Bytesnet Colocation, € (on request) on Colocation

Colocation has been added on Jan 20, 2026

📌 Dedicated IPs :	0
💳 Payment Methods :	Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
✍️ Support Options :	EmailPhone / Toll-Free
🌏 Server Locations :	Netherlands
⚑ Targeting :	BE NL
🚀 Uptime :	99.982 %

See also initial Colocation plan location on their website!

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*📜 Plan description

📄 Editorial Review

Bytesnet is a Dutch data center and IT infrastructure provider that focuses on colocation, cloud computing, high performance computing (HPC), and connectivity rather than classic shared hosting. The company’s roots go back to the late 1990s with the Groningen and Rotterdam Internet Exchanges (GN-IX and R-IX / nl-ix.net ), and since 2008 they have operated under the Bytesnet name as a fully-fledged data center operator with their own facilities in Rotterdam and Groningen. The datacenter operations have been acquired by Eurofiber, and now sit within a larger open-access digital infrastructure group, but Bytesnet continues to operate its services with the same regional focus and identity.

The portfolio is built around two Tier III data centers: Datacenter Rotterdam in the "Spanish Cube" (Spaanse Kubus) and d’ROOT in Groningen. Both are clearly aimed at organizations that treat IT as critical infrastructure: healthcare institutions, universities, research labs, government bodies, and enterprise customers. The emphasis is on business continuity, security, and sustainability rather than mass-market web hosting.

Colocation is the foundation of the offer. Bytesnet provides standard rackspace, private corridors & suites, and twinning solutions where systems are mirrored to a second site for redundancy. Customers can bring their own hardware and run it in a highly conditioned environment, while relying on SmartHands engineers for on-site tasks such as installations, checks, and troubleshooting. For organizations that prefer strong physical control over their servers, but do not want to build and run their own data center, this model is very attractive.

On top of colocation, Bytesnet operates a cloud computing platform delivered as Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and private cloud. Customers can run virtual machines in Dutch data centers, scale vCPU, RAM, and storage, and build high-availability setups with geographically separate backups. Cloud resources are offered as a monthly subscription or pay-per-use, with a self-service portal (for sizing and provisioning) being rolled out. Security options such as firewalls, DDoS mitigation and ransomware protection are integrated into this environment, and there is support for hybrid deployments that link on-premise systems with Bytesnet’s private cloud and major public cloud platforms like Azure, Google Cloud, and AWS through a Cloud eXchange fabric.

A distinctive part of the portfolio is High Performance Computing (HPC). Bytesnet runs a shared HPC supercomputing environment in its data competence centers, with aggregated CPU, GPU, storage and FPGA resources designed for workloads such as AI, machine learning, simulation, digital twins, medical imaging and big data analytics. Customers can shift from CAPEX to HPC-as-a-service, paying only for the capacity they consume while still running their workloads within Dutch facilities under Dutch law. The HPC infrastructure is cooled using immersion technology and integrated into a district heating network so that residual heat is reused to warm buildings in Groningen, which underlines the sustainability angle.

Finally, connectivity is treated as a separate service line, not just an add-on. Bytesnet operates carrier-neutral data centers and offers a range of network services: cross connects within the facilities, links to multiple carriers, dark fiber with Wavelength Division Multiplexing for high-capacity private links, and cloud connectivity for access to public cloud platforms. The design aims at secure, redundant connections where traffic can be switched between providers if one has an outage. For customers, that means they can combine colocation, cloud and HPC under one roof while still choosing their preferred network carriers and cloud partners.

Overall, Bytesnet is a regional, engineering-driven provider for organizations that value local presence, strict Dutch jurisdiction, sustainability, and direct access to technical staff more than low-cost, off-the-shelf shared hosting plans.