And then I was sitting by the water's edge at a cafe, watching the houseboats bob by, when I realised: I was literally totally fine. No one stared, no one cared, and I had the whole afternoon ahead of me to be used entirely at my leisure. It wasn't lonely, I realised, but peaceful.
Often nondescript from the outside and thus easy to miss, these cosy, homely, rustic cafe-style bars typically have plain dark-wood furniture, candles on the tables, aged knick-knacks and faded pictures. There will be dim lighting, usually from antique-style lamps, and they make ideal hubs they are often referred to as a surrogate living room.
Returning to Amsterdam is a bit of a walk down memory lane for me. In the mid-90s, I lived there while studying for my master's, and it was a wonderful time - everyone sitting on doorsteps drinking wine, riding their bikes around town. I loved it!
In terms of capacity, it will be the city's largest hyperscale data center, with a single major cloud player as its tenant. The project involves 78MW of new capacity, according to Reuters. That may sound modest, but in a European context, the figure is striking. The new capacity represents approximately 7 percent of the total 1,162MW of new live data center capacity added in continental Europe this year.
"With AI House Amsterdam, we are doing what Europe urgently needs: bringing together ambition, talent and capital to shape the future of AI," says Fabricio Bloisi, CEO of Prosus.
The recent laws in Amsterdam to license e-bikes exist in a transportation context that positions bikes and cars on more equal footing, emphasizing safe mixed-use streets.
At first glance, beer bike Amsterdam might not seem like something out of the ordinary, but that couldn't be further from the truth.
