Astana · Kazakhstan
PeeringDB records one internet exchange in Astana, KAZ-GOV-IX Astana, with 15 participants, and two facilities holding three networks between them, KAZ-GOV-IX with two and NAT Kazakhstan, JSC with one. An address that geolocates to Astana reports where an operator registered the block, not the location of a device.
Internet exchanges in Astana
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 |
|---|---|---|
KAZ-GOV-IX Astana Kazakhstan Government Internet Exchange Astana | 15 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| KAZ-GOV-IX | 2 | 1/1 Zhanaidar Zhirentaev Street |
| NAT Kazakhstan, JSC | 1 | 3, Kuishi Dina str. |
What a Astana IP address tells you
KAZ-GOV-IX Astana, recorded in full as the Kazakhstan Government Internet Exchange Astana, is the only exchange PeeringDB lists in the city, and its 15 participants make up the whole of the recorded peering population. The two facilities add little on top of that. KAZ-GOV-IX reports two networks and NAT Kazakhstan, JSC reports one, three in total, so documented capacity is concentrated at the exchange rather than distributed across carrier-neutral buildings. The registry attaches no carrier ASN to the exchange, and it holds no Kazakhstan mobile operator ASNs, so no mobile network is on record as peering in Astana.
An address that a database places in Astana need not be a device in Astana. An operator announces a block from a registry record that carries one address for the entire allocation, and mobile traffic leaves the country's networks through a small number of gateways that can sit well away from the subscriber. Geolocation databases follow the operator's own published location, so a connection opened in another part of Kazakhstan can still resolve to Astana.
The origin ASN and the netname on the prefix answer more than the city field does. The ASN identifies the network that announced the route, and the netname shows which allocation the address belongs to, both taken from the regional registry rather than guessed at. What neither shows is whether the traffic ever crossed KAZ-GOV-IX Astana or sat in one of the two facilities on record, because peering membership describes an operator's arrangements and not the path of a single session.
Questions
Which internet exchanges are in Astana?
PeeringDB lists one, KAZ-GOV-IX Astana, the Kazakhstan Government Internet Exchange Astana, with 15 participants. Two facilities are also on record, KAZ-GOV-IX with two networks and NAT Kazakhstan, JSC with one. Networks that peer privately inside a building are not counted in those figures.
Do Kazakhstan mobile carriers peer in Astana?
No carrier ASNs are attached to KAZ-GOV-IX Astana in the registry, and no Kazakhstan mobile operator ASNs appear in it either. The record is silent rather than negative, so it cannot tell you whether mobile operators exchange traffic in the city away from the exchange.
Does an IP that geolocates to Astana mean the device is there?
No. Geolocation reads the registration on the address block and the location the operator published for it. A subscriber connecting from another part of Kazakhstan can be routed through a gateway registered in Astana, and every database copying that record will report Astana.
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