WorldStream, a fast-growing hosting provider delivering security-focused solutions including dedicated servers and colocation as well as global connectivity and DDoS protection through their proprietary global network with 10Tbps (!) of bandwidth available, today announces a 268-rack expansion at its company-owned, flagship data center in Naaldwijk, the Netherlands. This 2nd phase expansion means that WorldStream, within the course of a year will be doubling its facility capacity to 536 data center racks at this location.
As an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) hosting provider serving clients globally with unmanaged IaaS hosting solutions, WorldStream currently owns two data centers. Both located in Naaldwijk, the Netherlands, these facilities are home to WorldStream’s fast-growing number of servers for clients worldwide. The number of dedicated servers installed in WorldStream’s two data centers currently adds up to 15,000 dedicated servers in total. The 2nd phase expansion in WorldStream’s flagship data center allows the hosting company to further grow its dedicated server capacity in its data centers to 20,000 servers, but WorldStream is already eying another greenfield data center build nearby.
“Over the last year, demand for our unmanaged hosting services grew significantly. As a
“The fast growth in customer demand even forces us to accelerate WorldStream’s plans to construct another data center build at close distance in Naaldwijk,” added Mr. Vollebregt. “We expect to be able to announce these new data center expansion plans quite soon. It will enable us even further to support strong demand for our hosting services from customers worldwide.”
N+2 Data Center Setup
The current 268-rack data center expansion at WorldStream’s flagship facility is expected to be ready for commissioning in Q4 2019. This data center features a highly energy-efficient design, using indirect adiabatic cooling technology as well as hot-aisle containment. According to WorldStream’s calculations, it results in a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of 1.15, which is an extremely energy-efficient figure. The energy-efficiency and sustainability of this facility
WorldStream’s flagship data center features a highly redundant design with an N+2 setup. The facility is also equipped with a fully modular UPS system to facilitate hot-swappable maintenance and avoiding any downtime. Today’s facility expansion includes
The high interest for WorldStream’s hosting services from clients worldwide is partly due to the extremely large volume of bandwidth available in WorldStream’s global network and the associated DDoS protection capabilities it brings, added Nick de Jong, Sales Director at WorldStream. “The 10Tbps of bandwidth volume with 5Tbps utilization attracts cloud service providers, managed service providers and broadcasters alike from countries all over the world – companies with the highest uptime requirements looking for ultimate bandwidth scalability,” he said. “We deliberately invested more than 3 million euros in this global network over the past three years. Now it obviously pays