IT map / Government-wide

GigaPIX (PIX – Portuguese Internet Exchange)

Neutral Portuguese internet exchange point promoted and operated by FCCN, created Sept 1995 as PIX and renamed GigaPIX in 2001; serves dozens of networks from data centres in Lisboa and Porto with ports up to 100 Gbps.

Acronym

PIX

Type

Network

Level

National

Area

Government-wide

Owner

FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (unidade FCCN)

Used by

network operators, other bodies

In service since

Not recorded

Evidence

Checked against sources

Interface types

other

Would the model apply?

Not yet analysed

Connections

1 documented links. Select any entry to open its page.

What the owner signs for IT

Buyer in Portal BASE: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia I.P.. This is everything the owner signed for IT, not the cost of this entry alone.

By signing year

Contract value by the year it was signed, not yearly spending. 2026 runs to 25 October.

By type

Sources

1. fccn.pt/servicos
2. fccn.pt/areas-tecnologicas/conectividade/gigapix