OHIO-IX Now Accepting Members For New Independent Internet Exchange In Columbus
OHIO-IX launch establishes key peering hub at Cologix’s 555 Scherers Court data center for Midwest.
Cologix has announced that The Ohio Internet Exchange (OHIO-IX), a network-neutral, independent Internet Exchange based in Columbus, is now accepting members to connect at its core node in Cologix’s COL2 data center at 555 Scherers Court. OHIO-IX is a non-profit, member-run Internet Exchange that was recently established to provide a regional Internet exchange to enable Internet traffic to be passed between members without having to backhaul traffic to exchange points in cities like Chicago or Washington, D.C., and then back to Columbus.
The OHIO-IX enables improved latency and performance at lower bandwidth costs by creating optimized network paths for content and application exchanging traffic on the exchange. Columbus is the 15th largest city in the US by population and sits at the fiber cross roads of Ohio, making it a natural location to exchange IP traffic bound for its Internet users. Columbus, like other edge markets, is experiencing the trend of disproportionate traffic growth as content and cloud traffic are delivered closer and closer to end consumers.