Smartdc

Smartdc is a carrier-neutral data-center and colocation provider headquartered in Rotterdam, Netherlands (Van Nelleweg 1, 3044 BC Rotterdam). Founded in 2002, Smartdc has grown from its origin in the historic Van Nelle Factory into a global-ready data-center operator with multiple locations across Europe and North America.With a modular infrastructure design, direct connections to major cloud providers, and a dense carrier ecosystem, Smartdc caters to enterprises, cloud providers, content networks, and organisations needing high-performance, low-latency, and reliable colocation and interconnection services across Europe and beyond.

⚙️ Facility Highlights

1. Smartdc’s facilities are built with a modular “suite” concept: each suite acts as an autonomous mini–data center with its own redundant power supply, cooling, security, and connectivity systems.
2. Their data centers support various colocation models: from full racks (rack space) to private cages and fully enclosed private suites (from ~10 racks up to larger deployments), enabling flexibility from small deployments to full-scale, private mini-data centers.
3. Power & cooling infrastructure is robust: for example, at the Rotterdam facility, power is delivered via the industrial 23 kV harbor grid, offering greater stability than standard grids in the region. Cooling and fire-prevention are managed at suite level with constant climate control, hot/cold corridors, fire detection (VESDA), and gas-based suppression systems with fire-resistant construction.
4. Smartdc has expanded its footprint beyond Rotterdam — current locations include Heerlen (Netherlands), Paris(France), Montreal (Canada) — as part of its global expansion.

🔐 Security & Compliance

1. Smartdc is certified under ISO 27001 (Information Security Management) and NEN 7510 (Dutch standard for information security, including healthcare data requirements) — showing compliance with international and national standards for data security.
2. Their physical security and data-center design follow high standards: each suite has independent security controls, fire detection & suppression, and its own power/cooling to minimize risk of failure or impact from adjacent suites.
3. Smartdc emphasises sustainability: their data centers operate on 100% renewable energy, and the company pursues environmental efficiency including energy monitoring and heat-reuse initiatives.

🌐 Connectivity & Carrier Access

1. Smartdc is carrier-neutral, offering a rich connectivity ecosystem: more than 20 in-house carriers, transit providers, and direct links to major Internet Exchanges (IXes), including a presence for AMS-IX in Rotterdam and other major exchanges across Europe.
2. Their meet-me rooms and interconnection capabilities allow customers to pick connectivity routes, ISPs, cloud providers, or transit networks — giving flexibility and redundancy for hybrid-cloud, multi-cloud, or network-intensive workloads.
3. Smartdc’s global orientation: thanks to sites in France and Canada (Paris, Montreal), customers with distributed infrastructure needs get access to low-latency paths and multi-region redundancy, suitable for multinational deployments.

💼 Who It Serves

Smartdc is well suited for:

1. Enterprises needing carrier-neutral colocation, private suites, or hybrid-cloud connectivity with strong redundancy.
2. Cloud providers, SaaS vendors, and content delivery networks (CDNs) seeking low-latency, high-connectivity infrastructure across Europe and North America.
3. Service providers and MSPs needing access to a rich carrier ecosystem and direct IX peering/ interconnection.
4. Organizations requiring secure, compliant, high-availability data centers (e.g., healthcare, finance, regulated industries) — thanks to ISO 27001 / NEN 7510 compliance.
5. Companies focused on sustainability and green infrastructure that prefer data centers powered by renewable energy.