The year 2025 may be one of those years that will go into the history books. Geopolitical tensions continued to increase while the pace of technology change, mainly around Artificial Intelligence is reaching unprecedented speeds. Even experts and analysts are finding it difficult to keep up with the rapid pace of developments. With US foreign policies changing and Europe being forced to rethink its own position, resilience, sovereignty and autonomy have become key topics in public debate as governments and organizations are deciding how to respond to the multitude of developments.
The net revenue was under pressure throughout 2025, mainly because of delays in the international business. Despite strong competition, the business in Amsterdam was strong and slightly above budget. This resulted in a net revenue of EUR 25,5m, 2% below budget. By adopting a more efficient project approach for the Automation & Orchestration project combined with strong cost control, the Operating Result is EUR 856K, resulting in a healthy balance sheet and strong financial underpinning of the Long-Term Strategy.
Change also brings opportunities. The demand for connectivity and datacenter capacity continues to be strong, mainly because of developments in AI. When OpenAI launched ChatGPT in 2023, the main developments were around training the so-called LLMs (Large Language Models). This meant that the companies building these models needed a lot of data to train them. How they got the data is a different discussion, but the result was very large data sets (data oceans) to be collected in very large datacenters. This in turn meant lots of capacity challenges with a shortage of datacenter capacity and more importantly, lack of power in many countries. This demand on power, combined with the way many leading AI-companies collect “training data” is increasingly resulting in intellectual property and privacy issues, mainly between the US and Europe, further fueling discussion on sovereignty and resilience.
In 2025 the scale started to tip in favor of AI-inferencing. This is the actual use of AI-technology through AI-agents and autonomous AI-systems. It is also the area where some predict that large percentages of people will lose their job, as those jobs will be performed by AI-agents or digital workers. Of course, AMS-IX is following these developments with great interest, as they will affect our organization as well as the services AMS-IX provides. AMS-IX is looking at these developments from two different angles:
Both are important for an organization like AMS-IX, because the first supports operational excellence and improves productivity, while the second is an important driver for the company’s (product) roadmap.
Continuing the market “expedition” started in 2024, AMS-IX participated in numerous meetings and discussions on resilience and sovereignty with the Dutch government and other vital service organizations, helping to define the types of trusted services needed in a rapidly changing market. One key finding is that AMS-IX is seen as one of the organizations that should help keep The Netherlands safe. Not only as part of vital services, but also because of its independent and neutral position. As a result, AMS-IX has been invited into several committees including the Geopolitical and Resilience council, chaired by the Dutch Prime Minister, as well as cross-functional discussions with other vital service organizations.
Inspired by the whole-of-society approach in Finland and Sweden, AMS-IX engaged with the Dutch government to discuss the need for resilience. Two main streams developed throughout the year. The first focused on the overall resilience of Dutch society and how AMS-IX can keep its vital services operational in times of crisis. These discussions take place with other providers of vital services, ensuring that the supply chain continues to function even when parts are down, regardless of the cause. The second stream is with the Dutch Ministry of Defense and focuses on how AMS-IX can help keep the Ministry “online” in times of crisis and/or war.
A concrete example of a new service for AMS-IX is accurate time and frequency services, developed in 2025 and launched in April 2026. As the reliability of infrastructure is no longer a given in today’s world, accurate time and frequency have quickly become scarce commodities, and AMS-IX is seen by many organizations as a trusted supplier of this service. Various organizations have their own time solutions, but often lack proper back up, or the accuracy required for high frequency transactions. Based on the product road map, AMS-IX will launch various new trusted services in 2026.
Another important new service is the Data Sharing Service. AMS-IX has been involved in AMdEX and the DMI (Dutch Metropolitan Innovation) project for several years. In 2025, not only was the MVP (Minimum Viable Product) of the Data Exchange released, but several municipalities also submitted use cases, which are now being developed into the business case and the technical solution. Outside of the DMI-project other potential customers are starting to show interest, further contributing to the development of the solution and the eventual launch of the AMS-IX Data Sharing Service.
Although the world around AMS-IX is evolving rapidly, the commitment to Public Peering remains strong. AMS-IX will continue to invest in the peering platform by introducing new features and driving ongoing optimization. In 2025, AMS-IX, together with several resellers, launched the “Bright Networks Club”, an initiative designed to support smaller networks that are just out or starting out or are not yet familiar with Public Peering.
