Northern Data AG: Amsterdam (Ardent AMS1)

Amsterdam (Ardent AMS1) is published by Northern Data Group under Ardent Data Centers as an “AI-Ready Compute Suite” named AMS1, described as a 6 MW vendor-agnostic data hall in Amsterdam designed for bring-your-own racks and servers for AI and HPC workloads.

Northern Data Group provides an Amsterdam location page and an AMS1 technical factsheet, but does not publish a facility street address for AMS1 in the available public materials. Not publicly disclosed.

⚙️ Facility Highlights

Facility identity (operator-stated): Facility/offer is published as AMS1 (“AI-Ready Compute Suite”) under Ardent Data Centers on Northern Data Group’s website.

Location (operator-stated): Amsterdam, Netherlands (city-level only). Facility street address: Not publicly disclosed.

IT capacity (operator-stated): 6 MW available IT capacity (also listed as total planned IT capacity 6 MW).

IT space (operator-stated): 7,610 ft² IT space (data hall).

Rack density (operator-stated): 150 kW+ per rack maximum supported rack density (rack-level).

Power delivery (operator-stated): 415/240V via overhead busway (rack level) with dual-fed overhead busway referenced in the factsheet.

Utility power (operator-stated): Redundant grid connections (50 kV) (facility level).

UPS and generators (operator-stated): Static UPS (N+1) and diesel gensets (N+1) with an N+1 power and cooling redundancy model.

Cooling (operator-stated): Liquid cooling readiness for direct-to-chip / DLC and RDHx, with closed-loop chilled water and concurrently maintainable N+1 cooling reliability.

Deployment options (operator-stated): Dedicated suites / full-rack blocks, minimum deployment block listed as single tenant, with 4–8 weeks lead time to delivery.

🔐 Security & Compliance

Physical security (operator-stated): 24×7×365 on-site security, plus video surveillance, badge access, and biometric access controls.

Certifications (operator-stated): ISO 27001 (listed for AMS1).

Fire detection (operator-stated): VESDA early-warning fire detection.

Additional compliance certifications (SOC, PCI, certificate IDs, audit scope): Not publicly disclosed.

🌐 Connectivity & Carrier Access

Carrier neutrality (operator-stated): Carrier-neutral / multi-carrier facility.

Telecom entry points (operator-stated): 3 diverse entry paths.

Meet-me rooms (operator-stated): 2 redundant MMRs and “multiple meet-me rooms” positioning.

Primary carrier ecosystem / carrier roster (facility-specific): Not publicly disclosed (listed “by request”).

Latency to AMS-IX (operator-stated): Listed “by request.”

Internet Exchange (IX): Not publicly disclosed.

PeeringDB facility record (third-party directory): A PeeringDB facility record explicitly identifiable as Ardent AMS1 / Northern Data AMS1 was not located in the available public search results. Not publicly listed.

💼 Who It Serves

AI and HPC deployments (operator-stated): Organizations deploying AI & HPC workloads needing high-density racks and liquid-cooling-ready infrastructure in Amsterdam.

Bring-your-own hardware customers (operator-stated): Customers requiring bring-your-own racks and servers with dedicated suite or full-rack block deployment options.

Single-tenant suite needs (operator-stated): Customers needing a single-tenant minimum deployment block and controlled access model.