Taipei City · Taiwan
PeeringDB records three exchanges under Taipei City and no facilities: STUIX, the Student & Technology United Internet Exchanges, with 124 participants, Poema IX with 59 and NRIX with 39, or 222 exchange peerings in total. An address that geolocates to Taipei City reflects an operator's registry entry rather than the position of a device.
Internet exchanges in Taipei City
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 |
|---|---|---|
STUIX Student & Technology United Internet Exchanges | 124 | none in the registry |
Poema IX | 59 | none in the registry |
NRIX NiceRoute Internet Exchanges | 39 | none in the registry |
Exchange records: PeeringDB.
What a Taipei City IP address tells you
Taipei City holds the exchange side of the registry without any colocation behind it. STUIX, the Student & Technology United Internet Exchanges, has 124 participants, more than twice the 59 at Poema IX and three times the 39 at NRIX, and the three together account for 222 exchange peerings. PeeringDB lists no facility under this city name, so every network counted here appears through an exchange port rather than a building presence. The carrier registry holds no Taiwan mobile operator ASNs, and none of the three exchanges records a carrier among its participants.
A geolocation result of Taipei City says less about a device than it looks like it does. Operators announce address blocks from a registry record that names one location for an allocation reaching far past the city, and a network peering at STUIX can carry traffic that starts anywhere on its footprint. Mobile networks concentrate their exits in a few gateways, so a handset in another part of the country reads as the gateway's city. Geolocation databases copy the operator's published location, so they repeat whatever the operator wrote.
The origin ASN and the netname on the exact prefix answer more than the city label does. They name the network announcing the block and the description its holder registered, which is checkable against the same registry that produced the city string. A prefix that belongs to a mobile operator usually carries a country-wide record, and the Taipei City exchange lists give no sign of a mobile ASN at STUIX, Poema IX or NRIX.
Questions
Which internet exchanges are in Taipei City?
Three appear under this label in PeeringDB. STUIX, the Student & Technology United Internet Exchanges, has 124 participants, Poema IX has 59 and NRIX, the NiceRoute Internet Exchanges, has 39. Their participant counts add to 222 exchange peerings recorded for the city.
Are there data centres listed in Taipei City?
Not under this city name. PeeringDB records no facility for Taipei City, so the 222 peerings counted here all come from exchange participation. Operators may hold colocation space that they filed under a different city string, which the registry would show elsewhere.
Does an IP that geolocates to Taipei City mean the device is there?
No. The label comes from the registry record for the block or from the operator's own published location, both of which can cover a whole network. Mobile traffic in particular exits through few gateways. Check the origin ASN and the prefix netname.
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