IXP Growth and Member Churn in France

Capacity growth (12 mo)
+48.9%
Capacity growth (3 mo)
+15.8%
Unique networks (12 mo)
+139
Net member change (last month)
+16

Fastest-Growing by Capacity (2025-08 → 2026-08)

#IXPCapacity12 mo3 mo
1nine1.83 Tbps → 11.43 Tbps+524.5%+35.0%
2BGP.Exchange - Lyon13 Gbps → 47 Gbps+261.5%+38.2%
3BGP.Exchange - Paris61.1 Gbps → 98.1 Gbps+60.6%+21.0%
4Lillix518 Gbps → 818 Gbps+57.9%+41.5%
5AuvernIX86 Gbps → 114 Gbps+32.6%+20.0%
6France-IX Marseille4.85 Tbps → 5.65 Tbps+16.5%+5.8%
7Equinix Paris5.88 Tbps → 6.65 Tbps+13.0%+2.9%
8France-IX Paris17.94 Tbps → 19.8 Tbps+10.4%+2.5%
9France-IX Lille113 Gbps → 123.8 Gbps+9.6%+0.5%
10France-IX AURA1.35 Tbps → 1.43 Tbps+5.9%+6.7%

Fastest-Growing by Members (2025-08 → 2026-08)

#IXPMembersAdded (12 mo)
1nine26 142+116
2BGP.Exchange - Paris25 65+40
3BGP.Exchange - Lyon13 31+18
4France-IX Paris448 462+14
5Lillix36 47+11
6France-IX Lille15 20+5
7AuvernIX11 12+1
8Hopus33 34+1
9Ouest.Network8 9+1
10France-IX Bordeaux2 3+1

Most New Members (2026-08)

#IXPCityJoined
1nine - six in ParisParis12
2BGP.Exchange - ParisParis11
3nineAmsterdam, Bordeaux, Frankfurt, Genève, Lille, London, Lyon, Marseille, Milano, Montpellier, Paris, Zurich10
4BGP.Exchange - LyonLyon6
5France-IX ParisParis3
6France-IX LilleLille3
7LillixLille2
8France-IX Paris EssentielParis2
9DE-CIX MarseilleMarseille1
10ERA-IX ParisParis1

Most Departures (2026-08)

#IXPCityLeft
1BGP.Exchange - ParisParis5
2nineAmsterdam, Bordeaux, Frankfurt, Genève, Lille, London, Lyon, Marseille, Milano, Montpellier, Paris, Zurich2
3Equinix ParisParis1
4France-IX ParisParis1
5BGP.Exchange - LyonLyon1
6ERA-IX ParisParis1

Members Joined vs Left per Month

Member joins and departures, latest month
MetricValue
Month2026-08
Joined52
Left11
Net41

In France, provisioned IXP capacity grew +48.9% over the last twelve months, led by nine at +524.5%. Percentage rankings require at least 10 Gbps and 10 member networks at the start of the window, so small newcomers don't drown out real movers. Numbers straight from PeeringDB, refreshed every night.