From Düsseldorf

Colocation in Amsterdam from Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf is 4 ms and about two and a half hours from the Amsterdam halls. Rhine-Ruhr companies come for AMS-IX, the carrier density and a second site in another country. Advisor, not reseller: you contract directly with the datacenter. We work in English and Dutch, not German.

Distance and latency

Amsterdam from Düsseldorf

Round-trip latency to Amsterdam: 4 ms on a direct carrier circuit, the figure from our latency map. A ping over the public internet reads higher; verify it on your own circuit.
Road distance: About 225 km to Amsterdam city centre, 235 km to Schiphol.
Drive time: About 2 h 45 over the A3 and A12 outside rush hour, to the centre or to Schiphol. On the way back, German border checks can add a queue.
Suitable as a DR site?: Yes, in both directions. Another country, another grid, 4 ms round-trip. A common pair for a Rhine-Ruhr primary.

The honest comparison

Why not colocate in Düsseldorf?

Düsseldorf is a real datacenter city. There are operators, there is exchange presence, and Frankfurt, home to DE-CIX, the largest internet exchange in Europe by peak traffic, is about two and a half hours down the A3. If your traffic is German and your peers are German, stay German; we will tell you that without booking a second meeting. Amsterdam earns its place when you want one of the most connected metros in the world, with AMS-IX and subsea cables to the UK landing on the Dutch coast, a second site in another jurisdiction, or capacity at a better price than your German quotes.

What Düsseldorf gives you

A German hall, German contracts and Frankfurt nearby. For German-only traffic that is the straight answer.

What you give up

AMS-IX reachable from the building, subsea cables to the UK, and halls from 3 kW a rack up to liquid-cooled GPU racks.

When we'd say stay

A contract or sector rule that keeps data in Germany, a German-language operations team, or peering that already sits entirely inside the German exchange. We say so.

Who it's for

Who does this from Düsseldorf

German company adding a Dutch footprint

A second EU country without going far. You want to know why Amsterdam, which campus, and who answers mail the same day. English throughout.

Why Amsterdam

Rhine-Ruhr hoster that wants AMS-IX and subsea

Peering and transit are the reason. AMS-IX and NL-ix reachable from the building, more carriers to pick from, and pricing that is negotiated rather than listed.

AMS-IX colocation and cross-connects

Düsseldorf primary, Amsterdam second site

A replica outside Germany, 4 ms away, on another grid and under another regulator. We size rack, power and cross-connects for the failover case.

Disaster recovery in Amsterdam

How it works

How it works from here

01
Tell us what you needMail the specs from Düsseldorf. Five minutes, in English or Dutch.
02
We engineer and negotiateWe size racks, kW and campus and negotiate the terms with the operator.
03
We fast-track the introductionThe right account manager gets a filled-in brief. You get a real quote.
04
You 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. One thing up front: we work in English and Dutch, not German. The datacenter paperwork is normally in English.

Read the full process

Questions from Düsseldorf

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 Düsseldorf?

About 4 ms round-trip on a direct carrier circuit, the figure from our latency map; a ping over the public internet reads higher. It is indicative, so verify it on your own circuit before you design replication around it.

Do you speak German?

No. We work in English and Dutch, and the datacenter paperwork is normally in English. If you need German-language account management, say so early and we will factor it into which operator we introduce you to.

Why not Frankfurt?

Often Frankfurt is the right answer, and we will say so. Amsterdam is our focus, and when another metro fits better we can help you there on request. Amsterdam wins on subsea routes to the UK, on exchange capacity next to Frankfurt rather than instead of it, and on a second jurisdiction for DR.