Connectivity

Nikhef housing is one of the biggest connectivity hubs in Europe. Nikhef housing houses a large number of customers and carriers. See our customer base and carriers page.

Fiber connections to Digital Realty or Equinix

Nikhef housing offers easy connectivity to Digital Realty and Equinix datacenters located in Amsterdam Science Park.

Fiber connections between AMS-IX sites at Nikhef housing and Digital Realty AMS9 (Science Park 121) and AMS17 (Science Park 120) are managed by Digital Realty. For information please contact SalesSupportNL@digitalrealty.com.

Patches between the Digital Realty AMS17 fiber panel at Nikhef housing and the customer rack need to be requested separately by the customer by patch request. It’s not allowed for customers to carry out this patch themselves.

Fiber connections between Nikhef housing and the Amsterdam Science Park co-location facility of Equinix AM3 Amsterdam Science Park are managed by Equinix. For information please contact +31 20 808 0015.
Patches between the Equinix fiber panel at Nikhef housing and the customer rack need to be requested separately by the customer  by patch request.  It’s not allowed for customers to carry out this patch themselves.