Data centres / Netherlands / Amsterdam
Data centre projects in Amsterdam
Pipeline projects1811 permitted or being builtChecked 12 Oct 2026
New grid connectionsRationedmaximaal aansluitvermogen datacentrum, in force since 8 Apr 2026. Amsterdam, distributionChecked 12 Oct 2026
Wholesale power price88 €/MWhDay-ahead, 2025 mean, NetherlandsLatest hour €155, 13 Oct 2026, 01:39 UTC
Grid carbon intensity465 g CO2e/kWhLatest hour, estimate; yearly average 25413 Oct 2026, 01:39 UTC
Next EU rule date14 Dec 2026The EU Commission's minimum performance standards consultation and call for evidence closesApplies EU-wide
Latency to nearest major hub3.5 msRound trip, Amsterdam to LondonStraight line, minimum
These are the data-centre projects of 5 MW or more around Amsterdam that our pipeline tracker follows: 18 projects, 11 of them permitted or already being built. One national rule shapes new sites here: new hyperscale data centres restricted nationally to two designated areas (in force).
Largest stated project108 MWEdgeConneX AMS10, capacity counted in Haarlemmermeer's data-centre power test for the phase 1 application of 21 July 2023
Newest milestoneSep 2026latest check 12 Oct 2026
Projects by stage
- Announced1
- In planning6
- Permitted7
- Under construction4
What the capacity figures measure
- IT load1
- Facility, campus or unstated basis8
- Grid connection3
- First phase only3
- No capacity published3
Each project’s capacity is quoted on its own stated basis, so the figures are never added together.
What changed
6 milestones in the last 90 days. The newest check was on 12 Oct 2026; each row below shows its own.
- Sep 2026GTDC data centre expansion, Treubweg 11, Diemen the province's environmental service published a draft decision on 7 September 2026 to permit the expansion of an existing data centre, including raising emergency generators from 3 to 18, with comments until 19 October 2026. In planning
- Aug 2026EdgeConneX AMS10 the province granted the phase 1 environmental permit and the building permits on 9 July 2026 with appeals open until 21 August 2026, building work had already started under a tolerance decision of 25 March 2026, and a temporary access road and work-site permit followed on 28 August 2026. Under construction
- Aug 2026Goodman data centre De Nieuwe Liede, Hybrideweg 105, Vijfhuizen the permit of 25 April 2024 was amended on 6 February 2026 and the water board granted dewatering and excavation permission for the site on 22 June 2026, while on 29 April 2026 the court in Arnhem ruled that TenneT need not connect the site because the grid is full. Permitted
- Aug 2026EdgeConneX AMS13 data centre draft decision to grant the environmental permit placed for public inspection by the province (comments to 21 September 2026) In planning
- Jul 2026Equinix Amstel III the province published its draft environmental permit decision for the first building phase (AM9 HT) of data centre AM9/AM10 at Luttenbergweg 1 and 3A-3D on 6 July 2026 with comments until 17 August 2026, local reports that week said the building permit for the first of four towers had been published, and Equinix said it will build only one tower initially. Permitted
Projects
| Project | Capacity | Stage and latest milestone | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| EdgeConneX AMS10EdgeConneXKoolhovenlaan 142, Schiphol-Rijk, Haarlemmermeer | 108 MWcapacity counted in Haarlemmermeer's data-centre power test for the phase 1 application of 21 July 2023Omgevingsdienst Noordzeekanaalgebied allowed foundation and steel works to start early at the developer's own risk (December 2025); start of those works not confirmed in sources opened. | Under construction The province granted the phase 1 environmental permit and the building permits on 9 July 2026 with appeals open until 21 August 2026, building work had already started under a tolerance decision of 25 March 2026, and a temporary access road and work-site permit followed on 28 August 2026., Aug 2026 | 12 Oct 2026 |
| Pure DC Amsterdam Westpoort AMS01Pure Data Centres Group (Pure DC)Westpoort, Amsterdam (Donauweg 12) | 78 MWtotal site capacity, three towers each housing 26MW of data halls; site powered by 100MVA via a private substationA January 2026 report says Microsoft is the sole tenant and that separate permits were granted for each of the three towers. | Under construction Planning permissions secured and on site private substation constructed and live; data hall development scheduled from January 2026; one report said in February 2026 that the three building data centre is being built, Feb 2026Expected: Data hall development from January 2026; no completion date published | 10 Oct 2026 |
| Digital Realty AMS11 (phases 3 and 4)Digital RealtyKoolhovenlaan 35-45, Schiphol-Rijk, Haarlemmermeer | 27 MWIT capacity of the full AMS11 facility across four phases; capacity of the remaining phases 3 and 4 not disclosedPhases 1 and 2 are operational; this row covers the remaining two phases. Completion of phases 3 and 4 in 2026 not yet confirmed in sources opened. | Under construction AMS11 opened with the first two of four phases operational; remaining phases scheduled for completion in 2026, Nov 2025Expected: Remaining phases scheduled for completion in 2026 | 10 Oct 2026 |
| Iron Mountain AMS-1 expansion (new hall, Haarlem)Iron Mountain Data CentersWaarderpolder, Haarlem | 10 MWcapacity of the new hall built by Heijmans, as reported; Iron Mountain separately states an additional 10MW will be added to AMS-1Heijmans did not name the client or site; reports identify Iron Mountain in the Waarderpolder. Iron Mountain gives a maximum AMS-1 buildout of 60MW. | Under construction Permits granted and construction by Heijmans under way on the new hall, contract worth EUR 96 million to Heijmans, Feb 2025Expected: Delivery expected October 2026 | 10 Oct 2026 |
| Equinix Amstel IIIEquinixAmsterdam Zuidoost (Amstel III business park) | 80 MWgrid connection capacity, four towersOnly the first tower starts now; TenneT substations for full capacity expected around 2036 | Permitted The province published its draft environmental permit decision for the first building phase (AM9 HT) of data centre AM9/AM10 at Luttenbergweg 1 and 3A-3D on 6 July 2026 with comments until 17 August 2026, local reports that week said the building permit for the first of four towers had been published, and Equinix said it will build only one tower initially., Jul 2026 | 12 Oct 2026 |
| Goodman data centre De Nieuwe Liede, Hybrideweg 105, VijfhuizenGoodman (permit holder Goodman Mona Logistics (Netherlands) B.V.)Vijfhuizen, Hybrideweg 105 and 105a, De Nieuwe Liede business park, Haarlemmermeer | 80 MWgrid connection of 80 MVA (apparent power, not MW) as stated in the title of the provincial permitGoodman's grid request to TenneT is for 70 MW. The permit also covers a high-voltage purchasing station (inkoopstation). | Permitted The permit of 25 April 2024 was amended on 6 February 2026 and the water board granted dewatering and excavation permission for the site on 22 June 2026, while on 29 April 2026 the court in Arnhem ruled that TenneT need not connect the site because the grid is full., Aug 2026Expected: TenneT announced in January 2026 that it would pause Goodman's connection request until 2035; Goodman's request is on a waiting list. | 12 Oct 2026 |
| Aviolanda 3A data centre, RozenburgDutch Datacenter Development B.V.Rozenburg (Haarlemmermeer, Schiphol area), Aviolanda 3A | 45 MWcapacity listed for the permitted project in Haarlemmermeer's register of data-centre applications (the register mixes MW and MVA)A further register line at the same address (54.0, application of 5 December 2023, no developer named) may be another phase and is not added. | Permitted The environmental and building permit for a new data centre at Aviolanda 3A was granted on 15 December 2022 with no views submitted on the draft decision, and a 1 April 2026 report calls it the furthest advanced of four large Haarlemmermeer projects., Apr 2026 | 12 Oct 2026 |
| EdgeConneX AMS11EdgeConneXKoolhovenlaan 1, Schiphol-Rijk, Haarlemmermeer | 40 MWcapacity counted in Haarlemmermeer's data-centre power test for the phase 1 environmental application | Permitted The province granted the phase 1 environmental permit on 30 March 2026 and the building permit on 29 June 2026, with appeals open until 11 August 2026., Jun 2026 | 12 Oct 2026 |
| EdgeConneX AMS07 data centreEdgeConneXCapronilaan 1, Schiphol-Rijk, Haarlemmermeer | 28 MWdevelopment space awarded in the municipal data-centre register (council); register column is MW or MVAThe provincial permit notice does not state a capacity | Permitted Environmental, building and deviating-use permit granted by the province, Sep 2024 | 11 Oct 2026 |
| CyrusOne Halfweg building B, Linieweg 3CyrusOne (permit applicant CyrusOne AMS3 B.V.)Halfweg, Linieweg 3 (Haarlemmermeer), within the existing CyrusOne campus | Not disclosedin the permit noticeThe notice describes building B inside an existing campus of two data centres; no capacity for building B is published. | Permitted The province's environmental service granted the permit to build data centre building B within the existing Halfweg campus on 23 January 2026, with objections open until 6 March 2026., Jan 2026 | 12 Oct 2026 |
| Dutch Cloud Campus I data centre (Evoswitch), Rondebeltweg, AlmereDutch Cloud Campus I B.V. (known as Evoswitch)Almere, Rondebeltweg (Almere section P, parcels 7899, 7900, 7902, 7903) | Not disclosed; the permit notices give no capacityA trade report describes two large data centres, a private water treatment facility and 28 diesel generators. | Permitted Flevoland's executive granted the environmental permit to Dutch Cloud Campus I B.V. on 25 June 2025 and the water board sent its permit on 17 June 2025., Jun 2025Expected: A trade report of April 2025 puts completion of the first building in 2026 and a second facility in 2028. | 12 Oct 2026 |
| Digital Realty AMS19 data centreDigital RealtySchiphol-Rijk, Haarlemmermeer | 70 MWcapacity stated for the planned data centre; basis not stated | In planning Permit application awaiting a decision by the province of Noord-Holland, Apr 2026 | 11 Oct 2026 |
| EdgeConneX AMS14 data centreEdgeConneXKoolhovenlaan 100/102, Schiphol-Rijk, Haarlemmermeer | 67 MWdevelopment space still in procedure in the municipal data-centre register (council); register column is MW or MVA | In planning Permit application listed as in procedure in the municipal data-centre register (application of 10 November 2023), Jan 2025 | 11 Oct 2026 |
| EdgeConneX AMS13 data centreEdgeConneXBellsingel 51, Schiphol-Rijk, Haarlemmermeer | 54 MWcapacity stated for the planned data centre; basis not statedPhase 1 (environmental) and phase 2 (construction and spatial planning) permit applications are handled separately by the province | In planning Draft decision to grant the environmental permit placed for public inspection by the province (comments to 21 September 2026), Aug 2026 | 11 Oct 2026 |
| Eastenders data centre, Oosteinderweg 247B, AalsmeerEastenders B.V.Aalsmeer, Oosteinderweg 247B, rear part of the former Bloemenlust flower-auction site | 15 MWcapacity ('vermogen') of the intended data centre as stated in the draft permit noticeThe notice also gives a floor area of about 10,800 m2 (printed as 'ca 10.8000m2'). The municipal umbrella plan bars data centres from 5 MW and 2,000 m2, hence the permit-deviation route with a provincial exemption. | In planning Aalsmeer's mayor and aldermen published a draft decision on 2 July 2026 to grant an environmental permit that deviates from the zoning plan, with the provincial exemption already drafted, open for comments from 3 July to 13 August 2026., Jul 2026Expected: Plans include supplying residual heat to nearby buildings and the Green Park Aalsmeer businesses; no construction start is published. | 12 Oct 2026 |
| EdgeConneX AMS09 data centreEdgeConneXCessnalaan 85, Schiphol-Rijk, Haarlemmermeer | 12 MWdevelopment space still in procedure in the municipal data-centre register (council); register column is MW or MVA | In planning Permit application listed as in procedure in the municipal data-centre register (application of 7 July 2023), Jan 2025 | 11 Oct 2026 |
| GTDC data centre expansion, Treubweg 11, DiemenGTDC B.V.Diemen, Treubweg 11, Verrijn Stuart business park | Not disclosedin the 2026 notice; a 2021 municipal answer capped the Treubweg 11 data centre at 10 MW continuous drawThe 2021 figure referred to the Treubweg 11 initiative at that time; the current expansion may differ. | In planning The province's environmental service published a draft decision on 7 September 2026 to permit the expansion of an existing data centre, including raising emergency generators from 3 to 18, with comments until 19 October 2026., Sep 2026 | 12 Oct 2026 |
| Switch Datacenters data centre near Amsterdam Science ParkSwitch DatacentersNear Amsterdam Science Park, Amsterdam | 95 MWinitial capacity of the site, growing to 110 MWPlanned to grow to 110 MW | Announced Construction due to start in 2027 (stated 4 March 2026), Mar 2026Expected: Construction start in 2027 | 11 Oct 2026 |
Formal refusals and bans since 2025
Verified decisions only. Absence is not evidence of low planning risk.
Area-wide rules
- 12 May 2026Zaanstad, near Amsterdam Zoning plan bars new data centres above 2,000 m² floor area and 5 MVAIn force
- 11 Jun 2025Amsterdam Zoning plan bars new or larger data centres above 2,000 m² floor area and 5 MVAIn force
Decisions from 1 Jan 2025; statuses checked 11 Oct 2026.
Power and grid in the Netherlands
The latest hour, NL bidding zone
Grid carbon intensity (estimate)465 g CO2e/kWh
Day-ahead price155 €/MWhwholesale, not what a site pays
Renewable share of generation23 %
Best four hours for flexible load12:00Tue 13 Oct to 16:00, local time
Updated 13 Oct 2026, 01:39 UTC; refreshed every 10 minutes. Netherlands grid hour by hour, next 48 hours
Over a year, country level
Grid carbon, latest full-year average254 g CO2/kWh18th cleanest of 30 countries; 54% renewable or nuclear
Business electricity price, latest full year165 €/MWh16th cheapest of 26; wholesale is 61% of it
Wholesale power, 2025 average88 €/MWh12th cheapest of 30
Annual country averages, as used by the siting cost ranking. Production-based average carbon, not marginal.
Climate at Amsterdam
Hours a year above 27 °C dry-bulb80 hmean of 2016 to 2025
Hours a year above 32 °C dry-bulb8 hworst year 24 h
Hours a year above 20 °C wet-bulb94 hlimit for evaporative cooling
Hourly climate reanalysis at the city’s grid cell, from the market comparison; a site’s own conditions differ.
Fibre latency from Amsterdam
| To | Round trip, minimum | Path length | Path |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brussels | 1.8 ms | 181 km | Mapped fibre route |
| London | 3.5 ms | 356 km | Straight line (no mapped land route) |
| Frankfurt | 3.8 ms | 392 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Paris | 4.4 ms | 453 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Berlin | 6.4 ms | 651 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Zurich | 7.0 ms | 715 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Dublin | 7.4 ms | 755 km | Straight line (no mapped land route) |
Light in single-mode fibre between city centres, over the mapped land fibre route where one exists, otherwise the straight line. Operator routes, equipment and the last kilometres add to these floors. Any pair in the latency calculator
Rules and dates
| Where | Rule | Status |
|---|---|---|
| EU | Reporting duty from 500 kW installed IT power, 7 items and 24 indicators, next report 15 May 2027 | In force |
| EU | Waste-heat use above 1 MW total rated energy input, unless a cost-benefit assessment shows it is not feasible | In force |
| EU | Common rating scheme adopted 21 Sep 2026; in Parliament and Council scrutiny, extended 6 Oct | Adopted, not in force |
| Netherlands | New hyperscale data centres restricted nationally to two designated areas | In force |
Next dates
- 14 Dec 2026the EU Commission's minimum performance standards consultation and call for evidence closes
- 15 May 2027EU database and French reports due every year
From the European data-centre regulation tracker and the market comparison.
Method
The pipeline covers data-centre projects of 5 MW or more, or with no capacity published, that are announced, in planning, permitted or under construction and not yet fully operating. It is not a list of operating facilities. A metro market follows the tracker’s own market field, so it includes the region around the city; a country page covers every tracked project in the country.
- Projects: each row is the latest public milestone we found for the project, with the date it was last checked; the pipeline tracker holds every project.
- Latest hour: carbon intensity estimated from the hourly generation mix, with the day-ahead price, refreshed every 10 minutes on the live grid page.
- Over a year: national averages for the latest full year, the same figures the siting cost ranking uses.
- Climate: hourly reanalysis at the city’s grid cell, 2016 to 2025.
- Latency: light in fibre between city centres over the mapped land route, otherwise the straight line.
Cite as: ScienceShot, “Data centre projects around Amsterdam”, https://scienceshot.com/data-centres/amsterdam/ (checked 12 Oct 2026). © ScienceShot. You may quote individual facts with a link to this page.
ScienceShot dataset, checked 12 Oct 2026. How we build it: Method and standards.