Strategic geographical location
The Netherlands is considered one of the most wired countries in the world and has the fastest connection speeds of Europe. The country directly links continental Europe to North America as most transatlantic sea cables going directly to the Netherlands. The highly competitive Dutch telecommunications network ranks among the world’s best for quality, speed and reliability.
Due to the central position in the European continent, data from the Netherlands can reach 160 million customers within 12Ms.
NL-ix
NL-ix interconnects over 115 data centres in 15 countries, by a fully meshed low latency network. Its pan-European Wide Area IX not only reaches the major Internet hubs like Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London and Paris, but is wide spread in Europe covering over 25 metro areas. NL-ix continues rapid expansion to more relevant carrier neutral data centers, bringing the Internet exchange to the doorstep of carriers, ISPs and content networks. With over 675 members already connected and peak traffic at 2.1Tbits/s, NL-ix is the fifth largest Internet exchange in the world.
Rotterdam
The #2 city of the Netherlands is home to Europe’s largest port, the Port of Rotterdam. This offers a unique area where internet, infrastructure and logistics meet. It offers an ideal ecosystem for logistics, resilience and redundancy solutions.
The Hague
The #3 city of the Netherlands is known as the international city of Peace and Justice. Home to The Hague Security Delta, the largest security cluster in Europe, it offers an ideal ecosystem for hypersecure solutions.