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MIX Milan Internet Exchange: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

MIX, the Milan Internet Exchange, is a neutral internet exchange point operated by MIX S.r.l. Networks use it for public peering through a route server, for private interconnection, and for colocation in a carrier hotel with a meet-me room. The operator runs exchange platforms in Milan, Palermo, Bologna, Rome, Caserta and Thessaloniki. Its services are described on the website, which also has a members' area.

The operating company is MIX S.r.l., based in Milan. Its GDPR notice names it as data controller. The notice, issued under Regulation (EU) 2016/679, states that personal data will not be transferred to third countries. The website does not state the company's ownership or where its platforms and data are hosted. The notice names an external provider for its mailing list without giving that provider's location. For a European organisation the Italian company and the stated absence of transfers to third countries are the relevant points; ownership and hosting can be requested from the operator.

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Sovereignty score

71 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-2100
Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
Data residency SOV-3100
EU-only hosting
Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-360
Key management with a European vendor
Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
Closed source: switching requires data migration
Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-655
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 12, 2026

Headquarters	IT (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	EUVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Category	Network & Firewall Management
Type	Product
Website	mix-it.net ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to MIX Milan Internet Exchange

The European alternatives to MIX Milan Internet Exchange come from our knowledge base of over 8,000 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 MIX Milan Internet Exchange

MIX Milan Internet Exchange is headquartered in IT and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so MIX Milan Internet Exchange scores best on data residency.

MIX Milan 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 MIX Milan 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 MIX Milan Internet Exchange?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to MIX Milan Internet Exchange include Accelleran, ADTRAN Networks (ADVA) and Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to MIX Milan Internet Exchange?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to MIX Milan Internet Exchange include BIRD Internet Routing Daemon. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is MIX Milan Internet Exchange GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

MIX Milan Internet Exchange is headquartered in IT (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes MIX Milan Internet Exchange an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

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Sources

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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

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