Alabama · network infrastructure
PeeringDB records six facilities in Alabama across four cities, with 31 network presences between them. Auburn holds the most capacity at AUBix Auburn, where 12 networks are listed, followed by RSA Dexter Avenue Datacenter in Montgomery with 11. Alabama has one internet exchange, Ninja-IX Auburn, which reports six participants.
Internet exchanges in Alabama
Exchanges are attributed to the state through the city they sit in, because PeeringDB records a state for facilities but not for exchanges.
| Exchange | City | Participants |
|---|---|---|
| Ninja-IX Auburn | Auburn | 6 |
Colocation facilities
Buildings where networks put equipment. The network count is how many PeeringDB members list a presence there.
| Facility | City | Networks present |
|---|---|---|
| AUBix Auburn | Auburn | 12 |
| RSA Dexter Avenue Datacenter | Montgomery | 11 |
| DC BLOX BHM1 - DCBLOX Birmingham | Birmingham | 4 |
| DC BLOX HSV1 - DCBLOX Huntsville | Huntsville | 2 |
| Simple Helix | Huntsville | 1 |
| Peace Communications HSV1 | Huntsville | 1 |
What a Alabama IP address tells you
Auburn and Montgomery carry most of the state's recorded network presence. AUBix Auburn lists 12 networks and RSA Dexter Avenue Datacenter in Montgomery lists 11, so two buildings account for roughly three quarters of the 31 presences counted statewide. Birmingham contributes DC BLOX BHM1 with four networks, and Huntsville spreads four more across three records, DC BLOX HSV1, Simple Helix and Peace Communications HSV1. Ninja-IX Auburn is the one place in the state where traffic meets locally, with six participants; networks in the other three cities peer outside Alabama.
An Alabama IP address reflects the record its operator publishes, not the physical position of the device using it. Registries geolocate address blocks from the address in the operator's registration, which can name an office in another state. AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon each route mobile traffic through a small set of ASNs, five for AT&T, five for T-Mobile and seven for Verizon, and those gateways aggregate subscribers across wide areas. A phone held in Birmingham can resolve to a city outside Alabama on those blocks.
Checking the origin ASN on a prefix says more than a city label. A lookup that returns one of the mobile ASNs above tells you the traffic left a carrier network, while a prefix registered to one of the six Alabama facilities points at fixed hosting. The netname on the specific prefix, rather than a geolocation database's city guess, is what the operator declared.
Mobile carriers in the United States
A mobile address anywhere in Alabama 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 centers are in Alabama?
The snapshot lists six facilities in Alabama, spread across Auburn, Montgomery, Birmingham and Huntsville. They carry 31 network presences in total. AUBix Auburn and RSA Dexter Avenue Datacenter in Montgomery hold 23 of those between them, and the remaining four buildings list four or fewer networks each.
Is there an internet exchange in Alabama?
Yes. Ninja-IX Auburn is the one exchange recorded in the state, with six participants. Networks based in Montgomery, Birmingham and Huntsville have no local exchange in the snapshot, so their traffic exchanges either over private links or at exchanges outside Alabama.
Can I get an IP address in Alabama?
Placement follows the operator's address registration, not a customer's choice of state. An address geolocates to Alabama when the network holding the block registered it there. On mobile networks the carrier's regional gateways decide what a lookup reports, and AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon each aggregate subscribers well beyond one state.
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