LINX Adds CoreSite to Its US Exchange Plans

The London Internet Exchange (LINX) has selected another landing spot for its invasion of the Northern Virginia interconnection market. CoreSite Realty will host a piece of LINX’s NoVA peering exchange within its data center campus, which includes facilities both in Reston and in Washington DC itself.

LINX announced its plans to bring its Euro-style exchange model to northern Virginia back in August in partnership with EvoSwitch, which itself is a new player there. But of course there will be exchange points around the metro area, and CoreSite’s location is a natural addition to what will likely grow to be a much longer list if things go well.

For its part, CoreSite has a long history of working with the European exchange hubs. They have had arrangements with AMS-IX and DE-CIX since the second half of last year, although that is for ports hooking up to the exchange fabrics over in Europe.  The Open-IX movement does seem to be gaining traction in the US, although the real test will come with gaining critical mass on actual interconnections.

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