One of frequent email and contact form message I get my blog is about available content networks in India and where one can peer. There are certain content networks in India and of course most of the content networks have open peering policy and are usually happy with direct inter-connection (we call as “peering“) with the ISP networks (often referred to as “eyeball networks”). Some of these networks have a backbone which connects back to their key datacenter locations on their own circuits via Singapore/Europe, some other have simply placed their caching server where cache fill happens over IP transit.

 

Based on publically known information across community and of course peeringdb, following content players are available in India and known to be open for peering:

1. Google
2. Microsoft
3. Amazon
4. Limelight

 

A quick list of these with datacenter names and locations as taken from Peeringdb record of these networks.

Organisation	ASN	City	Datacenter	Location
Amazon	16509	Mumbai	GPX Mumbai	Unit A-001, Boomerang Chandivali Farm Road, Near Chandivali Studio, Andheri East Mumbai, Mumbai, 400 051
Amazon	16509	Noida	Sify Greenfort – Noida	B7, Block A, Sector 132, Noida Expressway, Noida , UP 201304
Amazon	16509	Mumbai	Tata Mumbai IDC	LVSB, Opposite Kirti College 6th floor, Prabahdevi Mumbai, MH, 400 028
Google	15169	Chennai	Bharti Airtel Santhome	Bharti Towers, 101 Santhome High Road, Chennai, 600 028
Google	15169	Mumbai	GPX Mumbai	Unit A-001, Boomerang Chandivali Farm Road, Near Chandivali Studio, Andheri East Mumbai, Mumbai, 400 051
Google	15169	Noida	Sify Greenfort – Noida	B7, Block A, Sector 132, Noida Expressway, Noida , UP 201304
Google	15169	Chennai	TATA Communications Ltd	14th floor, 2nd block 4, Swami Sivanand Salai, Chennai, TN 600 002
Google	15169	Delhi	Tata Delhi	VSB, Bangla Sahib Road, New Delhi 110001
Google	15169	Mumbai	Tata Mumbai IDC	LVSB, Opposite Kirti College 6th floor, Prabhadevi Mumbai, MH, 400 028
Limelight	55439 / 22822	Chennai	Bharti Airtel Santhome	Bharti Towers, 101 Santhome High Road, Chennai, 600 028
Limelight	55439 / 22822	Mumbai	Netmagic Vikhroli	Mehra Industrial Estate LBS Marg, Vikhroli Mumbai, 400 079
Microsoft	8075	Mumbai	Bharti Airtel Mumbai	Plot No, TPS-2, 14/3, 2nd floor Dattatray Road, Linking Road Extension Mumbai, 400054
Microsoft	8075	Chennai	Bharti Airtel Santhome	Bharti Towers, 101 Santhome High Road, Chennai, 600 028
Microsoft	8075	Chennai	TATA Communications Ltd	14th floor, 2nd block 4, Swami Sivanand Salai, Chennai, TN 600 002
Microsoft	8075	Delhi	Tata Communications Ltd – GK1	Greater Kailash-1 New Delhi, 110048
Microsoft	8075	Mumbai	Tata Mumbai IDC	LVSB, Opposite Kirti College 6th floor, Prabhadevi Mumbai, MH, 400 028

 

Besides these Google also has an option of GGC, Akamai has an option of Akamai Caching server, Facebook has the option for caching server which is hosted inside ISP’s network and Netflix has an option for OCAs. Besides these networks there are known nodes of Verizon’s Edgecast in Delhi, Mumbai & Chennai (as per this map), Cloudflare has nodes in Delhi, Mumbai & Chennai (as per this map), PCH & K-root server have a node with Web Werks available on MCH peering fabric and Dyn has a node in Mumbai (as per this map).

Go ahead and peer as after all it all starts with a handshake. 🙂