Kuala Lumpur · Malaysia
PeeringDB records three internet exchanges in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with 159 participant entries between them. MyIX, the Malaysia Internet Exchange, has 119 participants and is the best connected of the three; DE-CIX Kuala Lumpur has 38 and Equinix Kuala Lumpur has 2. An address that geolocates here shows where a network registered the block, not where a device sits.
Internet exchanges in Kuala Lumpur
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 |
|---|---|---|
MyIX Malaysia Internet Exchange | 119 | none in the registry |
DE-CIX Kuala Lumpur | 38 | none in the registry |
Equinix Kuala Lumpur | 2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| AIMS Kuala Lumpur | 102 | Ground Floor, Menara AIMS Changkat Raja Chulan |
| AIMS Kuala Lumpur 2 | 6 | Bangunan AIMS, Changkat Raja Chulan, 50200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| TM ONE, Plaza VADS | 2 | Plaza VADS 1, Jalan Tun Mohd Fuad |
| JARING Bukit Jalil | 1 | Technology Park Malaysia |
| MY03 | 0 | No.11, Jalan Inovasi 3, MRANTI Park |
What a Kuala Lumpur IP address tells you
MyIX carries most of the peering PeeringDB records in Kuala Lumpur, with 119 participants against 38 at DE-CIX Kuala Lumpur and 2 at Equinix Kuala Lumpur. The colocation side is concentrated in one building. Five facilities are listed and 111 networks appear across them, but 102 of those sit in AIMS Kuala Lumpur alone, with 6 at AIMS Kuala Lumpur 2, 2 at TM ONE, Plaza VADS, 1 at JARING Bukit Jalil and none recorded at MY03. PeeringDB lists no Malaysian mobile carrier ASN on any of the three exchanges.
An address that geolocates to Kuala Lumpur may belong to a device somewhere else in Malaysia. Operators announce address blocks from a registry record that carries one office address, and a block registered in Kuala Lumpur can serve customers across the country. Mobile traffic widens the gap, because a carrier moves it through a small number of gateways, so a phone in another state leaves the network through an address that databases place here. Geolocation providers mostly follow the operator's own published location, which is a business address rather than a measurement.
Someone checking an address gets more from the routing data than from the city label. Look up the origin ASN on the specific prefix and the netname on the registry object, then compare that network against the ones PeeringDB lists in the city. An address originated by a mobile ASN behaves differently from one inside AIMS Kuala Lumpur, even when both resolve to the same city name. The prefix length also tells you how much of the block shares that single registry record.
Questions
Which internet exchanges are in Kuala Lumpur?
PeeringDB lists three. MyIX, the Malaysia Internet Exchange, has 119 participants. DE-CIX Kuala Lumpur has 38, and Equinix Kuala Lumpur has 2. Together they account for 159 participant entries, though one network can appear on more than one fabric.
Do Malaysian mobile carriers peer in Kuala Lumpur?
The registry records none. No mobile ASN from Malaysia's carrier registry appears on the participant lists for MyIX, DE-CIX Kuala Lumpur or Equinix Kuala Lumpur. Carriers can still move traffic through the city over private links, which PeeringDB does not publish.
Does an IP that geolocates to Kuala Lumpur mean the device is there?
No. The city label comes from the operator's registry record and from geolocation databases that copy it. A block registered in Kuala Lumpur can carry traffic from anywhere the operator serves, and mobile subscribers exit through gateway addresses that keep the same city label.
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