MS-IX,
one of the largest Internet Exchange operators in the world, and MDXi an
Equinix company have launched a new Internet Exchange in Lagos, Nigeria. The new Internet
Exchange, AMS-IX Lagos, is situated in the carrier-neutral data center of MDXi,
an Equinix Company. Under the terms of the partnership, MDXi will serve as the
commercial partner of AMS-IX and the regional sales and marketing arm for AMS-IX
Lagos. AMS-IX will run the technical and operational management of the exchange.
AMS-IX Lagos aims
to become an important content hub for West Africa, enabling regional and local
ISPs, carriers, and Internet Exchanges to aggregate content from large global
Content Delivery Networks, hosting companies, and application providers. In the
coming months, MDXi, an Equinix Company, and AMS-IX will focus on seeking
alliances with local telecom operators and IX’s and supporting local ecosystems.
AMS-IX Lagos will launch with over 25 connected networks as AMS-IX and MDXi, an
Equinix Company migrate and onboard the existing connected networks of West
Africa Internet Exchange (WAF-IX) in the coming month. Connected networks at
WAF-IX include large CDNs and application providers such as Cloudflare,
Microsoft, and Google.
Peter
van Burgel, CEO of AMS-IX: “We intend to add value to the local carriers and
IX’s by attracting even more content players to the region and supporting the
local connectivity community. This is a very exciting project for us as we see
it as an important stepping stone for bringing low-latency affordable Internet
available for the West-African region.”
Funke Opeke,
Director MDXi, an Equinix company states “This partnership enables MDXi to deliver
value to the rich ecosystem of network operators, carriers, content providers,
cloud services providers, and enterprises that we have present in the data
center. The AMS-IX partnership will help MDXi consolidate its role as a content
hub not just for Nigeria, but for Francophone and English-speaking West and
Central Africa.”
