Gothenburg · Sweden
PeeringDB records five exchanges in Gothenburg, Sweden, holding 48 participant entries between them. Netnod Gothenburg -- MTU1500 is the best connected at 16 participants, ahead of the MTU4470 LAN at 13 and STHIX - Gothenburg at 12. Three facilities record 27 networks. A Gothenburg IP address tells you which registry record an operator used, not where the device sits.
Internet exchanges in Gothenburg
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 |
|---|---|---|
Netnod Gothenburg -- MTU1500 Netnod AB | 16 | none in the registry |
Netnod Gothenburg -- MTU4470 | 13 | none in the registry |
STHIX - Gothenburg | 12 | none in the registry |
SONIX Gothenburg Sweden Open Network Internet eXchange | 7 | none in the registry |
GIX Gothenburg Gothenburg Internet Exchange | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gothnet DC Marieholm | 23 | Slakthusgatan 5D |
| Gothnet DC Backa | 3 | Exportgatan 34 |
| Gothenburg/B | 1 | not listed |
What a Gothenburg IP address tells you
Gothenburg is a second peering point in Sweden rather than a national one. Netnod Gothenburg -- MTU1500 carries 16 participants and its MTU4470 counterpart 13, STHIX - Gothenburg has 12 and SONIX Gothenburg 7, while GIX Gothenburg is recorded with none at all. Colocation is thinner still, with three facilities and 27 networks between them, 23 of those at Gothnet DC Marieholm and the remaining four split across Gothnet DC Backa and Gothenburg/B. No exchange in the entry flags a carrier ASN.
An address that geolocates to Gothenburg is an address an operator announced from a registry record, and that record carries an administrative location rather than the position of the equipment using it. Mobile traffic leaves through a small number of gateways, so a subscriber far from the city can sit on a block whose paperwork reads Gothenburg. Geolocation databases mostly copy the operator's own published location, so the city name travels with the block wherever the block is actually used.
The origin ASN and the netname on the specific prefix say more than the city field does. With 48 participant entries and 27 networks in buildings, Gothenburg holds a small share of Swedish peering, so a Gothenburg address is at least as likely to belong to a network whose routing sits elsewhere. Read the prefix record rather than the label a lookup returns.
Questions
Which internet exchanges are in Gothenburg?
Five are listed. Netnod Gothenburg -- MTU1500 has 16 participants and the MTU4470 LAN 13, STHIX - Gothenburg has 12 and SONIX Gothenburg 7. GIX Gothenburg appears in the registry with no participants recorded against it.
Do Swedish mobile carriers peer in Gothenburg?
Nothing in this entry says so. None of the five Gothenburg exchanges flags a carrier ASN, and no Swedish mobile operator ASNs are listed against the city, so the registry is silent on mobile peering here rather than ruling it out.
Does an IP that geolocates to Gothenburg mean the device is there?
No. The label reflects where the operator registered the address block and what geolocation databases copied from that record. The same block can serve customers across a wide area, and the registry entry is not revised when traffic moves.
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