Perth · Australia
PeeringDB records six exchanges in Perth, headed by IX Australia Perth (WA-IX) with 74 participants, then EdgeIX Perth with 68 and MegaIX Perth with 61. Seven facilities hold 96 network presences. An IP that geolocates to Perth reflects how an address block is registered, not where a device is sitting.
Internet exchanges in Perth
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 |
|---|---|---|
IX Australia Perth (WA-IX) West Australian Internet Exchange | 74 | |
EdgeIX - Perth | 68 | none in the registry |
MegaIX Perth Megaport MegaIX Perth | 61 | none in the registry |
Equinix Perth Equinix Internet Exchange Perth | 27 | none in the registry |
BGP.Exchange - Perth | 11 | none in the registry |
HSIX-WA HackerSpace Networking - Perth, WA | 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 P2 | 50 | 105 Lord Street |
| Vocus Perth PER01 | 28 | 1 William St Perth WA 6000 |
| QV.1 Perth | 11 | 250 St Georges Terrace |
| DCA | Pier DC Tier III | 5 | 1 Martin Place Canning Vale |
| aCure | 1 | Level B2, 45 St Georges Terrace |
| Rackmill | 1 | 1/37 Lemnos St |
| DC West | 0 | 234 Pier Street |
What a Perth IP address tells you
Perth splits its peering across three exchanges of comparable size. IX Australia Perth (WA-IX) has 74 participants, EdgeIX Perth 68 and MegaIX Perth 61, with Equinix Perth on 27, BGP.Exchange Perth on 11 and HSIX-WA on one. The 242 peer records here exceed Brisbane's 232 even though no single Perth exchange is as big as MegaIX Brisbane. Colocation is the smaller half of the picture, 96 network presences over seven facilities, most of them in NEXTDC P2 with 50 and Vocus Perth PER01 with 28. WA-IX carries one carrier ASN, AS3303, which is not one of Australia's mobile networks.
None of Telstra (AS1221), Optus (AS4804) or Vodafone Australia (AS133612) appears on a Perth exchange participant list, and that shapes what a Perth address means. Those operators announce address blocks against a registry record with one published address, and their subscriber traffic leaves through a small set of gateways. Geolocation databases copy the operator's published location for a prefix, so an allocation covering all of Western Australia can resolve to Perth for every device on it.
The reliable fields on a single address are the origin ASN and the netname on the specific prefix. They tell you whether the block belongs to a mobile network, which puts the device somewhere in that network's coverage, or to a network with equipment in a Perth facility. City geolocation gives neither answer. The exchange and facility numbers on this page record which networks are present in Perth, and say nothing about individual subscribers.
Mobile carriers in Australia
A mobile address in Perth 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 Perth?
Six appear in PeeringDB. IX Australia Perth (WA-IX) has 74 participants, EdgeIX Perth 68, MegaIX Perth 61, Equinix Perth 27 and BGP.Exchange Perth 11, with HSIX-WA on one. Across all six, Perth holds 242 peer records.
Do Australian mobile carriers peer in Perth?
Telstra (AS1221), Optus (AS4804) and Vodafone Australia (AS133612) are absent from every Perth exchange participant list here. One carrier ASN, AS3303, appears on IX Australia Perth (WA-IX), and it is not an Australian mobile network.
Does an IP that geolocates to Perth mean the device is there?
No. The city comes from the location an operator publishes for the address block, and mobile networks aggregate subscribers through a few gateways. A Perth result identifies the registry record. Look at the origin ASN and the netname on the prefix for anything more specific.
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