LyonIX is managed by Rezopole,[2][3] the non-profit organization supported by the Métropole de Lyon and the Auvergne – Rhône-Alpes region.LyonIX was founded in 2001.

LyonIX is also a NAP (Network Access Point), a market place which allows members to buy or sell Internet transit and/or any layer 2 or IP services.

The members connected to those five points can exchange the data through peering, fluidify their traffic and develop their activities based on the Internet Protocol utilisation.

[9] It allows to the local economic actors (telecommunication operators, ISP, IT Services & Software Engineering, public institutions, large companies) to peer.

[10] The members can be connected with : LyonIX is also a NAP (Network Access Point), that allows a purchase and sale of Internet and Telecommunications services.