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The network is the foundation of all ict facilities at your institution. No education, research and innovation with ict without a stable network. That is why we at SURF continuously work on a reliable, flexible and powerful network.
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NetherLight

Within the Research and Education Networks community, our open network exchange NetherLight is the European hub for international EVPN connections.

In depth with NetherLight

NetherLight is an open network exchange, allowing you to easily set up EVPN connections with national or international collaboration partners. This allows you to connect with other (research) networks worldwide. NetherLight has direct connections with, among others:

  • Chicago
  • New York
  • Londen
  • Barcelona
  • Praag
  • Hamburg
  • Kopenhagen
  • Moskou
  • Thuwal (Saoedi-Arabië)
  • Taipei
  • Seoul

Other National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) also have fiber optic links to NetherLight, giving you many opportunities for interconnections. These high-speed connections are available to institutions in the education and research community.



Through this page you can request connectivity through NetherLight.

AMS-IX as example

We are a co-founder of the Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX). The AMS-IX started as an initiative between researchers and is now one of the largest exchange platforms for IP traffic in the world. We aim to make NetherLight as successful for EVPN as the Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX) is for IP connections.