July 23, 2026 Netherlands
IT service provider NovoServe is expanding its Dutch data center capacity by adding 150 bare-metal racks across two facilities in Amsterdam. The company announced the expansion in a LinkedIn post, increasing its infrastructure footprint to meet growing demand. NovoServe will add 80 racks (400kW)...
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July 31, 2024 Netherlands
Dutch transmission system operator TenneT is looking to invest up to €4.6bn in thousands of kilometers of new transmission infrastructure across the Netherlands and Germany as it looks to update the grid. TenneT CEO Manon van Beek said: “To achieve the 2030, 2045, and 2050 climate milestones and...
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July 06, 2024 Netherlands
Dutch telcos, KPN, Odido, and VodafoneZiggo all secured 100 MHz of spectrum in the 3.5GHz band during the country's latest auction this week which raised €174.4 million.“Companies and consumers have been waiting for this moment for a long time. Meanwhile, the demand for data is growing rapidly...
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July 01, 2024 Netherlands
Netherlands-based Edge AI chip startup Axelera AI has raised $68 million in its oversubscribed Series B funding round which included participation from the European Innovation Council Fund, the Innovation Industries Strategic Partners Fund, Samsung Catalyst Fund, and Verve Ventures.“There’s no...
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December 22, 2023 Netherlands
A group of seven Dutch companies and research institutes recently won funding of €70 million for a project looking at efficient Edge data centers. The members include liquid cooling specialist Asperitas, along with BetterBe, Deerns, Eurofiber, NBIP (National Internet Providers Management...
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May 18, 2023 Netherlands
QuiX Quantum, a Dutch company specializing in quantum computing, plans to construct a data center at its headquarters in Enschede. The partnership between the business and QMware, announced this week, will create the "first fully integrated, hybrid quantum-classical platform." The native quantum...
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April 28, 2023 Netherlands
VodafoneZiggo has announced a new project to supply the new Tilburg district heating scheme with residual heat from its nearby data center. The company is partnering with real estate developer SDK Vastgoed to establish the sustainable energy system in the new residential area of Smariuskade in...
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March 22, 2023 Netherlands
Nokia has outlined its involvement in a project to prevent ocean plastic pollution as part of The Ocean Cleanup project, which is a non-profit organisation that seeks to extract ocean plastic pollution through technological development. To help clear ocean plastic, the company has partnered with...
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August 15, 2022 Netherlands
Eurofiber Cloud Infra has announced that it is exploring employing circular economy principles in association with housing corporation Volkshuisvesting, infra-specialist for new energy Firan, and Eurofiber-owned Dataplace, for its data center in Arnhem, the Netherlands. The three have partnered...
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June 30, 2022 Netherlands
The Netherland's Hollands Kroon municipal is looking to prevent the development of more data centers in the area. The plan comes even after being one of the only two regions the country's government exempted from the ban on hyperscale data centers. The new coalition of Independent Hollands Kroon,...
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February 10, 2022 Netherlands
The newly formed Dutch government has announced that going forward, it will impose environmental controls on hyperscale data centers, which it said is in response to protests around Facebook’s proposed 166 hectare hyperscale data center in Zeewolde. The proposal received an outcry of opposition...
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November 19, 2021 Netherlands
Cellnex has completed the acquisition of Der Bee Media’s Media Gateway data center in Hilversum in the Netherlands. The acquired facility is 15,000 square feet (1,400 square meters) in size. It provides connectivity and colocation for commercial and public broadcasters. It also provides services...
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October 14, 2021 Netherlands
Discussions are being had around the possibility of a new data center in the industrial district of Westpoort near Groningen, and whether or not it gets the go-ahead will be determined by Groningen City Council. According to a PDF document, the proposed data center would occupy 20 hectares, and,...
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October 11, 2021 Netherlands
Smaller data center companies in the Netherlands have voiced concerns over surging energy prices, which they say is creating a challenging financial climate. The Dutch Data Center Association is now asking for a cap on electricity prices, corporate tax breaks or subsidies for clean energy...
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August 04, 2021 Netherlands
Dutch telco KPN has agreed to a €1 billion ($1.176bn) sustainability-linked loan. The loan is linked with some sustainability performance in the next few years. The credit facility will be linked to three sustainability objectives. The first one is reducing its energy consumption, the second,...
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June 15, 2021 Netherlands
Flevoland, a province in the Netherlands, has joined the likes of Amsterdam, Haarlemmermeer and Singapore with the announcement of a moratorium on the building of new data centers for an undisclosed period of time. The temporary suspension was given the go-ahead after a vote of 30-9. The duration...
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