Rio Grande do Sul · network infrastructure
Rio Grande do Sul records 32 facilities across 13 cities and 131 network presences. Porto Alegre holds nearly all of it, and BR.Digital PAE1 records 35 networks there. No internet exchange appears in the snapshot, so networks in the state carry their traffic elsewhere to peer.
Colocation facilities
Buildings where networks put equipment. The network count is how many PeeringDB members list a presence there.
| Facility | City | Networks present |
|---|---|---|
| BR.Digital Porto Alegre (PAE1) | Porto Alegre | 35 |
| Adylnet Telecom - Porto Alegre | Porto Alegre | 14 |
| PIX Nossa Telecom PAE | Porto Alegre | 14 |
| Cirion Porto Alegre | Porto Alegre | 13 |
| Elea POA1 - Porto Alegre | Porto Alegre | 10 |
| PIX Telium Porto Alegre | Porto Alegre | 10 |
| Scala Data Centers SPOAPA01 | Porto Alegre | 9 |
| SouthTech Telecom - Porto Alegre | Porto Alegre | 4 |
| BR.Digital Caxias do Sul (CSL1) | Caxias Do Sul | 3 |
| LVT Novo Hamburgo (Brasil TecPar) | Novo Hamburgo | 2 |
| Avato DC01-SMA (Brasil TecPar) | Santa Maria | 2 |
| PIX Defferrari - Porto Alegre | Porto Alegre | 2 |
| STAR - GTI | Gravataí | 2 |
| PIX Univates | Lajeado | 2 |
| Elea POA2 - Porto Alegre | Porto Alegre | 2 |
Showing the 15 facilities with the most networks, of 32 recorded.
What a Rio Grande do Sul IP address tells you
Porto Alegre accounts for most of the state's capacity. BR.Digital Porto Alegre records 35 networks, Adylnet Telecom and PIX Nossa Telecom PAE 14 each, Cirion Porto Alegre 13, and Elea POA1 and PIX Telium ten apiece. Outside the capital the numbers fall away quickly. BR.Digital Caxias do Sul has three networks, and Novo Hamburgo, Santa Maria, Gravataí and Lajeado two each. The snapshot records no internet exchange anywhere in the state and no peers, so networks here reach each other through transit or through exchanges in other states.
An address that geolocates to Rio Grande do Sul reflects the record its operator published for that block. Brazil's mobile operators concentrate subscribers behind regional gateways, so a device in Caxias do Sul or Santa Maria can present an address registered in Porto Alegre, and traffic from the state can leave on an address registered somewhere else. Claro announces mobile subscribers on AS22085, TIM on AS26615, and Vivo on AS26599 and AS27699.
Check the origin ASN and the netname on the prefix instead of trusting the state field. Because the state has no exchange of its own, its 131 network presences connect through operators whose routing and registrations point at other parts of Brazil, which weakens the link between a state label and the path a packet takes. The organisation named in the netname is the one that decided where the block appears.
Cities in Rio Grande do Sul with their own page
Mobile carriers in Brazil
A mobile address anywhere in Rio Grande do Sul 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
How many data centres are in Rio Grande do Sul?
PeeringDB lists 32 facilities across 13 cities, holding 131 network presences. BR.Digital Porto Alegre is the densest with 35 networks, followed by Adylnet Telecom and PIX Nossa Telecom PAE with 14 each and Cirion Porto Alegre with 13. Most entries outside Porto Alegre record fewer than five networks.
Is there an internet exchange in Rio Grande do Sul?
Not in this snapshot. The state records no exchange and no peers, so networks with capacity in Porto Alegre or Caxias do Sul carry traffic out of the state to exchange it, or buy transit from a provider that does the same on their behalf.
Can I get an IP address in Rio Grande do Sul?
Placement follows the operator's address registration, not a customer's choice of state. A block reads as Rio Grande do Sul because its holder published that location. With no local exchange in the record, traffic to and from such an address routes through other states regardless of how it geolocates.
Sources
- PeeringDB - facilities, network presence and exchange participants, snapshot 2026-09-07
- PROXIES.SX carrier and ASN registry - the operators routing mobile addresses in this country