Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. 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. ADVERTISEMENT 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 technical standards that ensure uniformity for data transformation and physical connectivity to create more resilient and reliable solutions. Certification is achieved through an application and review process, and is self-regulated to foster critical data center and IXP technical and operating standards.