GLWS · Amsterdam / Netherlands
Our Netherlands location. Compare it with other European cities using realistic network tests, and include traffic between your application’s own components.
Where it is and who it suits.
LOCATION
Coordinates mark the city centre.
FACILITY
Where your servers in Amsterdam run.
Equinix
A five-storey facility in Amsterdam Science Park, one of the most carrier-dense locations in Europe.
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Two things to think through.
For an application used across several European countries, Amsterdam is one geographic reference among London, Dublin, Strasbourg and Frankfurt. Identify the busiest audience groups and dependencies before choosing a location. A central-looking map position is not a measured performance result.
Spreading application nodes across locations can complicate data consistency and recovery. Decide which environment owns writes, how state is copied and what happens during a connection failure. Compare those responsibilities with a simpler single-region deployment before adding nodes.
Distances from Amsterdam to the closest GLWS locations.
United Kingdom
About 360 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 3.6 ms.
Germany
About 360 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 3.6 ms.
France
About 430 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 4.3 ms.
France
About 470 km away. Physical minimum round trip about 4.7 ms.
Distances are straight-line between city centres. The minimum round trip assumes light in fibre at about 200,000 km a second and a straight cable. Real routes are longer, so always test from your own audience. For a second site that survives a regional outage, Dubai is about 5,160 km from Amsterdam.
A nearby server is only one part of your application.
Compare the route from the audience networks you expect to serve. Test real requests, not only a location label.
Count remote APIs, databases, sign-in providers and backup destinations when you plan.
Write down how data is restored and who can do it. A copy in another location only helps if you can recover from it.
Pick a product, then choose Amsterdam in the configurator.
KVM virtual servers for websites, applications and development.
Whole machines, with regional options.
Rack space, power and connectivity for your own hardware.
Quick answers before you choose.
Servers in Amsterdam run at Equinix AM3 (Science Park), Science Park 610, 1098 XH Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Yes, for any product that offers this location. Your choice is saved with your configuration.
Test response times and throughput from representative audience networks. Include application dependencies and measure during periods relevant to your users.
Compare data handling, resource availability, backup arrangements and the practical process for recovery or on-site work.
Other locations in the same region.
France / PAR
French users and western European traffic.
Germany / FRA
German users and continental European traffic.
France / SXB
French users and apps focused on continental Europe.