[3] It is now operated by HKIX Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the CUHK Foundation.

Chinese University stated that the amount of information is equivalent to 17,000 five megapixel photographs.

In 2013, Edward Snowden said that the National Security Agency gained access to the backbone and took data from it.

[5][11] In February 2017, it was announced that 3 more sites were launched in data centres located in Fo Tan and Tseung Kwan O.

In addition, there are some commercial Internet Exchanges in Hong Kong for routing traffic within the city.

The main purpose of establishing HKIX1b is to offer dual-core for high availability and for supporting more port connections.