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euNetworks to Shut Down Amsterdam Data Center

euNetworks to Shut Down Amsterdam Data Center

July 25, 2025 Amsterdam

European fiber firm euNetworks is exiting its Amsterdam data center in the Netherlands as colocation customers have apparently been asked to vacate the data center by next year.The news was revealed by Dirk Pol, of Dutch connectivity firm i4 Solutions, in a post on LinkedIn. “euNetworks will be...

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Read Fintech executives express concerns about increasing reliance on AI
Fintech executives express concerns about increasing reliance on AI

Fintech executives express concerns about increasing reliance on AI

June 12, 2024 Amsterdam

Fintech executives are concerned about the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) increasing banks' reliance on the big US tech firms. At a gathering in Amsterdam last week, some executives suggested that the sector will increasingly have to turn to the likes of Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web...

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Read North Holland province to prevent new facility in Uithoorn
North Holland province to prevent new facility in Uithoorn

North Holland province to prevent new facility in Uithoorn

May 05, 2023 North Holland

The Province of Noord-Holland (North Holland) has launched an objection against the development of a new data center project in De Kwakel, Uithoorn. This is the latest intergovernmental dispute over a data center in the Netherlands, where the climate is growing increasingly hostile to data center...

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Read Motion Hosting opens new data center in Europe
Motion Hosting opens new data center in Europe

Motion Hosting opens new data center in Europe

April 03, 2023 Amsterdam

InMotion Hosting has announced the opening of its first international data center in Europe. The three-story data center is located in Amsterdam, Netherlands and will reportedly offer customers NVMe Hardware, 99.99% Network Uptime and Security Monitoring, refined UltraStack Server Configurations...

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Read Amsterdam to impose fines on data centers failing to switch off idle servers
Amsterdam to impose fines on data centers failing to switch off idle servers

Amsterdam to impose fines on data centers failing to switch off idle servers

April 08, 2022 Amsterdam

In Amsterdam, an argument around data center energy usage has been brewing for some time. Back in 2019, in response to the amounts of energy being used up by data centers, the municipalities of Amsterdam and Haarlemmermeer announced a moratorium on new projects. This was eventually lifted, but...

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Read Great Grey Investments buys unfinished Westpoort data center in Amsterdam
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Great Grey Investments buys unfinished Westpoort data center in Amsterdam

September 17, 2021 Amsterdam

Great Grey Investment has acquired the uncompleted Westpoort Data Center in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The data center was bought from Caransa Group. Although the terms of the deal were not revealed, Tikehu Capital provided financing to Great Grey Investments and Westpoort Datacenter through its...

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Read Microsoft plans to use rainwater to cool Dutch data centers after facing protests
Microsoft plans to use rainwater to cool Dutch data centers after facing protests

Microsoft plans to use rainwater to cool Dutch data centers after facing protests

May 24, 2021 Microsoft Amsterdam

After facing backlash from the resident of the Hollands-Kroon province, Netherlands, that its data center in the region could cause a shortage of drinking water, Microsoft has announced that it would now be using rainwater. Microsoft promised on TV that it would be using rainwater to cool its...

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Read Global Switch expands its European footprint as construction begins at its Amsterdam data centre campus
Global Switch expands its European footprint as construction begins at its Amsterdam data centre campus

Global Switch expands its European footprint as construction begins at its Amsterdam data centre campus

June 24, 2020 Global Switch: Amsterdam West

AMSTERDAM- Global Switch, a leading owner, operator and developer of large scale network dense, carrier and cloud neutral multi-tenanted data centres in Europe and Asia-Pacific has announced that in response to growing demand construction has started on the first stage of a new data centre in...

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Read RTB House Expands European IT Infrastructure, Selects Amsterdam Data Center from maincubes for Its New OCP infrastructure
RTB House Expands European IT Infrastructure, Selects Amsterdam Data Center from maincubes for Its New OCP infrastructure

RTB House Expands European IT Infrastructure, Selects Amsterdam Data Center from maincubes for Its New OCP infrastructure

December 04, 2019 maincubes AMS01

RTB House, a global company that provides state-of-the-art marketing technologies for top brands worldwide, has selected the maincubes Amsterdam AMS01 data center to co-locate its OCP (Open Compute Project) hardware. OCP-ready equipment requires very specific data center power and cooling...

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Read Leaseweb expands with maincubes at AMS01
Leaseweb expands with maincubes at AMS01

Leaseweb expands with maincubes at AMS01

September 04, 2019 maincubes AMS01

maincubes landed a large deal with Leaseweb in Amsterdam. Leaseweb which has 20 locations across the world has a large presence in the legacy EvoSwitch facilities. (EvoSwitch was acquired by Iron Mountain in 2018.) The deal allows Leaseweb to further diversify their providers. maincubes Press...

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Read Equinix Acquires Switch Datacenter's AMS1 Facility in Amsterdam
Equinix Acquires Switch Datacenter's AMS1 Facility in Amsterdam

Equinix Acquires Switch Datacenter's AMS1 Facility in Amsterdam

April 24, 2019 Equinix AM11

Equinix has acquired Switch Datacenter's AMS1 facility in Amsterdam for $34 million. Here are the quick facts: The facility, located at Lemelerbergweg 28, will be renamed to AM11 and will be Equinix's 9th data center in Amsterdam. The AM11 site is close to Equinix's existing southeast Amsterdam...

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Read e-shelter Opens Their First Data Center in Amsterdam
e-shelter Opens Their First Data Center in Amsterdam

e-shelter Opens Their First Data Center in Amsterdam

April 12, 2019 NTT Amsterdam 1

e-shelter, a subsidiary of NTT, opened a data center in Amsterdam. This is the company's first foray into The Netherlands. The campus which is just South of the Amsterdam Schiphol Airport will eventually support 2 buildings and approximately 16,000 square meters and 40 MWs of critical IT load....

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Read CyrusOne Expands in the Netherlands to Develop Next-Gen Data Center at PolanenPark in Partnership with SADC
CyrusOne Expands in the Netherlands to Develop Next-Gen Data Center at PolanenPark in Partnership with SADC

CyrusOne Expands in the Netherlands to Develop Next-Gen Data Center at PolanenPark in Partnership with SADC

December 06, 2018 CyrusOne Amsterdam I

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)- CyrusOne Inc. (NASDAQ: CONE), a premier global data center REIT, today announced the acquisition of 15.5 acres of land from Schiphol Area Development Company N.V. (“SADC”), a developer of high-quality business parks in the Amsterdam metropolitan area, for the development...

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Read Iron Mountain Acquires Evoswitch's Amsterdam Data Centers
Iron Mountain, the storage and information management services company, acquired EvoSwitch's Amsterdam Data Centers for €205 ($235) million.  The transaction provides 11 megawatts (MW) of existing ...

Iron Mountain Acquires Evoswitch's Amsterdam Data Centers

July 09, 2018 Iron Mountain Amsterdam AMS-1

Iron Mountain, the storage and information management services company, acquired EvoSwitch's Amsterdam Data Centers for €205 ($235) million. The transaction provides 11 megawatts (MW) of existing data center capacity in the Netherlands, which is 100% leased, with expansion capability of an...

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Read Colt deploys to EdgeConneX's Amsterdam Datacenter
Colt will be deploying to EdgeConneX's datacenter in Amsterdam.

> Colt Technology Services and EdgeConneX have partnered to link up Colt’s IQ Network to several EdgeConneX facilities, offering c...

Colt deploys to EdgeConneX's Amsterdam Datacenter

July 02, 2018 EdgeConnex Amsterdam

Colt will be deploying to EdgeConneX's datacenter in Amsterdam. Colt Technology Services and EdgeConneX have partnered to link up Colt’s IQ Network to several EdgeConneX facilities, offering connectivity closer to the edge. Andrew Edison 100x150The partnership will see Colt’s high-bandwidth IQ...

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Read Interxion Buys Amsterdam Data Center from Dutch Service Provider Vancis
AMSTERDAM 27 February 2017 – Interxion Holding NV (NYSE: INXN), (“Interxion”), a leading European provider of carrier and cloud-neutral colocation data centre services, announced today that it has ...

Interxion Buys Amsterdam Data Center from Dutch Service Provider Vancis

February 28, 2017 Digital Realty: AMS9

AMSTERDAM 27 February 2017 – Interxion Holding NV (NYSE: INXN), (“Interxion”), a leading European provider of carrier and cloud-neutral colocation data centre services, announced today that it has acquired a data centre business from Vancis Holding BV, a leading independent Dutch provider of...

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