDB lists five. MegaIX Brisbane has 94 participants, IX Australia Brisbane (QLD-IX) 74, EdgeIX Brisbane 53 and BGP.Exchange Brisbane 10, with HSIX-QLD on one. The five together account for 232 peer records.
Do Australian mobile carriers peer in Brisbane?
None of the Brisbane exchanges list Telstra (AS1221), Optus (AS4804) or Vodafone Australia (AS133612) among their participants in this data. The registry only reflects what a network publishes about itself, so it cannot rule out private interconnection inside the city's facilities.
Does an IP that geolocates to Brisbane mean the device is there?
No. Geolocation databases repeat the location an operator publishes for an address block, and mobile traffic leaves through a handful of gateways. A Brisbane result narrows the address to a registry record. The origin ASN on the prefix tells you what kind of network it belongs to.
Sources
- PeeringDB - exchanges, participant counts, facilities and network presence, snapshot 2026-09-07
- PROXIES.SX carrier and ASN registry - operator ASNs used to match peering participants