DE-CIX can look back on another successful financial year. As the world’s leading operator of data centre and carrier-neutral Internet Exchanges (IXs) and provider of peering services, the company now has a presence in 60 metropolitan regions. Growth in all areas of the company reflects the strategic approach of expanding and further developing existing locations:

• Global revenue for all divisions rose by 5.2 million (+8.3 per cent) to 68.6 million Euro in 2024.
  
• Revenue from international activities increased by 11.7 per cent compared to 2023 and accounted for 25.8 per cent of total revenue in 2024.
  
• In addition, the number of connected networks across the entire ecosystem grew to over 4,000 (+10 per cent). Connected global customer capacity rose to 170 Terabits (+20 per cent). Global peering data throughput at peak times reached nearly 25 Terabits per second (Tbit/s) at the end of the year – an increase of 11 per cent compared to 2023.
  
• In addition, the networks connected to DE-CIX’s global locations exchanged more than 68 Exabytes of traffic in 2024 (+15 per cent).

The management team: Ivo Ivanov (CEO), Sebastian Seifert (CFO),
Dr. Thomas King (CTO) and Christian Reuter (CSO).

Highlights in Europe included a new data throughput record of 18.1 Terabits per second at DE-CIX Frankfurt, strong growth of the Cloud Exchange in Amsterdam in its first year of operation, and an increase in customer capacity at DE-CIX Marseille of more than 25 per cent, alongside a 40 per cent increase in peak traffic.

The largest IX in Portugal, DE-CIX Lisbon, celebrated its fifth anniversary in 2024. To mark the occasion, DE-CIX published a study entitled “Portugal: A Global Interconnection Hub, a Gateway to Europe, a Gateway to the World”, which analyses how Portugal has developed into a strategic hub for digital connectivity.

Also in autumn, DE-CIX initiated and organised a new conference in Lisbon. The Atlantic Convergence focuses on transatlantic infrastructure and connectivity issues and brought together more than 500 participants from 300 different companies. Due to its great success, a further conference is now planned for October 2025. 

Highlights in North America included strong growth in the US, with DE-CIX Dallas recording a 25 per cent increase in customer bandwidth and 50 per cent in peak traffic. A particular highlight was the 10th anniversary of DE-CIX New York, which the company celebrated in June 2024. A new study was published to mark the anniversary: “Navigating the Digital Future: Neutral Internet Exchanges as Catalysts for Ecosystem Growth”. This highlights how important data centre and carrier-neutral Internet exchanges already are for the US market today.

The IXs in Africa (Kinshasa and Lagos, both operated by DE-CIX for various partners) recorded an increase in connected networks of almost 60 per cent. In the Middle East, DE-CIX Istanbul saw network growth of almost 20 per cent. In India, the total capacity of connected customers exceeded 11 Terabits for the first time. In addition, a new location was opened in Bengaluru during the course of the year. The situation was no different in Southeast Asia, where the capacity of connected customers rose by 60 per cent and the number of networks grew by almost 15 per cent. In Asia, the distributed DE-CIX Asia Interconnection Platform ended the year with over 160 connected networks.

The 10th anniversary of DE-CIX New York was celebrated in June 2024.

From Frankfurt to the world: DE-CIX will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2025. What began in 1995 with a single Internet Exchange in Frankfurt has grown into the world’s largest global ecosystem of 60 locations. Today, DE-CIX can be accessed from data centres in over 600 cities worldwide and connects thousands of network operators (carriers), Internet service providers (ISPs), content providers and company networks from more than 100 countries. With a data volume of almost 45 Exabytes per year (as of 2024) and nearly 1,100 connected networks, DE-CIX Frankfurt is one of the largest Internet exchanges in the world.

Nearly 250 employees from more than 35 countries form the backbone of DE-CIX’s success story in Germany and around the world. Since the early days of the Internet, DE-CIX has played a decisive role in shaping the framework conditions for the Internet of today and tomorrow in various global steering committees. As an operator of critical IT infrastructure, DE-CIX bears a significant responsibility for the smooth, fast and secure exchange of data between people, companies and organisations at its global locations.