ABOUT LAYER ONE

It started with three engineers.

Today, a network of 100+ field engineers across 40+ cities. Same obsession: infrastructure done right.

Where we come from.

Layer One was founded at the end of 2024 by three engineers who kept running into the same problem: a shortage of genuinely good datacenter engineers. So we became the fix. We named ourselves after layer one of the OSI model, the physical layer. Cables, switches, servers: where everything starts, and where we're at home. Since then we've built a network of 100+ field engineers working across 40+ cities, same standard, far more hands.

The three Layer One founders in a datacenter aisle

The story so far.

  1. Oct 2024

    Layer One is founded

    Three engineers, one problem: too few genuinely good datacenter hands. So we became the fix.

  2. Nov 2024

    First customer delivered

    One month in, we complete our first job for our first customer.

  3. May 2025

    First international project

    Our first project abroad, in Vienna.

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  4. Sep 2025

    Dutch server-throwing champion

    Co-founder Bram wins the Dutch server-throwing championship. Serious about hardware, not about ourselves.

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  5. Sep 2025

    Joined the Dutch Cloud Community

    We join the Dutch Cloud Community, the Dutch cloud & hosting community.

  6. Oct 2025

    First intercontinental project

    Our first intercontinental project, in Singapore.

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  7. Nov 2025

    Partnership with All-Rack

    Layer One and All-Rack join forces to strengthen each other.

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  8. Dec 2025

    First year in numbers

    We close our first year with 13 customers and 100 tickets handled.

  9. Mar 2026

    First CloudFest

    We make our debut at CloudFest.

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Proof, not promises

40+ cities covered

cities covered

100+ engineers in our network

engineers in our network

100+ tickets in 2025

tickets in 2025

From 1 to 100 in a year. And still growing.

Serious about hardware. Not about ourselves.

We take the work seriously. The rest, not so much.

The three Layer One founders laughing together in a datacenter aisle
The three who started it all, still in the aisles where it began, now with 100+ field engineers behind them.
Server throwing competition at Dutch Cloud Community summer BBQ 2025
Dutch Cloud Community summer BBQ. Yes, that's competitive server throwing. And yes, we won the Dutch championship. See the post
"Investing in quality services today prevents costly downtime tomorrow."

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