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Amsterdam-edge exits with AMS-IX peering for EU corpus work

LeaseWeb and AMS-IX-adjacent throughput for bulk EU collection, KPN and Ziggo residential for eval. The Netherlands is where most AI teams land their European transit — SquadProxy routes you through the same gravity.

Carrier ASNs we size against

  • ›KPN (AS1136)
  • ›Ziggo (AS9143)
  • ›T-Mobile NL (AS50266)
  • ›AMS-IX peering (AS1200)
  • ›AWS eu-west-1 via NL (AS16509)
  • ›Google Cloud europe-west4 (AS15169)
  • ›LeaseWeb (AS60781)
  • ›Hetzner FSN via NL peering (AS24940)
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Netherlands · Exit classes

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The Netherlands network, up close

What a Netherlands session actually looks like

Why the Netherlands over other EU origins

The honest answer is peering. AMS-IX is one of the two largest internet exchanges in Europe. Running EU transit through Amsterdam gives you:

  • Sub-10ms reach to most EU-hosted model APIs and datasets
  • The shortest path to AWS Ireland (eu-west-1), the default US→EU relay for many commercial AI providers
  • Dense peering with tier-1 European academic networks (SURFnet, DFN, GÉANT)

The secondary reason is hosting diversity. The Dutch datacenter market (LeaseWeb, Interconnect, TrueServer, Equinix AM-3/AM-4) is deeper and cheaper-per-Gbps than London or Frankfurt equivalents. For TB-scale training-corpus collection where the target doesn't care about origin ASN class, Dutch datacenter is often the right answer on cost alone.

What the NL pool routes through

  • Datacenter — LeaseWeb (Haarlem, Amsterdam), AWS via AMS peering, GCP europe-west4 (Eemshaven), Interconnect Eindhoven.
  • Residential — KPN (the incumbent), Ziggo (cable, now part of VodafoneZiggo), T-Mobile NL broadband.
  • Mobile — KPN, T-Mobile NL, Vodafone NL 4G/5G.

Good fit

  • TB-scale training corpus collection via AMS-IX transit
  • Scraping of open EU datasets hosted on European academic infrastructure
  • Dutch-language corpus work, including Belgian Flemish
  • EU-resident evaluation at cost-optimal throughput

Not a good fit

  • Personal-data-heavy collection without AP consultation at scale
  • Scraping targeting Dutch financial services (DNB supervisory perimeter)
  • Circumvention of Dutch press publisher TDM opt-outs

ASN depth in the Dutch residential pool

Dutch broadband is concentrated around a short list:

  • KPN (AS1136) — dominant national incumbent, FTTH + DSL.
  • Ziggo / VodafoneZiggo (AS9143) — cable, urban focus.
  • Delta Fiber (AS15435) — growing FTTH alt-net, regional.
  • T-Mobile NL / Odido (AS33915) — FWA + FTTH (post-T-Mobile rebrand).

Mobile: KPN, VodafoneZiggo, Odido (former T-Mobile NL) carry all NL 4G/5G. The small-country footprint means mobile pool depth is tighter than in larger markets; 5G coverage leads in Europe.

Top Dutch metros

  • Amsterdam — dominant. Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX) is the second-largest IX globally. AWS eu-west-1 is geographically close; dense CDN POPs. Default origin for most NL-anchored work.
  • Rotterdam — port logistics and industrial content.
  • The Hague (Den Haag) — government, legal/policy content, international organisations (ICC, ICJ).
  • Utrecht, Eindhoven — tech / semiconductor cluster (ASML in Veldhoven near Eindhoven).

Dutch legal landscape

  • GDPR + UAVG (Dutch implementing act) — standard EU framework. Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP) is the supervisory authority; one of the more active EU DPAs on AI issues.
  • Auteurswet (Dutch Copyright Act) — implements EU DSM Directive's TDM exceptions (Art. 15n for research, Art. 15o for general with opt-out). Publishers are actively using the opt-out mechanism.
  • EU AI Act — enforced via RDI + AP coordination. The Netherlands is a Digital Services Coordinator (DSC) jurisdiction for platforms hosted or established there.
  • DNB perimeter — De Nederlandsche Bank supervises financial services. Scraping targeting DNB-regulated entities has specific compliance considerations that SquadProxy declines to support commercially.

Latency and edge routing

NL traffic is exceptionally well-connected. AWS eu-west-1 (Ireland) and eu-central-1 (Frankfurt) both sit within ~10ms of Amsterdam. Latency to major AI inference:

  • OpenAI API: ~20-35ms p50
  • Anthropic API: ~25-40ms p50
  • Google Gemini: ~15-30ms p50

Residential adds 30-130ms; mobile 60-180ms. The NL pool is a strong choice for pan-European AI workloads given the IX proximity.

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Pricing

Netherlands proxies — same price, same network

Every plan covers the Netherlands pool and every other market we operate.

Solo

For individual researchers running evaluation scripts and prototype RAG pipelines.

$149/ month

or $1,430/year (save 20%)

50 GB residential · unlimited datacenter · 200 concurrent sessions

  • ✓Access to all 5 exit classes · 10 focus countries
  • ✓50 GB residential · unlimited datacenter
  • ✓5 static ISP IPs · 5 GB 4G mobile
  • ✓1 seat · 200 concurrent sessions
  • ✓Python + Node SDK + REST API
  • ✓Per-request metering (not time-based)
  • ✓Email support (24h response, business days)
  • ✓Overage: $3/GB residential · $6/GB mobile
Start with Solo

Best for

  • Solo researchers
  • Evaluation scripts
  • Prototype RAG

Team

Most popular

For AI startups and mid-size labs splitting capacity between training and evaluation.

$699/ month

or $6,710/year (save 20%)

500 GB residential · unlimited datacenter · 1,000 concurrent sessions

  • ✓Access to all 5 exit classes · 10 focus countries
  • ✓500 GB residential · unlimited datacenter
  • ✓25 static ISP IPs · 25 GB 4G mobile
  • ✓10 seats ($29/mo per extra seat) · 1,000 concurrent sessions
  • ✓City-level geo-routing + ASN targeting
  • ✓99.9% uptime SLA
  • ✓Priority Slack support (4h response, business hours)
  • ✓Python + Node SDK + REST API + webhooks
  • ✓Overage: $3/GB residential · $6/GB mobile
Start with Team

Best for

  • AI startups
  • Mid-size labs
  • Model eval teams

Lab

For academic labs, eval consortia, and frontier model companies running sustained workloads.

$2,999/ month

or $28,790/year (save 20%)

2 TB residential · unlimited DC · 50 GB 4G + 20 GB 5G · 3,000 concurrent sessions

  • ✓Access to all 5 exit classes · 10 countries on 4 continents
  • ✓2 TB residential · unlimited datacenter
  • ✓100 static ISP IPs · 50 GB 4G + 20 GB 5G mobile
  • ✓50 seats ($19/mo per extra seat) · 3,000 concurrent sessions
  • ✓Dedicated gateway lane (bypasses shared-pool queues on us-east-1 + eu-west-1)
  • ✓99.95% uptime SLA
  • ✓Dedicated Slack channel (1h response, business hours)
  • ✓Custom BGP prefix on request (additional fees apply)
  • ✓Overage: $2.50/GB residential · $5/GB mobile
Start with Lab

Best for

  • Academic labs
  • Large eval consortia
  • Frontier model companies

Enterprise

Custom contracts with dedicated infrastructure, volume pricing, and research-grade SLAs.

Custom pricing

Custom (from 5 TB/mo residential) · unlimited concurrent sessions

  • ✓Volume pricing from 5 TB/mo residential
  • ✓Dedicated BGP prefix + ASN announcement
  • ✓Unlimited concurrent sessions · unlimited seats
  • ✓99.99% uptime SLA with financial credits
  • ✓Named Technical Account Manager + 24/7 on-call paging
  • ✓Custom AUP, DPA, on-site deployment option
  • ✓Research / academic discount (30–50% off Team or Lab)
  • ✓Annual contract · wire, ACH, USDC/USDT/BTC settlement
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Best for

  • Frontier labs
  • Eval consortia
  • Enterprise AI

All plans include 14-day refund, single endpoint with regional failover, HTTP(S) + SOCKS5 on every exit class, access to all 5 exit classes and all 10 focus countries, and Python + Node SDKs. Concurrent sessions = simultaneous TCP sessions through the gateway. Overage warnings fire at 80% and 100%; traffic continues only if overage billing is enabled on your account.

FAQ

Netherlands proxies FAQ

  • Which ASNs are in your Netherlands residential pool?
    Our Netherlands pool is sized against KPN (AS1136), Ziggo (AS9143), T-Mobile NL (AS50266), with secondary coverage on the remaining carriers we list. ASN targeting is available on Team and up.
  • Can I target specific cities in Netherlands?
    Yes — city-level targeting is available via the X-Squad-City header, with a pool size appropriate to each city. Our largest Netherlands pools are in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague.
  • What's the legal footprint of using your Netherlands proxies?
    The Netherlands applies EU-GDPR and the EU AI Act. The Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP) has been publicly critical of large-scale scraping of personal data without lawful basis — its November 2024 position letter flagged training-corpus scraping specifically. The Dutch implementation of the EU TDM exception follows Article 15h of the Auteurswet. AMS-IX peering gravity makes the Netherlands an attractive transit origin, but customers running EU-regulated workloads should consult with a Dutch data protection officer.
  • What latency should I expect to Netherlands targets?
    Regional edge latency to major Netherlands metros runs 40–90ms on ISP and 150–300ms on rotating residential. Mobile 4G/5G lands around 80–200ms depending on carrier and time of day.

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