The Netherlands

Ideal datacenter country

The Green Bay will be directly connected to major Internet Exchanges, like AMS-IX

Being located in The Netherlands, The Green Bay favors from

MOST CONNECTED COUNTRY
The Netherlands is the most connected country in terms of cross-border flows of trade, capital, information and people. (Source: DHL Global Connectedness Index, 2017).

HIGHEST ENGLISH PROFICIENCY #1 IN THE WORLD
The Netherlands has the first rank on the EF English Proficiency Index (EF EPI), when it comes to global workspace English skills. (Source: EF EPI, 2017).

BEST DIGITAL PERFORMANCE: #4 IN EUROPE
The Netherlands is ranked fourth on the Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI), that summarizes relevant indicators and tracks the evolution in digital competitiveness. (Source: DESI, 2018).

BEST COUNTRY FOR BUSINESS
Forbes ranked the Netherlands #3 globally, below the UK and New-Zealand, as best country to do business. Focused on taxes, investor protection and red tape/bureaucracy. (Source: Forbes, 2018)

HIGHEST RATE OF HOUSEHOLD INTERNET ACCESS IN EUROPE
#1 in Europe with 98% of households having Internet Access. The European average is 76%. Also in terms of high-speed broadband connectivity ranks the Netherlands at the top. (Source: Eurostat, 2017).

TOP 4 MOST COMPETITIVE COUNTRY
#4 in the world in competitiveness regarding infrastructure, health, education, goods market efficiency, technological readiness, business sophistication and innovation. (Source:World Economic Forum, 2018).

STABLE & LONG-TERM POLITICS
The Dutch have a pragmatic, long term orientation and are flexible to changes. The coalition system results in stable, predictable and moderate politics.

FOREIGN INVESTMENTS ATTRACTIVENESS
The Netherlands ranks fifth in EY's Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) attractiveness, which shows the growth potential of a country. (Source: EY Attractiveness survey, 2017). (Source: Dutch Datacenter Association 2018)

A GREAT COUNTRY FOR DATACENTERS PERFECT CONNECTIVITY
The Netherlands has multiple submarine cable connections, extensive fiber infrastructure and Europe’s lowest average latency.

FAVORABLE CLIMATE
With ideal conditions (no hurricane or earthquake threats) and an average temperature of 50 °F (10 °C), the Dutch climate is ideal for datacenters.

RELIABLE & AMPLE ENERGY
One of Europe’s most reliable and stable power supply; with low industrial energy prices when compared to other tier-1 datacenter locations.

EXCELLENT ECOSYSTEM
Builders, suppliers, designers; we are home to all major names in the industry, such as ASK Romijn, Stulz, Socomec & Minkels, Royal HaskoningDHV, Spie, Schneider en Legrand.

PART OF EU SINGLE MARKET
Part of uniform EU-regulations such as GDPR; which makes the Netherlands ideal for distribution of data & digital service to other countries.

INTERNATIONAL MINDSET
Worldwide #1 in English Proficiency Index and home to 60% of IT companies of Forbes Global 2000, including Uber, Tesla, Elastic, Oracle and Netflix.