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To our members, partners and staff around the world who are celebrating: Eid Mubarak ✨ May this special time bring you peace, hope and connection.

Thank you to our #LINXManchester partners Lunar Digital for a great customer event last week at Stockport County FC. Always valuable to reconnect with our LINX member networks and partners as there is always something new to discuss! Some exciting news was announced on the day as Lunar Digital shared they were to partner with data centre provider Asanti for #AI and #Edge infrastructure expansion. Many congratulations! eu1.hubs.ly/H0sMrnV0

ALL ABOARD! Are you heading to RIPE92 in Edinburgh? We have hired our own LNER train carriage to take our Members, Partners and Prospects on the scenic East Coast mainline from London to Edinburgh calling at York and Newcastle. Join us in our LINX Carriage leaving Kings Cross on Sunday 17th May courtesy of LINX for beautiful views and some scottish snacks! Comment TRAIN and a member of Team LINX will be in contact. #LINX #LINXLocal #PeeringandMore #RIPE92 #Edinburgh #LondontoEdinburgh

Calling all LINX Members, we've got a new webinar for you. This Thursday 19th March at 10am, Product Manager Mike Hellers and NOC Manager Sion Hopes will be taking you through our member‑focused Peering Health Check Webinar designed to help you get the most out of your LINX connection and confidently navigate the LINX Portal and NOC services. This session is ideal for network engineers, operations teams, and anyone responsible for managing peering and other services at LINX. If this isn't for you, but you know who would benefit. Register here: eu1.hubs.ly/H0sJt-00 #LINX #LearnwithLINX #PeeringandMore #PeeringHealthCheck #Webinar

We are excited to announce our first reseller partner for both our LINX operated IXPs in Kenya - WaveX! Read the news in full eu1.hubs.ly/H0sGGK50 By reselling at both #LINXNairobi and #LINXMombasa, WaveX are effectively providing a route to each exchange for networks without a physical presence, but needing to pick up network traffic. #PeeringandMore #LINXinKenya #Interconnection #ISP #Networks #FortheGoodoftheInternet #Peering #DigitalKenya

#Throwbackthursday to LINX105 in 2019! Where we were joined by Richard Tang who presented on one of the biggest questions, when does AI becomes super-intelligent? 🧠 In our ever evolving industry, making predictions on this potentially globally life-changing subject isn't easy but Richard took an approach that covers human values as well technical enhancements. Check out this clip from the session, where Richard shared some predictions from leading AI researchers on AI advancements. Where are you seeing AI make the biggest impact? Let us know in the replies ⬇️ Watch the full presentation here - eu1.hubs.ly/H0sBQMm0

Starting the week off by welcoming new LINX member network modulus to our LON1 interconnection community in London 🌐 🇬🇧 "As a trusted telecom provider, we enable businesses to build seamless, carrier-grade communication on top of continuously evolving, cloud-native infrastructure. Headquartered in Greece, we deliver next-generation VoIP and cloud PBX solutions for organisations of all sizes..." #WelcometoLINX #Interconnection #NetworkStrategy #PeeringandMore #LINX #LowLatency #VoIP #Cloud #Peering

Watch the full presentation here: youtu.be/NOIeUIk9xjk?si…

The World Cup doesn’t just fill stadiums. It fills networks. We’re a few days late with this post. We had planned to mark 100 days until this year’s World Cup, which was actually on Wednesday. While our countdown might be late, networks shouldn’t be late preparing for the traffic surge major sporting events can bring. Check out this clip from LINX102 in 2018, where LINX member network the BBC shared insights into the impact global sporting events such as Wimbledon, the World Cup, and the Euros had on their traffic peaks between 2011 and 2018. We’ve shared a link to the full presentation in the thread. ⬇️ #PeeringandMore #Connectivity #2026WorldCup #LINXMeetings

Digital transformation starts with physical infrastructure. Fibre in the ground, data centres, submarine cables, and IXPs Our Head of Global Engagement, Nurani Nimpuno, joined the Digital For Development Hub's "Why Should We Care About African Data Centers?" podcast to talk about how IXPs keep traffic local and why LINX expanded to Nairobi, Mombasa, and now Accra. The full podcast is available to watch over on their YouTube channel - eu1.hubs.ly/H0slFDb0 #PeeringandMore #Connectivity #Datacentres #LINXAccra #LINXMombasa #LINXNairobi

@WofbitNetworks Welcome to #LINXNairobi! Thanks for choosing us for #PeeringandMore

Big news from the heart of East Africa! 🇰🇪 We are officially peering at LINX Nairobi! 🌐 This move strengthens our network backbone, reduces latency, and ensures a faster, more resilient experience for our users. 📍 Location: @LINX_Network Nairobi 🚀 Status: Peering Active #LINXNairobi #Peering #AS207113 #KenyaTech #Networking #wofBIT

How you connect to Microsoft's public-facing services such as Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365, and Dynamics 365 has a bigger impact than you might think. Check out our latest article where we cover what MAPS is, how it differs to direct peering with Microsoft, and how it can benefit your network. ⬇️ Read the article here - eu1.hubs.ly/H0sjGNk0 #Peeringandmore #MicrosoftAzurePeeringService #MAPS #Connectivity

Every digital interaction is a journey. Data travels through networks that have been optimised for speed and resilience, but not always for energy efficiency. When traffic takes unnecessarily long routes – a phenomenon often referred to as tromboning – energy consumption increases and emissions multiply. Thanks to Data Centre Review for sharing an article from LINX CEO Jennifer Holmes on a cleaner internet 🌐 💚 eu1.hubs.ly/H0sgrgj0

LINX member network NaWas have shared their DDoS report from Q4 of 2025 with us and here is an overview of the findings. In the fourth quarter of 2025, NaWas detected a total of 1918 DDoS attacks. Measured in terms of the number of bits, the largest attack amounted to over 134.13 Gbps. In terms packets per second, the largest attack was 91.72 Mpps. Read the report in full eu1.hubs.ly/H0scxTt0 #DDoS #PeeringandMore #LINX #DNS #NetworkSecurity #IXP

Route Servers play a key role in helping networks connect efficiently. Check out our latest article where we cover what Route Servers are, why they're important, and how we use them to enable efficient, simple and scalable peering. ⬇️ Read the article here - eu1.hubs.ly/H0s7d_10 #Peeringandmore #Routeserver #Connectivity

Congratulations to LINX data centre partners iXAfrica on being selected as the colocation partner for the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure(OCI) region in Nairobi, Kenya. ➡️ eu1.hubs.ly/H0s5d930 LINX launched their first interconnection point in Africa from the iXAfrica data centre in Nairobi, and since then, #LINXNairobi has grown to a 4 PoP interconnected site with networks like TikTok, Meta, Paratus, Starlink and many more meeting for peering and more. Find out more eu1.hubs.ly/H0s5gQT0 #PeeringandMore #Interconnection #IXP #Peering #Cloud #Connectivity #Infrastructure #Kenya #LINXMombasa

LINX member meetings are built around community Hear from @nokia, @nomiosgroup, @digitalrealty, and @Smartopticsgrp as they share why they choose to sponsor and what supporting a LINX meeting means for them We’re looking forward to bringing members and partners together again for our 2026 LINX meetings If you’re interested in getting involved and supporting a future meeting, you can find more about sponsorship opportunities here: eu1.hubs.ly/H0s1cyW0

Thank you to Innovation News Network for featuring an article from LINX CEO Jennifer Holmes titled From Mast to Mesh which explores the resilience and readiness of Europe’s #digitalinfrastructure. Real #networkresilience at scale depends on diversity and redundancy in network architecture. A single overloaded route or under-provisioned link can cascade into wider failures – a peril that only increases as applications demand lower #latency, higher availability, and seamless user experiences. Read the article in full; eu1.hubs.ly/H0r_Qz30

When you run vital business applications in the cloud, direct access to your cloud provider’s infrastructure is vital. In our latest Learn with LINX session, we break down Microsoft Azure Peering Service (MAPS) and how it gives low-latency, secure, and reliable access to Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Teams, Dynamics 365, and any other public Microsoft cloud services. We’re sharing the full recording with our newsletter subscribers first Sign up now to get early access - eu1.hubs.ly/H0rZmTS0

One week since Capacity Middle East. Are these weeks are flying by or what! Did you catch Richard during his panel session on 'the role of interconnection in the region's digital transformation'? Did you agree with the points made? It was a informative session to be a part of and with some great panelists with some even more important points made. Did you know LINX keeps your network traffic local while connecting a growing community across Africa, the UK, and the US. With resilient, low-latency connectivity, world-class engineering, and 24/7 NOC support, LINX makes it easy to boost performance and scale your network. Find out more here - eu1.hubs.ly/H0rXtJc0 #LINX #PeeringandMore #DigitalInfrastructure #Interconnection #CapacityMiddleEast