In early 2024, SIDN announced plans to migrate parts of their infrastructure to AWS. This kicked off a significant debate in the Netherlands, about digital sovereignty for critical internet infrastructure with Bert Hubert[1] as one of the most vocal critics.
The discussion led to parliamentary questions, and eventually a conditional go-ahead with the stipulation that the zone file database be hosted by a Dutch provider.
This partnership is on the DNS side, which was always kept separate from the AWS migration.
SIDN choosing European-based hosting for their anycast infrastructure is a meaningful signal, especially given how politically charged the AWS discussion was two years ago.
OTOH, I completely coincidentally found this by searching i3D.net thanks to stumbling across the new-to-me information that quad9 is on this critical infra owned by ... checks notes ... Ubisoft?
Acquired by Ubisoft, i3D.net operates a large fleet of servers worldwide and provides a global infrastructure for over 250 million daily users who benefit from i3D.net’s low latency network. i3D.net brings exceptional network capacity to threat intelligence inside the Quad9 ecosystem.
i3D.net excels in the gaming market and hosts a variety of AAA games, which led to its acquisition by Ubisoft in 2019.
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