AMS2
Switch Datacenters Amsterdam 2 (AMS2) is a premium co-location datacenter located in the municipality of Woerden
Introducing our AMS2 datacenter
AMS2 site
Switch Datacenters Amsterdam 2 (AMS2) is a premium colocation datacenter located in the municipality of Woerden. Close to Amsterdam South East, one of the largest connectivity hubs in Europe (less than 1ms latency). AMS2 is a network neutral datacenter which houses multiple international reputable institutions and enterprises as customers.
The datacenter was originally designed as a highly secure datacenter and disaster recovery center for a bank, strategically located in a low-risk area. The building was acquired by Switch Datacenters in 2014 as part of a sale and leaseback agreement with IBM. It has been retrofitted into a Tier 3 multi-tenant colocation datacenter with an efficient indirect adiabatic cooling infrastructure, very low PuE of 1.1, 2N redundant power infrastructure and other datacenter facilities.
The building consists of two parts; the datacenter on the first floor and the resiliency services / disaster recovery office spaces to accommodate 240 workstations on the ground floor.
The ground floor can easily be rebuilt into a dedicated customer POD area and/or immersion or DLC cooling floor.
Heat recovery leads to lower power bill for ours customers
Switch AMS2 has closed a contract with the neighboring business building (a.o. a hospital for brain damage) to deliver heat. We invite our customers to participate in a ‘recapturing of server heat’ program. In return for installing e.g. DLC servers or immersed cooling, which allows us to tap off server heat at high temperatures, our customers will receive a discount on their power bill as well as comarketing and CSR support.
Low Latency to Amsterdam & Randstad
Latency to the Amsterdam city ring and surrounding cities Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht is minimal, less than a millisecond. Most large carriers are connected to the site with a wide range of dark fiber, managed fiber, Ams-IX direct and ethernet transport services possibilities. The site has multiple carriers on-site, being located at the crossroads of many Dutch central fiber routes connecting the (inter)national major cities.
Ideal location for wholesale 2nd site /suite in Amsterdam
The site is ideally suitable as both a Amsterdam hub as well as a second site for large companies having an installed base in Amsterdam but for security and resilience reasons are looking for a second site within a millisecond latency. At a <30 kilometer/ 17 miles physical distance from e.g. Equinix AM5, and being on a stable and different power grid provider than Amsterdam, this location provides just that.
We offer full flexibility in regard to customization wishes. There’s also an option for secure office locations/desks.
Premium co-location datacenter
AMS2 Specifications
Datacenter
| Datacenter total size | 5.500 m² |
| Raised floor Phase 1 | 1.370 m² |
| Optional Raised floor Phase 2 | 2.000 m² |
| Floor capacity | 1.000 kg/m² |
| Height of room | 3.6 m |
| Raised floor | yes |
| IT power capacity | 1kW to 50kW per rack |
| Cooling capacity | 10kW per rack with standard air cooling, 50kW+ per rack with Direct Liquid Cooling (DCL) |
Safety & security
| Access | Electronic badge reader and access systems |
| Cameras | CCTV with 100+ high-res IP cameras |
| Alarm systems | Class 4 alarm system |
Power
| Redundancy level | 2N redundancy on each component |
| Distribution | Schneider Electric busbars (2N) |
Water and fire protection
| Detection | Very early smoke detector alarm (VESDA) |
| Fire extinguisher system | Gas based for datahall and technical rooms |
| Fire compartmentation | Fireproof walls F60 |
| Water detection | Water sensors on all critical positions |
Cooling
| Cooling type | Indirect Adiabatic Cooling |
| Redundancy level | N+2 |
| Room temperature | 23 – 26°C |
| Average room humidity | 50% |
| Cooling pPUE | 1,07 |
High End Office Space on the ground floor
- 250 workstations for disaster recovery
- 1500 m² office space
- Including canteen facilities
- Board room on flexible use
- Advanced security systems
- IBM Resiliency Services
Parking facilities
- 80 secured parking spaces
Process certification
- PCI-DSS compliant for payment card data security
- ISO 14001 corporate responsibility
- ISO 27001 for information security management
- ISO 9001 for quality management
Location
- The datacenter hall is positioned 2 m above sea level
- Situated in a low-risk area
