Mplify adds AMS-IX, DE-CIX and LINX to LSO API programme
Mplify, the global standards alliance behind Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO) APIs and the Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) blueprint, has brought three major internet exchanges — AMS-IX, DE-CIX, and LINX — into its ecosystem. The trio will collaborate on the development and adoption of Mplify's LSO API framework, specifically targeting automation of IP peering, cloud on-ramp connectivity, and AI-driven traffic exchange.
The move extends Mplify's standardisation reach beyond its existing base of network operators, cloud providers, and enterprise organisations into the broader interconnection layer — a category that handles a substantial share of the world's inter-network and cloud traffic.
The collaboration
Mplify's LSO API portfolio covers automated service ordering, provisioning, orchestration, and lifecycle management across multiple provider and technology domains. By integrating with the framework, the three exchanges aim to make IX services programmable alongside the wider NaaS stack.
All three organisations bring prior API automation work to the table. AMS-IX, DE-CIX, and LINX have each contributed to the IX-API project, an Apache-licensed, community-driven initiative that formalises programmatic access to internet exchange services. Riccardo Verzeni, Director of Software Engineering at LINX, said the intent is to extend IX-API into a complementary subsection of the LSO API portfolio, preserving its open, vendor-neutral character while widening the surface across which IX services can be managed and consumed.
DE-CIX CTO Dr Thomas King framed the alliance as a route to NaaS adoption throughout the interconnection value chain: "Through open standards and industry collaboration, DE-CIX drives continual innovation in the interconnection sector and the automation of connectivity services."
Peter van Burgel, CEO of AMS-IX, added a digital-sovereignty dimension, describing internet exchanges as increasingly important for "resilient, independent, and locally interconnected digital infrastructure" — a framing that resonates with European policymakers pushing for reduced reliance on centralised, hyperscaler-controlled networking paths.
Market context
The announcement reflects a broader industry push to automate infrastructure procurement and provisioning in response to surging AI workloads. Training and inference traffic is characterised by high throughput, bursty demand, and strict latency requirements — properties that strain manually configured peering arrangements and cloud on-ramps. Standardised, API-driven interconnection reduces the time to provision capacity and, in principle, allows AI platforms to trigger connectivity changes programmatically.
Mplify sits alongside MEF Forum and the TM Forum in the standards landscape for network service automation; LSO APIs were originally developed under the MEF umbrella before Mplify was established as a distinct entity. The addition of three major neutral exchanges — AMS-IX operates in Amsterdam and across a large number of metro locations; DE-CIX is headquartered in Frankfurt and claims the world's highest peak traffic volumes at a single exchange; LINX is the London-based neutral exchange — gives the LSO framework credibility with a constituency that has historically maintained close control of its own tooling.
For enterprise buyers and cloud architects, the practical implication is a potential path to unified, standards-based ordering of both carrier connectivity and exchange peering through a common API surface. That promise has been articulated in various forms across the telecoms industry for over a decade; execution and commercial uptake remain the harder tests. Mplify has not disclosed the number of active API integrations, transaction volumes, or committed delivery timelines for the IX-specific API extensions.