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What Antwerp gives you
A local hall, your own language and a short drive. For Belgian-only workloads in a single rack, that is a fair deal.
From Antwerp
Colocation in Amsterdam from Antwerp
Antwerp is around 3 ms and about two hours from the Amsterdam halls, with one Schengen border in between. Belgian companies come for the exchange and carrier density Belgium cannot match, and for a second site outside their own country. Advisor, not reseller: you contract directly with the datacenter. We work in English and Dutch.
Distance and latency
Amsterdam from Antwerp
- Round-trip latency to Amsterdam
- Around 3 ms on a direct carrier circuit. That is our estimate, because Antwerp is not on our latency map, and a ping over the public internet reads higher; verify it with your carrier.
- Road distance
- About 160 km to Amsterdam city centre, and about the same to Schiphol.
- Drive time
- About 2 h 15 to the city centre outside rush hour, a little less to Schiphol. One border, with at most a spot check.
- Suitable as a DR site?
- Yes. Another country, another grid, another regulator, and still close enough to drive to before lunch.
The honest comparison
Why not colocate in Antwerp?
Belgium has a working colocation market, and for Belgian-only traffic it is fine. The difference is interconnection. BNIX, the Belgian national exchange, is smaller than AMS-IX in members and in traffic, so the networks you want to reach are often only reachable over transit; in Amsterdam they are a cross-connect away in the same building. Add more carriers and more halls to choose from, and 160 km starts paying for itself the first time you need a second upstream. If your users and your regulator are both Belgian, say so and we will weigh it honestly.
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What you give up
Peers and capacity. AMS-IX reachable from the building, more carriers to choose from, and halls with liquid cooling for dense racks.
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When we'd say stay
A sector rule that keeps your data in Belgium, traffic that never leaves the country, or a rack tied to a site in the port. We say it plainly.
Who it's for
Who does this from Antwerp
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Belgian company opening an Amsterdam footprint
You want to know why Amsterdam, which campus, and who answers mail in the same time zone. English or Dutch, your choice.
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Logistics or chemical firm wanting DR outside Belgium
Production stays in Antwerp, the replica goes to Amsterdam. Another country and another grid, at around 3 ms and a two-hour drive. We size it for the failover case.
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Belgian hoster or ISP that wants AMS-IX
Peering is the whole reason. Ports on both exchanges, cross-connects to the carriers you buy from, and transit priced the way Amsterdam prices it.
How it works
How it works from here
- 01Tell us what you needMail the specs from Antwerp. Five minutes, no visit needed.
- 02We engineer and negotiateWe size racks, kW and campus and negotiate the terms with the operator.
- 03We fast-track the introductionThe right account manager gets a filled-in brief. You get a real quote.
- 04You contract with the datacenterContract, invoice and SLA are with the datacenter. We stay on as technical contact.
We walk the hall with you in Amsterdam, or do it on a call. Everything runs in English or Dutch; the datacenter paperwork is normally in English.
Questions from Antwerp
Remote hands, latency and staying put.
Do I have to drive to Amsterdam for remote hands?
No. Remote hands is staffed in the building around the clock and ordered in the operator portal. The drive is for the walk-through and for move-in day.
How fast is Amsterdam from Antwerp?
Around 3 ms round-trip. That is our own estimate rather than a measured figure, because Antwerp is not on our latency map, so verify it with your carrier before you design around it.
Does Belgian data have to stay in Belgium?
Usually not: the Netherlands is in the EU and under the same GDPR regime. Sector rules can be stricter, so check yours. If they do require Belgian soil, we say so and point you at a Belgian operator.
Which language do you work in?
English or Dutch, whichever you prefer. Contracts and portals at the datacenter are normally in English.
Related
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The pages people from Antwerp open next.
Colocation in Amsterdam
What we place, in which campus, and what sits in the price.
Disaster recovery in Amsterdam
Second site, replication distance, and what to ask the operator for.
Amsterdam Science Park
Nikhef, both exchanges, and the halls around them.
Schiphol-Rijk
The campus nearest the airport, and the workloads it suits.
Amsterdam-Zuidoost
Power, capacity and the south-east halls.
Pricing
How a rack price is built up, and where the negotiation room is.
From other cities
Placing racks in Amsterdam from Antwerp?
Tell us your specs. We'll come back with a real, negotiated quote from the datacenter, not a range from a brochure.
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