Kuwait City · Kuwait
PeeringDB records one exchange in Kuwait City, the Kuwait Internet Exchange (ix.kw), with 15 participants, plus two colocation facilities, FASTtelco DC Kuwait and Qualitynet Rashid Abdulla DC, which list one network between them. An address that geolocates here points to a registry entry, not to a device on a particular street.
Internet exchanges in Kuwait City
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.kw Kuwait Internet Exchange | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FASTtelco DC Kuwait | 1 | Liberation Tower - 6th floor |
| Qualitynet Rashid Abdulla DC | 0 | Liberation Tower, 9th floor |
What a Kuwait City IP address tells you
All of the city's recorded peering sits in one place. The Kuwait Internet Exchange, ix.kw, carries 15 participants, and that number is the whole of what PeeringDB counts for the city. The two colocation facilities on record, FASTtelco DC Kuwait and Qualitynet Rashid Abdulla DC, together declare one network presence, the single network sitting at FASTtelco while the Qualitynet site lists none. No mobile operator ASNs appear on the exchange participant list, and the carrier registry holds no mobile operators for Kuwait, so nothing here shows where mobile traffic peers.
An address that a database places in Kuwait City is an address an operator announces from a registry record. The record carries the operator's own address, and geolocation providers copy it, so every prefix under one registration can read as the same city no matter where the equipment or the subscriber sits. Mobile networks compress this further, since traffic from handsets across a country leaves through a small number of gateways and takes the address of whichever gateway handled it. With 15 participants at ix.kw, the set of networks exchanging traffic locally is small.
Anyone checking an address is better off reading the prefix itself. The origin ASN says which network announces the block, and the netname and registered address on that specific prefix say who holds it and what location the holder published. Comparing that against the exchange participant list for ix.kw shows whether the announcing network peers in the city at all. Where the registry says nothing, as it does for mobile operators in Kuwait, the honest answer is that the data does not place the device.
Questions
Which internet exchanges are in Kuwait City?
PeeringDB lists one, the Kuwait Internet Exchange, shown as ix.kw, with 15 participant networks. No second exchange appears for the city in the same snapshot, so that single participant list is the whole of the recorded local peering.
Do Kuwait mobile carriers peer in Kuwait City?
The data does not say. The carrier registry holds no mobile operator ASNs for Kuwait, and ix.kw's participant list records none, so there is nothing here to confirm or rule out mobile peering at the exchange. Absence in a voluntary registry is not absence in the network.
Does an IP that geolocates to Kuwait City mean the device is there?
No. Geolocation databases mostly repeat the location an operator published against its address block, and one registration can cover addresses used far from that office. Mobile traffic adds another step, because a handset takes the address of the gateway it exits through rather than one tied to its own position.
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