Editing London Internet Exchange (section)

==Local exchanges==

===LINX Manchester===
Launched in April 2012 IX Manchester, now known as LINX Manchester was initially a single-site platform based on a stand-alone Brocade BigIron RX-16 switch, repurposed from the primary LAN in London. A new design extends the network to two new sites – M247's Ice Colo & Joule House and brings in completely new hardware from Extreme Networks.

The new network will be configured as an EAPS protected ring, topology currently used for the secondary LINX LAN in London. All sites will use a Summit X670v switch, capable of connecting 48x10&nbsp;Gb member ports. Telecity Williams will also have a smaller Summit X460 switch for terminating slower ports.

The links between sites will be provisioned on a dark fibre provided by NTL and lit by LINX with the use of SFP+ DWDM transceivers and passive DWDM MUX units. Initial ISL capacity will be configured at 20&nbsp;Gbit/s but easily upgradeable to 80&nbsp;Gbit/s if required.

===LINX Scotland===
Located in Pulsant's South Gyle data center in [[Edinburgh]] (formerly Scolocate), IX Scotland, now known as LINX Scotland, was officially launched in November 2013. The site will use the latest hardware from Extreme Networks enabling all the advanced features expected from a modern exchange.

===LINX Wales===
Located in BT's Stadium House data center in Cardiff. IX Cardiff, then LINX Cardiff, now known as LINX Wales <ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.linx.net/contact/linx-news/linxcardiff-becomes-linxwales/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201021064824/https://www.linx.net/contact/linx-news/linxcardiff-becomes-linxwales/| archive-date = 2020-10-21| title = LINX Cardiff Becomes LINX Wales as Regional Internet Exchange Welcome NGD to the Network - LINX}} {{Cite web |url=https://www.linx.net/contact/linx-news/linxcardiff-becomes-linxwales/ |title=LINX Cardiff Becomes LINX Wales as Regional Internet Exchange Welcome NGD to the Network - LINX |access-date=9 March 2021 |archive-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021064824/https://www.linx.net/contact/linx-news/linxcardiff-becomes-linxwales/ |url-status=dead }} </ref> was officially launched on 15 October 2014 in an effort to decentralize UK internet traffic.

As of July 2018, LINX Wales has a typical peak of 0.9976&nbsp;Gbit/s of network traffic with a maximum peak of 1.03&nbsp;Gbit/s as of 1 December 2017.

===LINX NOVA===
Following discussions with the US network community, and its own members, LINX decided to launch an open peering exchange in North America in late 2013. Formally to be known as LINX NoVA, the exchange will be closely aligned with, and endorsed by, the newly formed [[Open-IX]], using systems and processes that have proved successful in Europe and the wider world for nearly 20 years.

Based in the North Virginia/Washington DC area, LINX NoVA initially spanned three data centers – Evo Switch in Manassas, Digital Realty in Ashburn and Coresite in Reston – and will be connected using dark fiber lit by LINX. An agreement for a fourth Colo site, also in Ashburn, is expected shortly.

The LINX NOVA exchange will use MX960 router equipment from Juniper Networks capable of delivering 100G member ports from launch with the three PoPs all connected by diverse dark fiber lit by LINX.

LINX NoVA will be developed in the same way as the LINX primary LAN in London (VPLS, separated core and edge, etc.) but as a stand-alone site not requiring a connection to the LANs operated in the London, UK.