Surfshark has launched the world’s first VPN servers with a bandwidth of 100 Gbps — starting with a pilot in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. This represents a tenfold jump over the standard 10 Gbps servers and marks an important step toward ensuring that VPNs will never again be a bottleneck for high-speed internet.
1. What the announcement means
Surfshark has introduced 100 Gbps servers to handle the growing load from household devices, large software updates, video streaming, and future technologies like AR/VR and real-time cloud computing. The idea is simple: a VPN should not limit your internet speed — not today, not tomorrow.
2. Why 100 Gbps matters — and it’s not just marketing
Upgrading from 10 to 100 Gbps provides ten times more capacity. This reduces congestion during peak hours and allows users to stay closer to their ISP’s maximum speed. According to Surfshark CTO Donatas Budvytis, wider channels combined with modern CPU-based encryption and smart load balancing bring huge improvements in stability and latency — critical for 4K/8K streaming, gaming, and video calls.
3. Practical benefits for users
- Speed: Enjoy closer-to-real ISP speeds, even when downloading or backing up large files.
- Stability: Fewer slowdowns during peak hours and smoother bitrates for 4K/8K or cloud gaming.
- Low latency: Faster connections for gaming, video conferencing, and real-time services.
- Multi-device readiness: A home full of devices can share the bandwidth without interference.
- Future-proof: AR/VR headsets and high-bitrate applications won’t hit a VPN ceiling.
4. Why it’s a milestone for the VPN industry
The VPN market has long faced a paradox: you need privacy, but it often comes at the cost of speed. Surfshark proves that infrastructure can be simultaneously fast, secure, and scalable. This sets a new industry benchmark — 100 Gbps hardware nodes, accelerated CPU encryption, and smarter network architectures.
5. Why Amsterdam and AMS-IX matter
The pilot launch took place in Amsterdam — home to AMS-IX, one of the world’s largest internet exchanges. It handles over 14 trillion bits per second (~1.75 TB/s), equivalent to ~560,000 simultaneous 4K streams. This makes it the ideal testing ground for 100 Gbps infrastructure: broad peering, short routes, and ultra-low latency.
6. What this means for everyday users
VPNs are no longer a trade-off between privacy and performance. With 100 Gbps servers, you get encryption without noticeable loss, support for multiple heavy data streams (streaming, downloads, backups), and smooth gaming or calls at the same time. In short, VPNs are finally catching up — and even outpacing — broadband evolution.
7. What’s next
Amsterdam is just the beginning. As Surfshark expands, the market will move from 10 Gbps nodes to 100 Gbps clusters — and beyond. The gain: improved stability, lower latency, and better quality of service. It’s one of the rare hardware upgrades that users can actually feel.
