Non-EU vendorNetwork & Firewall ManagementHeadquarters: GB

LINX (London Internet Exchange): sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

LINX, the London Internet Exchange, is a not-for-profit operator of an internet exchange in the United Kingdom. It provides peering and interconnection between networks, together with cloud connect, DDoS mitigation, colocation, a closed user group service and a Microsoft Azure peering service. Members connect to the exchange platform to exchange traffic. The organisation also engages in public affairs on policy matters that affect its members.

The legal entity is The London Internet Exchange Ltd, registered in England and Wales. The website describes LINX as member-owned, with no shareholders. Its head office is in Peterborough, with an office in London, so the company is established outside the EU. The website states that its privacy policies were developed to comply with the principles of the GDPR, but it does not say where data is stored. For a European organisation the practical questions are the contract terms, access to support and the place where data is processed.

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Sovereignty score

32 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-250
Headquartered outside the EU (GB)
Data residency SOV-30
No hosting in Europe (OTHER)
Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-340
Key management with a non-European vendor
Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
Closed source: switching requires data migration
Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-630
Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 11, 2026

Headquarters	GB (OTHER)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision	Yes — found adequate by the European CommissionVerified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	OTHERVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Category	Network & Firewall Management
Type	Product
Website	linx.net ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to LINX (London Internet Exchange)

The European alternatives to LINX (London Internet Exchange) come from our knowledge base of over 6,800 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with LINX (London Internet Exchange)

LINX (London Internet Exchange) is headquartered in GB, outside the EU. Contracts and data therefore also fall under non-European law. The GDPR applies through contractual terms, but in a conflict with local legislation you have less certainty than with a European vendor.

LINX (London Internet Exchange) hosts data outside the EU (OTHER). Personal data therefore leaves the EU, which requires a transfer mechanism under the GDPR and pulls the data residency score down.

LINX (London Internet Exchange) is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs LINX (London Internet Exchange) together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to LINX (London Internet Exchange)?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to LINX (London Internet Exchange) include Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, Allegro Packets and Arelion. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to LINX (London Internet Exchange)?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to LINX (London Internet Exchange) include BIRD Internet Routing Daemon and Deciso OPNsense. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is LINX (London Internet Exchange) GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

LINX (London Internet Exchange) is headquartered in GB (OTHER) and hosts data in OTHER. The vendor states it is GDPR-compliant, but the data falls under non-EU jurisdiction. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

Details and sources

Verified by handHeadquarters, owner, hosting locations and licence have been checked by us against public sources. Free of charge and for every vendor, not a paid label. Nothing in this knowledge base is taken over automatically. Last checked on October 11, 2026.

Sources

Public sources used in the latest check of this record.

Compliance evidence

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Cyber Resilience Act

Public signals that relate to the EU Cyber Resilience Act. They do not count towards the score. A missing line means "not found publicly".

We found none of these signals on the vendor's own site when we checked.

For products in scope of the CRA, CE marking is required from 11 December 2027; this cannot be checked yet.

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Digital sovereignty in Network & Firewall Management

Network & Firewall Management: Central management of firewalls, switches and Wi-Fi, network access control (NAC), load balancing and DNS/DHCP/IPAM. In this category the choice of vendor determines who has legal access to your data, where that data lives and how easily you can switch later.

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