Chisinau · Moldova
PeeringDB records two exchanges in Chisinau. KIVIX, the Chisinau Internet Exchange, is the better connected with 19 participants, ahead of MD-IX on 14. Five colocation facilities hold 12 network presences, 11 of them at Trabia. An address that geolocates to Chisinau names an operator's registered city, not the location of a device.
Internet exchanges in Chisinau
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 |
|---|---|---|
KIVIX Chisinau Internet Exchange | 19 | none in the registry |
MD-IX Moldova Internet Exchange | 14 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trabia | 11 | str. V. Pircalab 52 |
| AlexHost, Republic of Moldova | 1 | C. Brancusi nr.3 |
| Mezon Business Park | 0 | Bulevardul Moscova 21 |
| COLO-54 Moldtelecom | 0 | Stefan cel Mare ave. 12 |
| Data City - Moldtelecom | 0 | Alba Iulia 77 str. |
What a Chisinau IP address tells you
KIVIX, recorded as the Chisinau Internet Exchange, carries 19 participants and MD-IX, the Moldova Internet Exchange, carries 14, which together account for the city's 33 peering records. Colocation is thinner. PeeringDB counts five facilities in Chisinau but only 12 network presences across all of them, 11 at Trabia and one at AlexHost, while Mezon Business Park and the two Moldtelecom sites record none. MD-IX lists three carrier ASNs among its members. Two of those match mobile operators, AS25454 for Orange Moldova and AS8926 for Unité.
An address that geolocates to Chisinau reflects a registry record rather than a measurement. An operator registers a block of addresses, publishes a location for it, and geolocation databases copy that location onto every address in the range. Mobile networks add another step. Traffic from handsets anywhere in Moldova leaves through a small number of gateways, and those gateways sit on addresses the operator registered under its own address, which is commonly the capital. A phone in another town can therefore read as Chisinau in every database that checks it.
The origin ASN on the specific prefix says more than the city label. AS43925 is Moldcell, AS25454 is Orange Moldova and AS8926 is Unité, so a lookup returning one of those tells you the address sits on a Moldovan mobile network whatever city the database prints. The netname and the registered holder on that prefix show who received the range and how it was described. Neither field places a handset on a street in Chisinau, and PeeringDB does not record that either.
Mobile carriers in Moldova
A mobile address in Chisinau 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 Chisinau?
PeeringDB lists two. KIVIX, recorded as the Chisinau Internet Exchange, has 19 participants, and MD-IX, the Moldova Internet Exchange, has 14. Across both, the city holds 33 peering records. No other exchange appears in the registry for Chisinau.
Do Moldova mobile carriers peer in Chisinau?
MD-IX lists three carrier ASNs among its members. Two match mobile operators in the carrier registry, AS25454 for Orange Moldova and AS8926 for Unité. KIVIX lists no carrier ASNs, and Moldcell's AS43925 does not appear on either of the city's exchanges.
Does an IP that geolocates to Chisinau mean the device is there?
No. Geolocation databases mostly repeat the location an operator publishes for a registered block, and Moldovan mobile traffic exits through a small number of gateways. An address can read as Chisinau while the handset using it is somewhere else in the country.
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