Amsterdam
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Digital Realty has acquired 36,00 square metres of land parcel located on its existing Amsterdam Schipol campus, one of the most highly connected campuses in the country. -
Internet traffic in Amsterdam has doubled in just four years, according to AMS-IX, the Amsterdam Internet Exchange.
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Veon is moving its group parent company from Bermuda to London, saying it wants to be in “a jurisdiction with high standards of corporate governance”.
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AMS-IX has expanded its EasyAccess connection service to the AMS01 maincubes data centre in Schiphol-Rijk.
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Europe's major data centre markets are on track to reach a total supply milestone of 2.6GW, double the capacity recorded in 2017.
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Many companies have gone into what Equinix calls “digital overdrive”, moving four times faster than pre-pandemic levels.
Forthcoming events
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There will be more consolidation in the data centre and telecoms markets in 2021, say two forecasters.
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The Municipality of Haarlem, SADC’s PolanenPark and CyrusOne Inc. (NASDAQ:CONE) has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly examine the economic and technical feasibility of a heat re-use project in the region.
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NetIX has added two new Internet Exchanges to its network, in strategic locations in Europe and the US.
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Equinix has launched its hyperscale joint venture, in partnership with Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC, which will develop and operate xScale data centres in Europe.
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Equinix has closed a transaction for the purchase of Switch Datacenter’s AMS1 data centre business in Amsterdam, Netherlands for $34 million.
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NTT Communications has, through its e-shelter subsidiary, launched Amsterdam 1 Data Center (AMS1).
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AMS-IX, Amsterdam’s internet exchange, broke through the 6Tbps traffic barrier peaking at 6.3Tbps earlier this month.
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Zayo Group has announced the expansions of its fibre networks in four European markets, including London, Paris, Dublin and Amsterdam.
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