[FirmwareBurner]

>Amsterdam is likely also the best connected area in Europe, the European equivalent of Ashburn, VA.

Best connected to what exactly? If you ask most people, Vienna is a lot better connected with the rest of europe. Amsterdam is at an edge of the continent.

[phil21]

Fair. I am US-centric, so I care most about trans-Atlantic access. From a peering standpoint we still do more traffic out of Amsterdam than Vienna by quite a far margin.

[FirmwareBurner]

But then Ireland is even closer to the US than Netherlands.

[candiodari]

Not to the internet: https://www.submarinecablemap.com/

Ireland is a satellite, not a hub. The bulk of traffic goes to UK landing stations, then to London.