Semey · Kazakhstan
PeeringDB records two internet exchanges in Semey, KazNIX with 12 participants and KAZ-GOV-IX Semey with 4, and one facility, KazNIC, reporting six networks. KazNIX is the better connected of the two exchanges. An address that geolocates to Semey reflects an operator's registration record rather than the position of a device.
Internet exchanges in Semey
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 |
|---|---|---|
KazNIX KazNIX Exchange Point | 12 | none in the registry |
KAZ-GOV-IX Semey | 4 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| KazNIC | 6 | Ilyashev str 47/2 |
What a Semey IP address tells you
KazNIX carries most of the peering PeeringDB records in Semey, with 12 participants against the 4 at KAZ-GOV-IX Semey, and the two exchanges together account for the city's 16 peers. Colocation is thinner. The registry lists one facility, KazNIC, with six networks on file, so the documented capacity in Semey sits at the exchanges rather than spread across separate buildings. The registry attaches no carrier ASN to either exchange, and it holds no Kazakhstan mobile operator ASNs at all, so no mobile network is on record as peering here.
An address a database places in Semey need not be a device in Semey. An operator announces its address blocks from a registry record that carries one address for a whole allocation, and mobile traffic leaves through a small number of gateways that can sit far from the subscriber. Geolocation providers read the operator's own published location and repeat it, so a connection opened elsewhere in Kazakhstan still resolves to Semey in most lookups.
Someone checking an address learns more from the origin ASN and the netname on the specific prefix than from the city field. The ASN names the network that announced the route, and the netname shows which allocation the address falls inside, both published in the regional registry rather than inferred. Neither will confirm that traffic passed through either Semey exchange or the KazNIC facility, since the registry describes who peers where and not the path one connection took.
Questions
Which internet exchanges are in Semey?
PeeringDB lists two, KazNIX with 12 participants and KAZ-GOV-IX Semey with 4. Those figures count the networks recorded at each exchange. Networks that peer privately inside a facility, or that buy transit instead of peering, do not appear in either count.
Do Kazakhstan mobile carriers peer in Semey?
The registry attaches no carrier ASNs to KazNIX or KAZ-GOV-IX Semey, and it lists no Kazakhstan mobile operator ASNs at all. That silence is a gap in the record rather than evidence that mobile networks exchange no traffic in the city.
Does an IP that geolocates to Semey mean the device is there?
No. The city label comes from the registration on the address block and the operator's published location, not from the device. A subscriber elsewhere in Kazakhstan can leave through a gateway whose addresses are registered in Semey and will read as Semey in every database copying that record.
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