TReNT

TReNT: a reliable infrastructure as a fundamental requirement

One internet outage can bring an entire organisation to a halt: students lose access to their learning platforms, healthcare alarms fail, or substations go offline. For municipalities, water authorities, and healthcare institutions, digital continuity is not optional — it’s essential. The question is no longer if reliability is required, but how to achieve it.

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Dark fiber offers control, flexibility, and independence

More and more (semi-)public organisations are turning to TReNT Glasvezel to address this challenge. TReNT stands out in the fibre market for its simplicity and focus: the company delivers only dark fiber — and nothing else.

“Dark fiber literally means ‘unlit cable’,” explains Iwe Welker, Manager of Sales and Marketing at TReNT. “With dark fiber, an organisation owns its own physical connection and decides entirely how to use it — without intermediaries or data limits. They choose the equipment, design their own network setup, and control the light speed at which data travels through the cable. In other words: you stay fully in charge of your digital infrastructure.”

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 A redundant end-to-end solution — from cable to Cloud

As demand for capacity grows and dark fiber becomes increasingly scarce, TReNT continues to invest in expansion — rolling out new fiber routes across Friesland, North Holland, and South Holland. To make their offering even more robust, TReNT partners with Fundaments. Iwe explains: “By combining our services, we offer customers a reliable digital infrastructure that is fully Dutch-owned and governed by European legislation — from cable to Cloud.” And that last point is key: security.

The idea of potential foreign interference is concerning, especially for organisations that handle sensitive data. That’s why dark fiber is particularly popular among government bodies, healthcare institutions, and educational organisations that need to keep their data both secure and accessible.

“We always provide a dual connection with physically separated routes,” Iwe continues. “If one line goes down for any reason, the other immediately takes over. Fundaments shares the same philosophy of redundancy, availability, and scalability in its server and storage environments. Municipalities, water authorities, and other government bodies really value that approach. The same goes for larger organisations such as logistics hubs — they exchange data between sites 24/7 and simply can’t afford downtime.”

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Stronger together

“What makes our collaboration with Fundaments so powerful is how naturally we complement each other,” says Iwe. “Fundaments uses our fiber connections to link their data centre locations. We also share a similar mindset — perhaps because we both have our roots in Enschede. We understand each other quickly and value the same things: customer focus and accessibility. That not only makes our internal communication smooth, but also benefits our customers. Together, we really act as one team.”

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