Amsterdam servers in the datacenter

Amsterdam sits on AMS-IX — historically the world's largest internet exchange and still one of the top three by traffic. The metro is the de-facto transatlantic landing point for the Netherlands, and a primary peering hub for UK, Scandinavian, and Northern European traffic. Our Amsterdam servers run in Equinix Amsterdam (often referred to as AM5/AM7 in the carrier community).

Amsterdam is also the cleanest peering market in Europe — content networks like Netflix, Cloudflare, Google, and Meta all maintain heavy presence at AMS-IX, which means streaming, CDN, and bandwidth-heavy workloads benefit from extremely short paths to popular content. For UK-targeted workloads where a sub-15 ms transatlantic link matters, Amsterdam beats Frankfurt by a few milliseconds.

Facility details

Carrier-neutral colocation, redundant power and cooling, and direct internet exchange peering.

Facility: Equinix Amsterdam (AM-series)
Internet Exchange: AMS-IX, NL-IX
Datacenter Tier: Tier III+
Power Capacity: Multi-MW redundant
Redundancy: N+1 power and cooling
Compliance: ISO 27001, ISO 9001
Carrier Neutral: Yes

Latency from Amsterdam

Approximate round-trip times to major destinations.

Destination	Round-trip time
London (LINX)	7-9 ms
Frankfurt (DE-CIX)	8-10 ms
Paris (France-IX)	12-15 ms
Stockholm (Netnod)	22-25 ms
Madrid (ESpanix)	32-35 ms
Ashburn (Equinix IX)	75-85 ms

Latency values are approximate, based on typical fiber routing between metros. Real-world RTT varies with carrier path, traffic, and TCP retransmission.

Best for

Workloads that benefit most from a Amsterdam deployment.

Streaming platforms and video services where peering to Netflix Open Connect and Akamai inside AMS-IX cuts CDN egress cost.

UK-targeted SaaS where Amsterdam delivers a 7-9 ms RTT to LINX London, often beating in-country UK hosts on tail latency.

Bandwidth-heavy projects (file-sharing, mirrors, package repositories) that benefit from AMS-IX's deep content peering.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about Amsterdam deployments.

What datacenter is used in Amsterdam?+

Amsterdam servers are deployed in Equinix Amsterdam campus, with direct cross-connect to AMS-IX and NL-IX. The campus is one of the most carrier-dense facilities in Europe.

Should I choose Amsterdam or Frankfurt?+

If your traffic is UK-heavy or transatlantic, Amsterdam is typically a few milliseconds better. If your audience is German, Eastern European, or pan-EU enterprise, Frankfurt's DE-CIX peering wins. For most pan-European e-commerce, the two are interchangeable within 5-10 ms.

Is Amsterdam a good location for streaming?+

Yes — AMS-IX is one of the deepest content-peering exchanges in the world. Major streaming networks maintain Open Connect / cache nodes inside Equinix Amsterdam, which means sub-millisecond paths to popular content for end-users via local ISPs.

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