Eurofiber has acquired Bytesnet. This brings Eurofiber Cloud Infra’s number of European datacenters to eleven.
Bytesnet was established in 2008 and immediately began providing connectivity in Rotterdam and Groningen. The two datacenters operated by Bytesnet date back to 2009 (Rotterdam) and 2018 (Groningen). In recent years, it has increasingly focused on sustainability, including through collaborations with academics and industry. Bytesnet describes itself as “100 percent Dutch, sustainable, accessible and close by.”
Co-founder and managing director Peter de Jong will remain involved after the acquisition. He sees that the data center market is developing rapidly. “Peter de Jong says: “The market for regional data centers is developing rapidly. There is an increasing demand from parties who want to manage their data entirely or partially in the private Dutch cloud, so they can physically access it easily and have the guarantee that their crucial data does not leave our country. Together with the exponential growth of data, partly due to AI, there is a need for scaling up. To achieve this, we have sought a buyer with experience, ambition, and financial strength. We are therefore very pleased with the agreement with Eurofiber.”
Room for growth
Managing Director at Eurofiber Cloud Infra Elisabeth Hankeln notes that her company now manages eight Dutch data centers, with three more in France. “The Rotterdam datacenter is a highly connected site with large customers including international carriers, whereas d’Root in Groningen brings us a state-of-the-art location in a region where we were not present until now. Moreover, with its reuse of residual heat and liquid cooling capabilities, Bytesnet’s datacenter in Groningen is among the most sustainable datacenters in Europe, fitting perfectly with Eurofiber’s ambitions and initiatives in the ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) area.”
In addition to datacenters, Eurofiber manages 70,500 kilometers of fiber-optic infrastructure in the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Germany. This is growing by 50 kilometers per week. It also works with parties such as Equinix to improve interconnectivity with other networks. The acquisition of Bytesnet once again demonstrates the company’s commitment to expanding national options for IT infrastructure. With the rise of AI demanding significant hardware resources and a secure approach, building a private cloud has become increasingly attractive. Eurofiber is meeting that demand in part thanks to this acquisition.
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