Digital Realty announced the expansion of the Digital Realty Internet Exchange Platform, or "DRIX," to Digital Realty data centers in Ashburn, Virginia and Chicago, Illinois. The two new locations extend the company's internet exchange service offering beyond the existing network in New York, Atlanta, Dallas, and Phoenix, connecting a variety of facilities within each of these metros to the peering platform. The expansion of Digital Realty's internet exchange platform builds upon the growth of the company's colocation footprint in Northern Virginia, the world's largest data center market, in addition to its established stronghold at 350 East Cermak in Chicago, one of the world's single largest data center buildings and the network hub for internet traffic in the Midwestern U.S.