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DE-CIX Chicago Achieves Open-IX OIX-1 Certification
March 10, 2021 GMT
NEW YORK (BUSINESS WIRE) Mar 10, 2021
DE-CIX, the world’s leading carrier and data center neutral Internet Exchange (IX) operator expands its support of Open-IX Internet Exchange standards, obtaining OIX-1 certification for DE-CIX Chicago. DE-CIX Chicago is the company’s newest IX, launched in December 2020, and is the third location it operates in North America to achieve OIX-1 certification.
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Open-IX, launched in 2014, is an industry-led volunteer organization focused on creating best-of-breed standards for Internet Exchange Providers (IXP OIX-1) and Data Center Providers (DC OIX-2). Open-IX fosters mutually beneficial ecosystems built upon core values and best practices designed, moderated and certified by industry professionals. The association provides operators with IX and data center technic