Mumbai (India), 25th, June 2026: DE-CIX India, the leading carrier and data center-neutral Internet Exchange (IX) operator, today announced the extension of its interconnection services to Equinix MB3, the company’s fourth International Business ExchangeTM (IBX®) data center in Mumbai. This expansion marks another strategic milestone in DE-CIX India’s mission to strengthen India’s digital infrastructure by enabling richer, more resilient, and highly accessible interconnection across the country’s most critical connectivity hubs.
With DE-CIX India now available inside Equinix MB3, customers operating within the facility, including SMEs, SMBs, Enterprise Internet Service Providers (ISPs), cloud service providers, over-the-top (OTT) platforms, content delivery networks, fintech companies, and other digital-first businesses will gain direct access to DE-CIX India’s robust peering ecosystem, enterprise-grade cloud connectivity, and low-latency interconnection services.
As Mumbai continues to emerge as India’s most dynamic digital traffic aggregation point, the addition of DE-CIX India’s interconnection platform within Equinix’s newest AI-ready facility is poised to deliver enhanced network efficiency, reduced latency, superior cloud access, and seamless scalability for customers building their digital infrastructure in the city.
“Mumbai continues to be the epicenter of India’s digital traffic growth, cloud adoption, and enterprise network transformation. As digital businesses increasingly seek infrastructure environments that can deliver scalability, resilience, and ultra-low latency, it becomes imperative for DE-CIX India to be present at every strategic connectivity hub within the city. Our deployment at Equinix MB3 is a significant step in that direction, enabling customers within this new facility to instantly tap into a rich, carrier-neutral interconnection ecosystem that enhances performance, accelerates cloud access, and simplifies network expansion,” said Sudhir Kunder, Chief Business Officer, DE-CIX India.
Through its presence at Equinix MB1, MB2 and now MB3, DE-CIX India will offer customers seamless access to its comprehensive portfolio of interconnection solutions, including Internet Exchange peering, DirectCLOUD connectivity, enterprise interconnection services, cloud on-ramp capabilities, and efficient Data Center Interconnection services. This deployment ensures that customers hosted at MB3 can immediately leverage DE-CIX India’s high-performance digital ecosystem to optimize traffic exchange, improve application delivery, and strengthen business continuity.
Key benefits of DE-CIX India’s presence at Equinix MB3 include:
- Direct access to DE-CIX India’s carrier-neutral Interconnection ecosystem for low-latency traffic exchange
- Enhanced cloud connectivity and simplified on-ramp to leading global cloud service providers
- Scalable, secure, and resilient interconnection infrastructure for enterprises, ISPs, OTTs, and digital businesses
“Today, the true value of a data center is no longer measured only by the racks it houses, but by the quality of digital ecosystems it connects to. With DE-CIX India now available inside MB3, customers can move beyond simple colocation and unlock direct peering, cloud interconnection, enterprise-grade routing efficiencies, and seamless access to a larger digital marketplace. This is exactly the kind of infrastructure readiness that modern enterprises, ISPs, and content networks require to grow faster and operate smarter,” Kunder added.
This latest expansion further underscores DE-CIX India’s aggressive growth strategy to deepen its presence across India’s leading data center environments and bring world-class interconnection closer to where the nation’s digital businesses host, exchange, and consume mission-critical workloads.
About DE-CIX
DE-CIX, pronounced DEE-KICKS [dˈi:-kˈɪks], is the world’s leading operator of Internet Exchanges (IXs). Founded in 1995, the company is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2025. DE-CIX offers its interconnection services in 60 locations in Europe, Africa, North and South America, the Middle East, and Asia. Today, accessible from data centers in over 600 cities world-wide, DE-CIX interconnects thousands of network operators (carriers), Internet service providers (ISPs), content providers and enterprise networks from more than 100 countries, and offers peering, cloud and AI connectivity, and other interconnection services. DE-CIX Frankfurt is one of the largest Internet Exchanges in the world, with a data volume of over 45 Exabytes per year (as of 2024) and close to 1100 connected networks. Close to 250 colleagues from over 35 different nations form the foundation of the DE-CIX success story in Germany and around the world. Since the beginning of the commercial Internet, DE-CIX has had a decisive influence – in a range of leading global bodies, such as the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) – on co-defining guiding principles for the Internet of the present and the future. As the operator of critical IT infrastructure, DE-CIX bears a great responsibility for the seamless, fast, and secure data exchange between people, enterprises, and organizations at its locations around the globe.
Further information at www.de-cix.net
About DE-CIX India
DE-CIX India is powered by DE-CIX – the largest Interconnection Platform in the country with 600+ connected networks across India, focusing on providing Premium Interconnection Platform Services like Peering, DirectCLOUD, and Microsoft Azure Peering Service (MAPS). Operating a wide range of carrier and Data Centre Neutral Exchanges, as well as Interconnecting a large number of Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), Over-The-Top (OTT) players, DNS root servers, National and International telco networks, and Social Media Networks in all major metropolitan areas. DE-CIX India established Internet Exchanges in the country’s six major populous cities—Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Bengaluru.
Further information at www.de-cix.in
