Minnesota · network infrastructure
PeeringDB records 35 facilities in Minnesota across 17 cities, holding 236 network presences. Minneapolis holds the capacity, and Cologix MIN1 lists 81 networks. The only exchange in the snapshot is TP-IX in Duluth with two participants, so almost all interconnection here happens privately or outside the state.
Internet exchanges in Minnesota
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 |
|---|---|---|
| TP-IX | Duluth | 2 |
Colocation facilities
Buildings where networks put equipment. The network count is how many PeeringDB members list a presence there.
| Facility | City | Networks present |
|---|---|---|
| Cologix MIN1 | Minneapolis | 81 |
| Cologix MIN3 | Minneapolis | 23 |
| Cologix MIN2 | Minneapolis | 17 |
| Ridgeview Minnetonka | Minnetonka | 16 |
| DataBank Minneapolis (MSP2) | Eagan | 11 |
| Cologix MIN4 | Minneapolis | 9 |
| US Internet - Minnetonka | Minnetonka | 7 |
| SFN MN-Albert Lea | Albert Lea | 7 |
| Flexential - Minneapolis/Chaska (MSP01) | Chaska | 6 |
| ark data centers - Duluth, MN | Duluth | 6 |
| DataBank Minneapolis (MSP4) | Minneapolis | 6 |
| NP Rochester | Rochester | 5 |
| EdgeConneX Minneapolis (EDCMSP01) | Eden Prairie | 5 |
| DataBank Minneapolis (MSP1) | Edina | 5 |
| US Signal MN01 - Minneapolis | Eden Prairie | 5 |
Showing the 15 facilities with the most networks, of 35 recorded.
What a Minnesota IP address tells you
Minneapolis holds the capacity, and the towns recorded around it hold the rest. Cologix MIN1 lists 81 networks, and MIN3 and MIN2 add 23 and 17 in the same city. Ridgeview Minnetonka records 16 networks and DataBank MSP2 in Eagan 11, with smaller counts in Duluth, Rochester and Eden Prairie. Public peering barely registers. The snapshot has one exchange, TP-IX in Duluth, with two participants, so networks in Minneapolis interconnect through private cross-connects inside the carrier-neutral buildings or carry traffic to exchanges in other states.
A Minnesota address in a geolocation database reflects what the operator registered for that block rather than where the device connects. Mobile networks concentrate subscribers behind a small number of regional gateways, so a phone in Duluth or Rochester can present an address a lookup places in Minneapolis, or in another state. AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon each announce mobile traffic from several ASNs, among them AS17258 and AS12079, and none of those numbers is tied to Minnesota.
The origin ASN and the netname on the specific prefix say more than a state label. With only two networks peering publicly in Minnesota, a routing path that stays in the state is hard to confirm from peering data alone, and the 236 network presences recorded across 35 facilities are the better guide to who actually operates here. Match the prefix to an operator in that list before treating a Minneapolis result as settled.
Mobile carriers in the United States
A mobile address anywhere in Minnesota 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 Minnesota?
The snapshot lists 35 facilities across 17 Minnesota cities, holding 236 network presences. Cologix MIN1 in Minneapolis is far ahead at 81 networks, with MIN3 at 23 and MIN2 at 17 in the same city. Ridgeview Minnetonka holds 16, and sites elsewhere in the state carry single-digit counts.
Is there an internet exchange in Minnesota?
Only one in this snapshot, TP-IX in Duluth, and it lists two participants. Minneapolis networks have no public exchange recorded here, so they interconnect through private cross-connects inside facilities such as the Cologix sites, or peer at exchanges outside the state.
Can I get an IP address in Minnesota?
Placement follows the operator's address registration, not a customer's choice of state. A block reads as Minnesota when the network holding it registered it there and announces it from a presence in the state. Mobile ranges are usually registered to a region rather than to 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