Auckland · New Zealand
PeeringDB records six internet exchanges in Auckland with 273 participants between them, plus 22 colocation facilities holding 373 networks. AKL-IX (Auckland NZ) is the best connected of the six, at 98 participants. An address geolocating to Auckland reflects where an operator registered the block, not where a device using it sits.
Internet exchanges in Auckland
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 |
|---|---|---|
AKL-IX (Auckland NZ) New Zealand Internet Exchange, Auckland | 98 | none in the registry |
MegaIX Auckland Megaport MegaIX Auckland | 84 | none in the registry |
EdgeIX - Auckland | 49 | |
APE Auckland Peering Exchange | 28 | none in the registry |
BGP.Exchange - Auckland | 13 | none in the registry |
HSIX-NZ HackerSpace Networking - Auckland, NZ | 1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| DataCentre220 | 97 | 220 Queen Street Auckland Central |
| Data Vault Auckland Data Center | 62 | 162 Grafton Road Grafton |
| 2degrees Auckland - Albany | 46 | 7A Parkhead Place Albany |
| Mayoral Drive Exchange (MDR) | 41 | 31 Airedale Street |
| Datacom - Orbit Data Centre (Auckland) | 23 | 6 Orbit Drive Rosedale |
| Chorus Mount Eden Exchange (MOD) | 22 | 2B Poronui St Mt Eden |
| Sky Tower | 16 | Level 47/48 Cnr Victoria and Federal Ave |
| Albany Data Centre | 13 | 3A William Pickering Drive Rosedale |
| Chorus Mayoral Drive Exchange (MDR) | 11 | 31 Airedale Street Auckland Central |
| ICONZ House | 10 | 60 Airedale Street |
| 2degrees Auckland - Northcote | 6 | 46E Northcote Rd Northcote |
| Vector Northcote (NTC) | 4 | 46C Northcote Road North Shore |
Showing the 12 facilities with the most networks, of 22 recorded.
What a Auckland IP address tells you
AKL-IX (Auckland NZ), filed as the New Zealand Internet Exchange, Auckland, carries 98 of the 273 exchange participants PeeringDB records in the city, ahead of MegaIX Auckland on 84 and EdgeIX - Auckland on 49. APE holds 28, BGP.Exchange - Auckland 13 and HSIX-NZ one. Colocation accounts for more networks than the exchanges do, 373 across 22 facilities, with DataCentre220 on 97 and Data Vault Auckland Data Center on 62. The registry attaches one carrier ASN, AS4637, to EdgeIX - Auckland, and it names no New Zealand mobile operator in the carrier data behind this page.
An address that a lookup places in Auckland need not be a device in Auckland. An operator announces a block from a registry record that gives one address for an entire allocation, and mobile traffic leaves a network through a small number of gateways that need not sit near the subscriber. Geolocation databases read the operator's own published location and repeat it, so a connection from elsewhere in New Zealand can resolve to Auckland in a lookup while the handset never went near AKL-IX or any of the 22 facilities on record.
Someone checking an address learns more from the origin ASN and the netname on the specific prefix than from the city field. The ASN identifies the network that announced the block, and the netname shows how that network describes the range, including whether it is set aside for mobile subscribers. Neither confirms that traffic crossed AKL-IX or passed through DataCentre220. The 273 exchange participants and 373 facility networks mark where peering in Auckland is documented, not where any one address is.
Questions
Which internet exchanges are in Auckland?
PeeringDB lists six. AKL-IX (Auckland NZ) has 98 participants, MegaIX Auckland 84, EdgeIX - Auckland 49, APE 28, BGP.Exchange - Auckland 13 and HSIX-NZ one. Networks that peer privately inside a colocation facility rather than at an exchange do not appear in those counts.
Do New Zealand mobile carriers peer in Auckland?
The carrier data behind this page names no New Zealand mobile operator, so the record cannot answer that. One carrier ASN, AS4637, is attached to EdgeIX - Auckland, and the other five exchanges have none listed. That is silence in the registry rather than evidence either way.
Does an IP that geolocates to Auckland mean the device is there?
No. The city label follows the address block's registration and the operator's published location, not the device. A subscriber elsewhere in New Zealand can leave through a gateway whose addresses are registered in Auckland, and a lookup will still report the city.
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