Toronto Internet Exchange

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Toronto Internet Exchange

Full name	Toronto Internet Exchange Community
Abbreviation	TorIX
Founded	1998 (1998)
Location	Canada, Toronto, Ontario
Website	www.torix.ca
Ports	333[1]
Peers	259[1]
Peak in	1344 Gb/s[2]
Peak out	1344 Gb/s[2]

The Toronto Internet Exchange Community (TorIX) is a not-for-profit Internet Exchange Point (IXP) located in a carrier hotel at 151 Front Street West, Equinix's TR2 data centre at 45 Parliament Street and 905 King Street West in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. As of March 2021^[update], TorIX has 259 unique autonomous systems^[1] representing 285 peer connections and peak traffic rates of 1.344 Tbps,^[2] making it the largest IXP in Canada. According to Wikipedia's List of Internet Exchange Points by Size, TorIX is the 16th largest IXP in the world in numbers of peers, and 17th in the world in traffic averages. The Exchange is organized and run by industry professionals in voluntary capacity.

Within 151 Front Street, TorIX is accessible within facilities operated by Equinix, Cologix, Neutral Data Centres and Frontier Networks, or available via the building's meet-me-room (MMR), which makes the IX reachable by any organization with a presence in the building. At Equinix TR2, TorIX is available to all organizations present there. At 905 King Street West, TorIX is accessible via the building meet-me-room.