Mplify Expands LSO API Initiative to Internet Exchanges

Mplify announced that three of the world’s largest Internet Exchanges — AMS-IX, DE-CIX, and LINX — have joined its alliance to collaborate on the evolution of Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO) APIs for IP peering, cloud connectivity, and emerging AI-driven traffic exchange. The move extends Mplify’s automation framework beyond traditional carrier and cloud networking into the interconnection ecosystem that underpins global Internet traffic.

The initiative aims to create a more standardized and programmable approach to interconnection services as AI workloads, cloud adoption, and data-intensive applications increase demand for dynamic connectivity. By incorporating Internet Exchanges into the LSO API framework, Mplify seeks to enable automated ordering, provisioning, orchestration, and lifecycle management across peering, cloud on-ramps, Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) offerings, and future AI infrastructure. The effort also builds upon the open-source IX-API project, which has already established automation capabilities within the Internet exchange community.

Internet Exchanges occupy a critical position in digital infrastructure, connecting service providers, cloud platforms, content providers, and enterprises. The collaboration is intended to improve interoperability across these domains while preserving existing industry initiatives. AMS-IX, DE-CIX, and LINX indicated that they view Mplify’s LSO APIs as a mechanism for extending automation beyond individual exchanges toward broader multi-provider service ecosystems and AI-ready networking environments.

• AMS-IX, DE-CIX, and LINX will collaborate on integrating Internet Exchange automation capabilities into the Mplify LSO API framework.
• The initiative targets automated IP peering, cloud on-ramp services, and AI-related connectivity workflows.
• Mplify’s LSO APIs support service ordering, provisioning, orchestration, and lifecycle management across multiple domains.
• The effort builds on the existing Apache-licensed IX-API project used within the Internet exchange community.
• The collaboration advances industry efforts toward programmable Network-as-a-Service platforms and interoperable connectivity services.

“Internet Exchanges are a critical part of the digital economy, enabling the seamless and secure exchange of traffic between networks, cloud providers, enterprises, and digital platforms worldwide,” said Peter van Burgel, CEO of AMS-IX. “Standardized APIs and orchestration frameworks such as Mplify’s LSO APIs will be essential in enabling scalable, programmable, and AI-ready connectivity services.”

🌐 Analysis: The announcement reflects the continued convergence of carrier networking, cloud interconnection, and NaaS automation. Mplify, formerly known as the MEF, has spent several years developing LSO APIs to automate service lifecycle management across carrier and cloud environments. Bringing major Internet Exchanges into the framework broadens its applicability to one of the largest remaining segments of digital infrastructure.