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Utrecht University Files Claim After NorthC Netherlands Fire
📅 - Utrecht University has lodged an open-ended damages claim against KPN after a fire-related outage at NorthC's Almere data center in the Netherlands disrupted university systems for more than a week, raising fresh questions about outsourcing chains, contractual accountability, and operational resilience in Dutch digital infrastructure where ownership, leasing, and service delivery no longer line up neatly for customers and operators.
The claim is not aimed directly at NorthC, even though the university's servers were housed in the Almere facility. Utrecht University's contract runs through KPN, which has procured data center services from the site under an arrangement dating back to 2016. [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
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