Taipei · Taiwan
PeeringDB records four internet exchanges in Taipei, Taiwan, along with 13 colocation facilities holding 245 network presences. TPIX-TW, the Taipei Internet Exchange, is the best connected of them with 166 participants. An address that geolocates to Taipei tells you where its operator registered the block, not where a handset or server physically sits.
Internet exchanges in Taipei
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 |
|---|---|---|
TPIX-TW Taipei Internet Exchange | 166 | none in the registry |
TWIX Taiwan Internet Exchange | 24 | none in the registry |
BGP.Exchange - Taipei | 14 | none in the registry |
TaipeiGigaPoP Taipei GigaPoP 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Chief LY Building Taipei | 147 | No. 250, Yang-Guang Street, Nei-hu District |
| Chief HD Building Taipei | 76 | No. 37 Lane 188, Ruiguang Rd. Nei-hu Dist. |
| CHT Taipei Aikuo IDC | 8 | No. 31, Aiguo E. Rd., Da'an Dist., Taipei City 106, Taiwan (R.O.C.) |
| Academia Sinica Department of Information Technology Services (ITS) Taipei | 3 | Department of Information Technology Services 128 Academia Road, Section 2, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan ROC |
| APT EBIX | 3 | 3F., No. 19-6, Sanchong Rd., Nangang Dist., Taipei City 115, Taiwan (R.O.C.) |
| TWNAP IDC | 2 | Rm. 1005, 10F., No.333, Sec. 1, Keelung Rd., Xinyi Dist. |
| CHT Taipei Xinyi IDC | 2 | No. 21, Section 1, Xinyi Rd, Zhongzheng District |
| Reliance Taipei Colo | 1 | 2nd Floor, No248, Yang-guang St, Nei-hu District |
| VIBO | 1 | 4F,No.36,Lane 358,Rueiguang Rd, |
| SAKURAHOST DC-1 | 1 | Jingye 3rd Rd., Zhongshan Dist. |
| Chief LY2 Building Taipei | 1 | No. 255, Section 1, Jiuzong Road, Neihu District |
| VeeTIME | 0 | No.159, Sec. 3, Wenxin Rd., Xitun Dist., Taichung City 407, Taiwan (R.O.C.) |
Showing the 12 facilities with the most networks, of 13 recorded.
What a Taipei IP address tells you
TPIX-TW, the Taipei Internet Exchange, holds 166 participants, ahead of TWIX with 24 and BGP.Exchange - Taipei with 14. TaipeiGigaPoP appears in the registry with no participants recorded. Counted across the four exchanges, 204 networks peer in the city. Colocation carries more of the weight than public peering does, since 13 facilities account for 245 network presences, led by Chief LY Building Taipei with 147 networks and Chief HD Building Taipei with 76. None of the four exchanges records a mobile carrier ASN, and the carrier registry lists no Taiwanese mobile operator for this page.
An address that a database places in Taipei need not sit on a device in Taipei. An operator announces a block from one registry record, and that record carries a single address for the whole allocation, so a prefix registered to a Taipei office can serve customers anywhere the operator reaches. Mobile traffic compounds this, because handsets leave the network through a small number of gateways and take the address of the gateway rather than the cell they attached to. Geolocation databases mostly copy the operator's own published location.
Someone checking an address gets further from routing data than from a city label. Look at the origin ASN that announces the prefix and at the netname and country on that specific block, which is narrower than the allocation a database summarises. Compare that ASN against the networks PeeringDB shows in Taipei, the 166 at TPIX-TW or the 245 presences across the facilities, and note whether the announcing network has any recorded presence in the city at all.
Questions
Which internet exchanges are in Taipei?
PeeringDB lists four: TPIX-TW, the Taipei Internet Exchange, with 166 participants; TWIX, the Taiwan Internet Exchange, with 24; BGP.Exchange - Taipei with 14; and Taipei GigaPoP Internet Exchange, which is registered but shows no participants. Together the exchanges account for 204 peering networks.
Do Taiwan mobile carriers peer in Taipei?
The registry does not say. None of the four Taipei exchanges records a mobile carrier ASN among its participants, and no Taiwanese mobile operator appears in the carrier list behind this page. Absence in PeeringDB is a gap in the record, not proof that carriers stay away.
Does an IP that geolocates to Taipei mean the device is there?
No. The city label reflects where the operator registered the address block and where geolocation vendors have copied that registration. Mobile addresses in particular are assigned at gateways that can be far from the user, so the label describes an operator's paperwork rather than a location.
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