Too Much Information: Amsterdam Hits Pause on Data-Center Boom
- Data centers take up lot of space, are a drain on power grid
- Dutch Data Center Association dismayed by the city’s decision
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Amsterdam reckons it has more data centers than any other major city in the world, and that’s turned out to be too much of a good thing.
The Dutch capital, which lured tech companies with attractive taxes and relatively cheap electricity, is halting the setting up of any more data centers until the end of the year, saying the speed with which they’ve opened is putting an untenable strain on its property market and power networks.