Free access offered at LINX Accra IXP

Details: Vaughan O'Grady; Category: Data Centres & Networks; 08 April 2026; 4440 views

The London Internet Exchange (LINX), a not-for-profit organisation delivering interconnection solutions across the UK and globally, has launched a 12-month no-charge promotion for all services at its new Ghana internet exchange point (IXP), LINX Accra.

LINX says the promotion, which began at the start of this month, aims to continue its mission to develop the country’s internet ecosystem and build a dedicated connectivity community.

Ghana, LINX points out, is one of West Africa’s fastest-growing digital markets, with over 70% of the country – 25 million people – accessing the internet, and Accra is connected to six submarine cables to provide international connectivity to the country. The market is also attracting significant data centre investment with new facilities opening every few months.

As part of its growth drive, LINX Accra, which went live at the end of 2025, aims to attract major global internet carriers and content delivery networks to keep more traffic local to Ghana, building relationships between local networks and encouraging early adoptions through the promotion.

A key aspect is growing the local networking and peering community to reduce Ghana’s reliance on international routing, improve latency and cut costs for networks and end users across the country.

LINX Accra is described as a fully redundant, interconnected, multi-site fabric to further future-proof digital services and the connectivity eco-system in Ghana.

The IXP is available at Onix, PAIX and Digital Realty data centres. This setup will provide redundancy and interconnectivity, allowing networks at either location to meet at LINX Accra via a single cross-connect to access peering services and more.

This launch follows successful growth in Kenya, building on a similar promotion for LINX Mombasa and LINX Nairobi, which, says LINX, helped establish and expand the connectivity ecosystem, attracting major global networks and content providers to keep traffic local.