Valencia · Spain
PeeringDB records one internet exchange in Valencia, NIXVAL-IX, with 10 participants, and two facilities holding three network presences between them. IslaLink FSL has all three and EXA Edge DC Valencia none. An address that geolocates to Valencia reflects the location its operator registered for that block, not the position of a device.
Internet exchanges in Valencia
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 |
|---|---|---|
NIXVAL-IX Neutral Internet Exchange Valencia | 10 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| IslaLink FSL | 3 | Camino Molino de las Fuentes S/N |
| EXA Edge DC Valencia | 0 | Ribarroja de Turia |
What a Valencia IP address tells you
Valencia's routing footprint in the registry is small. NIXVAL-IX, recorded in full as the Neutral Internet Exchange Valencia, has 10 participants, which is the whole of the city's peer count. Colocation is smaller again, with two facilities holding three network presences, all of them in IslaLink FSL, while EXA Edge DC Valencia records none. No Spanish mobile carrier appears on NIXVAL-IX in this snapshot, so Movistar on AS3352, Orange Spain on AS12479 and Vodafone Spain on AS12430 exchange their traffic somewhere other than the city's exchange.
An address that geolocates to Valencia describes a registry entry, not a device. An operator announces the block and states where it belongs, and geolocation databases follow that statement. Spanish mobile networks widen the gap, because they announce address space nationally and route subscribers out through a small number of gateways; a handset attached to a tower in Valencia may present an address recorded elsewhere, and a Valencia-registered address may be carrying traffic from the other side of the country.
The origin ASN on the prefix is the more useful field. NIXVAL-IX has 10 participants and the city's two facilities hold three network presences, so the set of networks the registry places in Valencia is small compared with the address space a database will label Valencia. AS3352, AS12479 and AS12430 carry mobile subscribers across Spain, and a prefix from any of them identifies the operator rather than the city. The netname names whoever registered the block.
Mobile carriers in Spain
A mobile address in Valencia 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 Valencia?
One. PeeringDB records NIXVAL-IX, listed in full as the Neutral Internet Exchange Valencia, with 10 participants. That is the city's entire peer count in the snapshot, so most networks operating in Valencia exchange traffic through transit or through exchanges in other cities.
Do Spanish mobile carriers peer in Valencia?
Not according to this snapshot. NIXVAL-IX records no ASN belonging to Movistar (AS3352), Orange Spain (AS12479) or Vodafone Spain (AS12430), so the registry shows none of the three peering in the city. That does not stop them serving subscribers there through their own network.
Does an IP that geolocates to Valencia mean the device is there?
No. The city label comes from the location an operator published for the address block, which databases copy. On mobile networks the address can be a long way from the handset, since Spanish operators announce ranges across the country and aggregate subscriber traffic behind a few gateways.
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