DE-CIX, a leading Internet Exchange (IX) operator, has announced the launch of the world’s first fully-integrated AI Internet Exchange (AI-IX).
The new platform is available at Europe’s largest Internet Exchange in Frankfurt and all DE-CIX locations worldwide. It is designed to provide seamless, high-performance interconnection for AI-powered applications, addressing the growth in demand for AI services.
The company has completed the first phase of its global rollout, connecting over 50 AI-relevant networks, including providers of AI and GPU services. This initial phase focuses on AI inference, which is essential for real-time applications such as robotics and self-driving cars, ensuring resilient and low-latency connectivity.
A second phase will make the AI-IX Ultra-Ethernet-ready, enabling it to support the more demanding requirements of AI model training. This will allow AI training to be carried out in a geographically distributed manner, moving away from centralised data centres.
“With various predictions made for millions – even hundreds of millions – of AI agents in the coming years, the need for interconnection services to support their operations is growing massively”, said Ivo Ivanov, CEO of DE-CIX.
“Until now, huge, centralised data centres have been needed to quickly process AI computing loads on parallel clusters,” added Dr. Thomas King, CTO of DE-CIX
