Pricing · 6 min
Negotiating a rack in Amsterdam: what moves, and by how much
The price build-up: rack fee, kW commit, cross-connects, IX ports, remote hands. Where the negotiation room is.
Notes
Notes: rack pricing, campus choice, capacity, and colocation against cloud.
Four notes, no newsletter. What moves when you negotiate a rack in Amsterdam, how the two operators we use most compare, when owning the metal beats renting it, and how much capacity Amsterdam has left. Written by someone who runs production in these buildings.
Sites · 8 min
Digital Realty vs NorthC: which campus for which workload
Power ceilings, carrier mix, liquid cooling, availability by hall, and the questions to ask each operator.
Strategy · 7 min
Colocation vs cloud for a hosting company
When owning the metal wins on cost, and the point where it doesn’t, with a worked example.
Market · 6 min
Capacity in Amsterdam in 2026: the permit stop, the grid queue and what is left
The Amsterdam and Haarlemmermeer caps, the TenneT grid queue, vacancy under 10 percent, and what that leaves per rack size.
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