George Washington, the Delaware, and Direct Routes
When George Washington crossed the Delaware River on Christmas night in 1776, the goal was simple. Reach the objective by the most effective path
Interconnection
FD-IX is growing again in Indianapolis
FD-IX gives Indianapolis networks a place to meet. If your routers are still sending local traffic out of market by default, peering may give you a cleaner path. Better routes are not magic.
How an Internet Exchange works in a simple explainer
How Peering Keeps Internet Traffic Local
An eight-scene visual walkthrough of BGP peering and Internet Exchange points
Scene 1 of 8
Two separate networks
Network A
ASN 64501
Core router
Customers
Servers
Paid transit path
Transit providers
Network B
ASN 64502
Core router
Content
Cache
Many hops between A
What Happens Without Peering?
Without a direct path, your packets just follow whatever upstream route BGP hands out.
How Data Centers Can Offer Internet Exchange Services Without Building Their Own IX
FD-IX Remote Peering gives your facility access to a carrier-grade peering fabric across the Midwest and beyond, using only a Layer 2 transport connection.
What is AI Gravity?
FD-IX introduces AI GravityMost networks move traffic toward users. AI operates differently. It draws resources toward the compute environment. This effect is called AI gravity. Data, storage, and networks begin to cluster around large AI compute environments, just as planets pull objects into orbit. Once the compute lands somewhere,
AI Needs Infrastructure, Not Just Compute
AI workloads differ significantly from traditional application traffic. Rather than users clicking links and retrieving content, AI involves sustained east–west data movement between tightly coupled systems.