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Updated · capacityglobal.com · Jun 30
DE-CIX Launches 6th Nordic AI-Ready Exchange in Stockholm Ahead of September 2026 Start
Updated
Updated · capacityglobal.com · Jun 30

DE-CIX Launches 6th Nordic AI-Ready Exchange in Stockholm Ahead of September 2026 Start

1 articles · Updated · capacityglobal.com · Jun 30

Summary

  • Orders opened immediately for DE-CIX’s Stockholm Internet and Cloud Exchange, which is due to go live in September 2026 as the company’s sixth Nordic site.
  • The new platform will launch with AI-IX capabilities, targeting data-heavy AI workloads, cloud AI applications and low-latency real-time use cases through local peering and cloud interconnection.
  • Stockholm was chosen for its scale: the metro area has more than 30 data centres, carries 55% of Nordic internet traffic and hosts over 125 active network providers.
  • The exchange will run across multiple Stockholm-area data centres under DE-CIX International and plug customers into DE-CIX’s wider Nordic network and its global footprint of 60-plus locations connecting more than 4,000 networks.

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