Cloudflare Sets 10 Gbps Threshold for Private Peering Requests
San Francisco – October 24, 2026 -- Cloudflare will accept private network interconnect (PNI) requests only from networks that exchange more than 10 Gbps of peak traffic with it in a single location, according to its peering policy dated December 1, 2025.
Cloudflare applies an open peering policy across 335 cities
AS13335 runs a global anycast network spanning more than 335 cities in over 125 countries. Cloudflare will peer with networks that share a presence in mutual locations, and it may grant exceptions to the policy.
All peers must run 24x7 NOCs and secure BGP sessions
Every peer must keep a complete, current PeeringDB entry listing accurate peering locations, IPv4 and IPv6 prefix limits and contact details. Cloudflare uses the record for automated provisioning and network notifications. Peers must also operate a 24x7 Network Operations Center that responds to peering issues.