Manchester · United Kingdom
PeeringDB records two internet exchanges in Manchester and 17 colocation facilities holding 329 network presences. LINX Manchester is the better connected, with 137 participants against 21 at Equinix Manchester. No UK mobile ASN appears in either participant list. A Manchester IP address reflects an operator's registry record rather than the position of a device.
Internet exchanges in Manchester
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 |
|---|---|---|
LINX Manchester | 137 | |
Equinix Manchester Equinix Internet Exchange Manchester | 21 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Equinix MA1 - Manchester, Williams/Kilburn | 110 | Manchester Science Park Lloyd Street North |
| Equinix MA3 - Manchester, Joule House | 52 | 76 Trafford Park Road Trafford Park |
| Reynolds House, Manchester | 43 | Reynolds House 4 Archway |
| Teledata Manchester - Delta House | 35 | Delta House Wavell Road |
| Equinix MA4 - Manchester, Synergy House | 33 | Synergy House Manchester Science Park |
| Pulsant Manchester NW-1 | 16 | 1-2 Ball Green Stretford |
| ANS - MAN6 | 10 | Unit 20a & 20b Blackmore Road Cobra Court |
| LDeX2 | 10 | Unit 6, Waterside Trafford Wharf Road |
| iomart DC7 The Server Hotel Reynolds | 5 | Reynolds House Archway |
| ANS - MAN4 | 4 | 2 Adbaston Road Cobra Court |
| Synergy House Manchester | 3 | 1 Synergy House, Manchester Science Park Pencroft Way |
| iomart DC6 Turing House | 3 | Turing House Archway |
Showing the 12 facilities with the most networks, of 17 recorded.
What a Manchester IP address tells you
Manchester's peering concentrates in one fabric. LINX Manchester carries 137 participants and Equinix Manchester 21, and 158 distinct networks appear across the two. Colocation holds more than the exchanges do, with 329 network presences across 17 facilities. Equinix MA1 at Williams/Kilburn accounts for 110 of them and Equinix MA3 at Joule House for 52, so two buildings hold roughly half the city's recorded networks. None of the UK mobile ASNs in the carrier registry, EE's AS2856 and AS12576, O2's AS29180 and Vodafone's AS25135, is a participant at either Manchester exchange.
An address that geolocates to Manchester may not be a device in Manchester. The city comes from a registry record covering a whole address block, and an operator picks one location for that record even when the block reaches users across several regions. Mobile networks widen the gap further, because subscriber traffic leaves through a small set of gateways whose addresses carry a single published location. Geolocation databases copy the operator's entry, so the label moves only when the operator changes it.
An address reads more honestly through its origin ASN and the netname on the covering prefix. A prefix announced by AS2856, AS12576, AS29180 or AS25135 is UK mobile whatever city a database attaches to it, while a prefix from a network that peers at LINX Manchester or racks in Equinix MA1 is a fixed or hosted address. The route object names the network that announces the block, and it changes far less often than a city field does.
Mobile carriers in the United Kingdom
A mobile address in Manchester 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 Manchester?
Two. LINX Manchester is the better connected at 137 participants and Equinix Manchester has 21, accounting between them for 158 distinct networks. PeeringDB records no other exchange in the city, though it does list 17 colocation facilities holding 329 network presences.
Do UK mobile carriers peer in Manchester?
Not in this data. The participant lists at LINX Manchester and Equinix Manchester contain no ASN that the carrier registry assigns to EE, O2 or Vodafone. That describes what PeeringDB records and is not proof that the operators have no equipment in the city.
Does an IP that geolocates to Manchester mean the device is there?
No. The city label tracks the address block's registry entry and the operator's published location. On a mobile network a single block can serve subscribers across the United Kingdom while every address in it reads as Manchester to a lookup.
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