Where we are starting from
India is one of the largest internet markets in the world, and growth is now driven by users in smaller cities and towns. Yet much of the country’s interconnection still happens in a few big metros. Traffic between a user and content that may be physically close often travels a long way to get there.
That model made sense when content and users were concentrated. It does not fit a country where the next wave of digital services is being consumed everywhere.
What we are building
Peer1IX is deploying a large, distributed footprint of interconnection infrastructure:
- Internet Exchange Points in metros and tier-2 cities, with neutral peering fabrics and filtering route servers.
- Micro PoPs in tier-2 and tier-3 towns, extending the fabric to where local ISPs aggregate their customers.
- Edge Data Centers beside the exchange, so caches and latency-sensitive applications can sit one hop from users.
By 2030, the goal is to operate 1,200 exchange points across 150 cities in Bharat.
Why the number matters
A single exchange in a region helps the networks that can afford to reach it. Many exchanges, close to every aggregation point, help everyone — including small ISPs that could never justify long-haul capacity to a distant metro. Density is what turns interconnection from a big-network privilege into a public good.
Built on one fabric
All three layers connect to a common platform. A port in a Micro PoP can reach networks at the regional exchange. A rack in an Edge Data Center can peer locally and reach cloud on-ramps. Services like virtual cross connects, cloud routing and DDoS protection work across the whole footprint.
Neutral, secure and open
Every network is welcome on equal terms. Route servers apply RPKI, IRR and bogon filtering by default. And we publish free tools so that any engineer can check the health of their routing.
What changes
For users: faster, more consistent experiences. For ISPs: lower transit costs and better resilience. For content and cloud providers: a simpler way to reach audiences across the country. This is not just expansion. It is internet localisation at national scale.
