Rome · Italy
PeeringDB records four exchanges in Rome and 10 colocation facilities holding 200 network presences. Namex Rome, the Nautilus Mediterranean Exchange Point, is the best connected with 197 participants, well ahead of BGP.Exchange - Rome at 36. An IP that geolocates to Rome identifies an operator's registration rather than a device location.
Internet exchanges in Rome
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 |
|---|---|---|
Namex Rome Nautilus Mediterranean Exchange Point | 197 | |
BGP.Exchange - Rome | 36 | none in the registry |
MIX Roma | 20 | |
HamroIX-Rome | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Namex Datacenter Rome | 148 | Via dei Tizi 6/b |
| Aruba IT4 - Rome | 16 | Via Giacomo Peroni, 380 |
| Unidata IDC-GALERIA | 7 | viale Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, 100 |
| Cloud Europe | 7 | via Giacomo Peroni 292 |
| Digital Realty ROM0 - Rome | 6 | 282, Via Di Tor Cervara |
| Cornelia (Rome) | 5 | Via Cornelia, 498 |
| Fiber 23 | 5 | Via Arsenio Crespellani 57 |
| Retelit S.p.A. Roma Perrier | 2 | Via Carlo Perrier 4 |
| Retelit S.p.A. Roma Cornelia | 2 | Via Cornelia 498 |
| DC Noovle ROMA | 2 | Via di Macchia Palocco, 223 |
What a Rome IP address tells you
Rome records 254 unique peers. Namex Rome holds 197 participants, more than five times BGP.Exchange - Rome's 36, while MIX Roma has 20 and HamroIX-Rome has 1. Colocation sits mostly in one building: Namex Datacenter Rome lists 148 of the city's 200 network presences, with Aruba IT4 - Rome next at 16 and Unidata IDC-GALERIA and Cloud Europe at 7 each. WindTre's AS1267 and Vodafone's AS30722 appear in Namex Rome's carrier records, and WindTre also shows at MIX Roma. PeeringDB does not list TIM's mobile AS16232 at either.
An address that geolocates to Rome need not be a device in Rome. An operator announces a prefix from a registry record that names one location for the entire allocation, and geolocation databases copy that published location. Mobile networks stretch the gap, since subscriber traffic from across Italy exits through a limited set of gateways and the pools behind them are not split by city. A handset elsewhere in the country can carry an address that databases place in Rome.
The origin ASN on the prefix says more than the city name. A block announced by AS16232, AS30722 or WindTre's two numbers belongs to a mobile access network. A block announced by a network present in Namex Datacenter Rome or Aruba IT4 - Rome belongs to hosted or transit infrastructure. The netname and the registered holder on the prefix record show which of those applies, and whether the range is a national pool or an assignment to a single site.
Mobile carriers in Italy
A mobile address in Rome 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 Rome?
Four appear in PeeringDB. Namex Rome, the Nautilus Mediterranean Exchange Point, has 197 participants; BGP.Exchange - Rome has 36; MIX Roma has 20; and HamroIX-Rome has 1. Counted together, the city records 254 unique peers.
Do Italian mobile carriers peer in Rome?
WindTre's AS1267 and Vodafone's AS30722 sit in Namex Rome's carrier records, and WindTre's AS1267 also appears at MIX Roma. TIM's mobile AS16232 is missing from the Rome exchange data, so the registry says nothing either way about how TIM interconnects in the city.
Does an IP that geolocates to Rome mean the device is there?
Not on its own. Geolocation databases follow the location an operator publishes for the whole address block, and Italian mobile pools cover the country. Check the origin ASN and the prefix netname to tell a mobile subscriber range from a network hosted in a Rome facility.
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