INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Data Centres
ServerFarm expands European
presence with Amsterdam data
centre acquisition
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erverFarm, an innovative data centre
developer and operator, has extended
its portfolio with a strategic data
centre acquisition in Amsterdam. The SF
AMS1 data centre is home to a number
of global enterprises. The facility is highly
connected with over 100,000 square feet
of available shell space ideal for cloud, low
latency and Edge environments.
ServerFarm’s second major European location
(including SF LON1 in Feltham, London)
further expands the company’s portfolio
of owned and managed assets in over 75
locations across more than 30 countries.
The Dutch Data Center Association’s State
of the Dutch Data Centers 2019 report
explains that Amsterdam is Europe’s
largest hyperscale and colocation market
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– and grew by 20% in MW in 2018. The
Netherlands contains 189 large multi-tenant
data centres, the report adds, with about
72% of all Dutch data centres found in the
Amsterdam region.
“We’re thrilled to offer our clients fast,
convenient entry into one of the world’s
most critical data centre hubs, which has
become a tricky area to tap into due to
current market limitations,” said Avner
Papouchado, CEO of ServerFarm.
In July, Amsterdam and Haarlemmermeer
called a moratorium on new data centre
builds, according to Bloomberg. “We’re
quickly expanding our portfolio to meet
demand following our recent US$200
million recapitalisation and Amsterdam
was the perfect location to do so,” said
Papouchado. “We’re excited to deliver our
unique business model to a new region,
allowing more service providers and
enterprises to move away from burdensome
physical infrastructure management while
optimising their IT operations.”
ServerFarm’s Amsterdam data centre sits
at a prime location inside the A10 and
less than 4 km from the city centre, with
access to a dozen carriers and multiple
diverse fibre entry points. The company’s
InCommand Services offer a range of fully
managed Facility and IT infrastructure
management solutions, as well as real-time
access to data centre analytics. With over
20MW of IT capacity and highly efficient
mechanical and electrical systems, the data
centre is ISO 27001, PCI DSS and SOC 2
(Type 1 & 2) compliant. n
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