UAE-IX is a carrier- and data center-neutral internet exchange point (IXP) situated in Dubai (UAE).

Founded in 2012,[1] UAE-IX is built on a fully redundant switching platform located in two data centers in Dubai, Datamena and Equinix.

Since inception in 2012, UAE-IX is the biggest Internet Exchange in Middle East and North Africa region in term of number of participating networks and volume of traffic.

With 80 regional and global customers connected to UAE-IX, the internet exchange exceeded 100 Gbit/s peak traffic in September 2018 and an additional port option for 100 Gigabit Ethernet (100 Gbit/s) was added.

[2] UAE-IX is supported by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (UAE) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and has emerged among the biggest internet exchange point (IXP) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.