Blacknight Hosting Network Status
Service announcements and related posts from the Blacknight technical team
We are scheduling a maintenance window to upgrade the software on an edge router in Nikhef. This will impact connectivity to several IXPs for the duration. Date: 2025-12-04 00:30 – 05:00 CET (UTC+1) Data Centre: Nikhef, Amsterdam Router: ec-r01.bk9 Impact: AMS-IX / ERA-IX / Frys-IX / Speed-IX
Blacknight will implement a Network Operations Freeze for the Christmas and New Year period 2025/2026 commencing 17:00 on Friday December 12th 2025 until at 8:00 am Monday, January 5th, 2026, with a cooldown period commencing close of business Friday 6th December. During the Network Operations Freeze only emergency maintenance will be permitted on the Blacknight network. […]
We are scheduling a maintenance window to move a core router in Equinix DB2 to a new rack. This is an at risk notification only. Date: 2025-10-18 08:00 – 18:00 IST (UTC+1) Data Centre: Equinix DB2 Impact: Reduced Capacity – At risk only
We are scheduling a maintenance window to migrate a core fibre pair, connecting BT Citywest and Digital Realty DUB2, to new structured cabling in DUB2. This work is required to improve light levels on a 400G metro circuit connecting these locations. Blacknight maintain several diverse fibre paths into both locations, so no impact is anticipated. […]