Linode Amsterdam Expansion Now Live October 25, 2023

Linode's latest datacenter expansion in Amsterdam bolsters Antradar's failover capabilities in Northern Europe, strategically connecting our UK, Stockholm, and Frankfurt servers, and reinforcing Estonian infrastructure with an additional layer of coverage.

The Amsterdam data center is a critical piece in Linode/Akamai's European strategy. It eliminates redundancy issues and ensures faster data replication, a boon for businesses relying on their services. Moreover, this expansion aligns with European data compliance norms, facilitating easier data and backup storage within the EU, a critical factor for many companies operating on the continent.

This development is part of a broader trend in the European Union, where a surge in data center construction and funding has been noted. Leading companies in the sector, including Stack, InfraRed, Virtus, Penta Infra, and BlackStone, are spearheading new data center projects, particularly in the Netherlands and Germany.

Linode/Akamai's approach differs as they do not own their facilities outright. Instead, their service coverage and capability are intrinsically linked to the rapid expansion of the network infrastructure in the EU. This strategy allows them to be highly responsive to the growing demands of the market.

Both Germany and the wider European Union are swiftly adapting to the burgeoning data market. The ultimate impact of this rapid growth in server infrastructure on the web application landscape in Europe, however, remains an area of keen interest and speculation in the tech community.