Digital Realty , one of the largest global providers of cloud- and carrier-neutral data centres , colocation and interconnection solutions , has announced the acquisition of a 36,000 sqm ( 8.9-acre ) land parcel located on its existing Amsterdam Schiphol campus , one of the most highly connected data centre campuses in the Netherlands . The land parcel has the capacity to support a data centre with a total installed IT power in excess of 40MW and will be interconnected with Digital Realty ’ s existing Schiphol data centres , granting customers access to a wide range of colocation and connectivity solutions in a true campus environment . These include direct connections to unique network services providers and cloud service providers including Amazon Web Services ( AWS ), Microsoft Azure , Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Google Cloud , resulting in low latency , secure access to the world ’ s leading cloud providers , cost reduction and enhanced efficiency .
“ Data centres sit at the very heart of the global digital economy , providing
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the foundations for our customer communities to grow and thrive ,” said Vincent in ’ t Veld , Managing Director at Digital Realty , Netherlands . “ Our customers continue to count on us , as they have for the past 25 years , to support their current and future growth ambitions . With this land parcel in Schiphol-Rijk , we ’ re doing just that . We will continue to work closely with the local government to ensure our new future facility meets the high standards that have been laid out .”
A new data centre in Amsterdam would further expand PlatformDIGITAL , Digital Realty ’ s global data centre platform , which enables customers to rapidly deploy their critical infrastructure at the heart of a growing connected data community consisting of 1,500 + enterprises , 1,300 + network service providers and 1,100 + cloud and IT providers globally .
The strategic acquisition of this new land parcel in Amsterdam is expected to enable Digital Realty to address future demand for colocation and connectivity services
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in Amsterdam , as well as help support the country ’ s ambitions to become a leading adopter of Artificial Intelligence ( AI ). In 2021 , the Netherlands AI Coalition ( NL AIC ), a public-private partnership , received a share of a € 276 million investment in the development of AI . �
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