Philosophy: Twice as much bandwidth available as used by hosting clients Leaseweb, the largest business hosting provider in the Netherlands, has expanded its already sizeable hosting network from 160 Gigabits per second (Gbps) to 210 Gbps. The extension is necessary to continue realising the Leaseweb philosophy: always have twice as much capacity available as the […]
Number 1 position according to American Magazine HostReview Leaseweb has been occupying the number 1 position on the list of the world’s fastest growing hosting companies for 6 months now. The Fastest Growing Companies list is published monthly by the American magazine HostReview.
Ambitious Plans New Support Manager: 16 additional support agents Hosting provider Leaseweb has appointed a new Support Manager, someone with a lot of experience in the hosting industry who will be restructuring the Support Division. This department has 33 employees for now but will be expanded significantly due to Leaseweb’s fast expansion.
I just read a press release from EU commisioner Viviane Reading about energy savings in the IT industry. I found the interesting part of the press release that the commission is also recognizing that the IT industry is not only a consumer of energy but also a source of many energy savings for many other […]
We spent a lot of time on energy efficiency and it might be interesting to share our experiences with the community in order to exchange best practices. It is very important to really think through your choice of hardware. In particular the energy loss of a power supply unit of a server is concerning. Google […]
I gave a presentation on April 3rd as a key note speaker on the financial impact of virtualization on the Netapp Innovation event. I must give my compliments to Theo van Theylingen and his Netapp team for organizing such a major event. It was a pleasure to present in such an outstanding setting and there […]
The local Dutch newspaper Parool published an interesting article on the increased regulations for datacenters in the Amsterdam area. The city of Amsterdam has taken a leading role in bringing together datacenter operators, IT companies and environmental experts as part of their Climate Program. The goal is to reduce carbon emissions by 40% in 2025 […]
Investment in Cisco CRS-1s nearly 2.4 million US Dollars Leaseweb, international business hosting provider that counts Starbucks among its customers, is set to restructure its large global hosting network. The acquisition of two Cisco CRS-1s makes the network infrastructure more hierarchical and scaleable and enables a bandwidth capacity increase to 1900 Gigabits per second (1.9 […]
“Web hosting with high uptime is important for our website” Relatieplanet (www.relatieplanet.nl), the biggest dating site in the Netherlands and Belgium with over 2.3 million members, has placed its hosting environment with international business web hosting service provider Leaseweb (www.leaseweb.com). Relatieplanet opts for Leaseweb because uptime is vital for the site.
90% of its 500 Carbon Neutral cabinets at EvoSwitch Data Center already filled Leaseweb, the largest corporate hosting provider in the Netherlands that counts Starbucks among its corporate clients, has identified a strong Carbon Neutral market demand. Last year, Leaseweb put 500 racks into use at once in the new carrier-independent and Carbon Neutral Data […]