Amsterdam, Netherlands · EU-WEST

VPS Hosting in Amsterdam

Q: Why pick Amsterdam over Frankfurt for European VPS hosting?

Amsterdam typically delivers lower latency to the UK, Ireland, and Nordics. AMS-IX has strong submarine-cable peering for transatlantic traffic, making Amsterdam slightly better for US-East to EU latency. For Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Eastern Europe, Frankfurt is usually closer.

Q: Is GoZen Host Amsterdam VPS GDPR-compliant?

Yes. Data resides in an Amsterdam, Netherlands facility under EU jurisdiction and Dutch Data Protection Authority oversight, satisfying GDPR data-residency requirements. The facility is Tier III certified. A Data Processing Agreement (DPA) is available at /dpa.

Q: What is the typical latency from GoZen Host Amsterdam to other EU cities?

Approximate round-trip latencies from the Amsterdam datacenter: London ~8ms, Frankfurt ~7ms, Paris ~10ms, Stockholm ~22ms, Dublin ~17ms, Madrid ~28ms.

Linux KVM virtual machines on AMD EPYC 96xx hardware with NVMe Gen 4 storage, deployed in our Amsterdam datacenter, Tier III certified, N+1 redundant power.

Amsterdam is the second-largest internet hub in Europe and the primary peering point for traffic to/from the UK, Nordics, and the Atlantic. Lower latency than Frankfurt for these markets.

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Network position

Why Amsterdam for your VPS

Amsterdam connects to AMS-IX, the second-largest internet exchange in Europe by traffic. Strong peering with NL-ix, LINX (UK), and direct submarine cable landings.

Datacenter selection happens at checkout. You can also deploy multiple VPS instances across our 10 datacenter locations for cross-region redundancy or user-base-proximity routing.

Approximate round-trip latency from Amsterdam

London ~8ms
Frankfurt ~7ms
Paris ~10ms
Stockholm ~22ms
Dublin ~17ms
Madrid ~28ms
New York ~78ms

Approximate values from typical European/US-East ISP routing. Real latency depends on your ISP's last-mile network.

Amsterdam is the right choice when your users are in

Picking a datacenter is mostly about where your users actually are. Here's where Amsterdam performs well, and where another of our datacenters might be a better fit.

United Kingdom

AMS-IX has dense peering with London, making Amsterdam a close second to a London DC for UK users.

Nordics (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland)

Direct submarine cable peering through Amsterdam is typically lower-latency to Nordic users than Frankfurt routing.

Transatlantic traffic

Amsterdam is the European endpoint for many transatlantic cables, slightly better latency to US-East than Frankfurt.

Compliance posture

Data residency and jurisdiction

EU data residency (GDPR Article 28 compliant)
Dutch Data Protection Authority jurisdiction
Tier III certified facility
Suitable for processors handling EU customer data

Need a signed DPA or specific regulatory attestation? Contact us.

AMD EPYC

96xx generation

NVMe Gen 4

100k+ IOPS rated

99.9% SLA

Tracked at status.gozenhost.com

10 DCs

Amsterdam is one of them

Ready to deploy in Amsterdam?

Configure a VPS, pick Amsterdam at checkout, and have a Linux KVM instance running in under 60 seconds. Or talk to an engineer first about whether Amsterdam is the right location for your user base.

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