Alaska · network infrastructure
The snapshot records four facilities in Alaska across three cities, with four network presences in total. AlasConnect Data Center 1 in Fairbanks carries two of them, and Anchorage holds two more sites. One exchange, AlaskaIX in Anchorage, is listed with two participants, so some traffic meets locally.
Internet exchanges in Alaska
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AlaskaIX | Anchorage | 2 |
Colocation facilities
Buildings where networks put equipment. The network count is how many PeeringDB members list a presence there.
| Facility | City | Networks present |
|---|---|---|
| AlasConnect Data Center 1 | Fairbanks | 2 |
| AlasConnect Data Center 5 | Anchorage | 1 |
| ACS North Wire Center | Anchorage | 1 |
| 1706 Richardson | Delta Junction | 0 |
What a Alaska IP address tells you
Anchorage holds two of the four listed facilities, AlasConnect Data Center 5 and the ACS North Wire Center, each with one network on record. Fairbanks has the single site with the most networks, AlasConnect Data Center 1, at two. A fourth building, 1706 Richardson in Delta Junction, records no networks at all. AlaskaIX in Anchorage gives the state a local meeting point, though its two participants mean most Alaskan traffic still leaves the state to reach the networks it needs.
An address block reads as Alaskan because the operator registered it that way, not because a router sits in Anchorage or Fairbanks. Mobile traffic makes this looser still. AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon each run their United States mobile subscribers through a small set of ASNs - AT&T on 16572 and 20057 among others, Verizon across seven including 6167 and 22394 - and those gateways sit wherever the operator built them. A phone on a mast outside Fairbanks can present an address that geolocation databases place in another state.
Checking the origin ASN and the netname on the specific prefix tells you more than a city label. A prefix announced by one of Verizon's seven mobile ASNs is mobile access, wherever the database puts it; a prefix originating from a network present at AlasConnect Data Center 1 is fixed infrastructure in Fairbanks. With four network presences recorded statewide, Alaska has few enough origins that reading the registry entry directly is quick.
Mobile carriers in the United States
A mobile address anywhere in Alaska 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 Alaska?
The snapshot lists four across three cities. AlasConnect Data Center 1 sits in Fairbanks, AlasConnect Data Center 5 and the ACS North Wire Center in Anchorage, and 1706 Richardson in Delta Junction. Between them they record four network presences, and the Delta Junction building shows none.
Is there an internet exchange in Alaska?
Yes. AlaskaIX in Anchorage is the one exchange on record, with two participants. That is a small peering point, so networks operating in Alaska generally carry traffic out of the state to exchange it with the rest of the internet rather than handing it over locally.
Can I get an IP address in Alaska?
Placement follows the operator's address registration, not a customer's choice of state. An address shows as Alaskan when the network that holds the block registered it to an Alaskan location. With four network presences recorded here, the pool of operators publishing Alaskan records is small, and mobile blocks often register elsewhere.
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