# Servers in Netherlands
> Amsterdam gives you AMS-IX-grade peering with over 1,100 direct adjacencies and 25 Gbps uplinks. Dutch blanket data retention was struck down in 2015 and never restored, and US DMCA notices carry no direct legal force. The trade-off is EU membership and Nine Eyes participation.
**Source:** https://incognitovps.com/servers/netherlands
**Updated:** 2026-08-13

## Legal dossier — Netherlands

| Claim | Instrument | Year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blanket telecom data retention struck down and never re-enacted | District Court of The Hague, C/09/480009 (11 Mar 2015), following CJEU Digital Rights Ireland | 2015 |
| Hosting providers benefit from conditional liability exemption (mere conduit / hosting) | EU Digital Services Act (Reg. 2022/2065), Art. 6 — successor to e-Commerce Directive Art. 14 | 2024 |
| US DMCA §512 has no direct legal effect; notices are handled under Dutch NTD code of conduct | Dutch Notice-and-Takedown Code of Conduct (2008, revised 2018) | 2018 |
| Member of the Nine Eyes intelligence-sharing arrangement | SIGINT Seniors Europe — publicly documented | 1982 |

## The trade-off

The fastest, best-connected address we sell — and the one with the most enforcement exposure. The Netherlands is an EU member and a Nine Eyes participant. Pick it for network quality, not for legal distance.

## Facility

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Facility | AMS-3 · Science Park |
| City | Amsterdam |
| Coordinates | 52.3676, 4.9041 |
| Uplink | 25 Gbps per node |
| EU member state | Yes |
| Eyes alliance | nine Eyes |
| Live since | 2020 |
| Looking glass | lg-ams.incognitovps.com |
| Test address | 185.132.46.10 |
| Network | AMS-IX (400G) + NL-ix + Speed-IX; transit via NTT, Arelion, Lumen. 1,100+ direct peers. |

## Measured latency

| Destination | Round trip |
| --- | --- |
| Frankfurt | 7 ms |
| Amsterdam | 1 ms |
| London | 8 ms |
| New York | 74 ms |
| Singapore | 165 ms |

## Pricing here

| Product | From |
| --- | --- |
| Linux VPS | $4.50/mo |
| Dedicated servers | $53.50/mo |
| GPU compute | $138.00/mo |
| Windows RDP | $11.00/mo |
| Storage servers | $18.50/mo |

## Best for

- Anything latency-sensitive in Europe
- CDN origins and mirrors
- Game servers
- High-throughput transfer

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Netherlands a good place to host a server?

In Amsterdam you get AMS-IX-grade peering with 1,100+ direct adjacencies and 25 Gbps uplinks. Dutch blanket data retention was struck down in 2015 and never restored, and US DMCA notices carry no direct legal force. The trade-off is EU membership and Nine Eyes participation. This page sets out the trade-off in full rather than omitting it.

### Does Netherlands have mandatory data retention?

Blanket telecom data retention was struck down and never re-enacted. Instrument: District Court of The Hague, C/09/480009 (11 Mar 2015), following CJEU Digital Rights Ireland (2015).

### Is Netherlands in Five Eyes or the EU?

Netherlands participates at the Nine Eyes level and is an EU member state, so European Investigation Orders and DSA obligations apply.

### What latency should I expect from Amsterdam?

Measured round-trip: 7 ms to Frankfurt, 8 ms to London, 1 ms to Amsterdam, 74 ms to New York, 165 ms to Singapore. A looking glass is published at lg-ams.incognitovps.com.


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