India, Dec. 19 -- Extreme IX, India's Internet Exchange platform by traffic, has been acquired by Megaport, a global Network as a Service (NaaS) provider. The acquisition marks Megaport's entry into India, one of the world's fastest-growing digital infrastructure markets, while Extreme IX will continue to operate and expand its existing partner and customer ecosystem across the country.

Extreme IX currently carries more than 4 Tbps of Internet Exchange traffic and connects over 400 networks across seven cities and 49 locations. The transaction gives Megaport access to Internet Exchanges in India's major metropolitan centres, including Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru and Pune, as well as an established local team cov...