An Amsterdam company with a green heart

Leafcloud is the answer to a growing IT landscape, providing a green, open, and affordable alternative to the US-dominated, lock-in driven, and environmentally taxing cloud industry. Our mission is to revolutionize the cloud industry by pioneering the first European, open, and eco-friendly top-tier public cloud.

We're committed to true sustainability. No new data centers, offsetting, or carbon credits here. We harness residual heat at our Leaf sites, reducing energy wasted cooling servers and grey energy used to heat urban buildings.  

Not building data centers saves money and the environment. By utilizing existing buildings, we minimize our environmental impact, ensuring a low-cost model that benefits our clients and the residents.

Our foundation is built on open-source software, offering accessible APIs and standards that break down barriers and provide unparalleled flexibility for seamless multi-cloud solutions.

As a Dutch company, Leafcloud prioritizes data security and compliance with European regulations, safeguarding personal data within the EU and maintaining ISO 27001 & SOC2 certifications through annual audits.

We are the pioneers of a different cloud—infused with DevOps innovation and a profound care for our planet. Our goal is not just to disrupt the cloud landscape but to lead and accelerate the development of sustainable cloud infrastructure.

Together, we strive to allow IT to flourish while shrinking its ecological footprint.

Our office and distributed data center are located in Amsterdam. Not only does this offer the best network connectivity in the world, we can also cycle to work!

Meet the team

David Kohnstamm
Co-Founder and Chief Sustainability Officer

David is our co-founder and chief sustainability officer. With his stage presence, experience building servers, and knowledge of all things thermal, he designs our Leaf sites and represents Leafcloud at industry events around the world.

Wouter Vroege
Product Manager

Wouter is captain of our product ship and an allround organisational wonder. He steers our product development and keeps us from drowning in an ocean of undefined tickets.  

Frank Spijkerman
CTO

Frank combines the calmness of a Buddhist monk with the infrastructure expertise of, well, Frank. He keeps our servers running, our platform humming, and makes the office a fun place to be.

Mercul Vrij
CCO

Mercul is the driving force behind our commercial operation. With his wealth of experience he provides strategic and spiritual guidance to our business unit. Additionally, his knowledge of sci-fi will give even the most hardend Trekkie a run for their money.

Niek de Jong
CEO

Niek de Jong is our entrepreneur in residence. He builds the Leafcloud business with his extensive go2market experience for technology-driven innovations. Niek is a master of translating complex technology into something everyone understands and is willing to buy.

Cynthia Gase
Office Administrator and Finance

Cynthia manages our administrative and contractional needs. She effortlessly makes the numbers add up, sorts out fact from financial fiction, and generally keeps the ship afloat.

Thijs Jonkergouw
Hardware Engineer and Leaf Site Specialist

Thijs is our in-house MacGyver. He builds our Leaf sites, keeps our hardware in prime condition, and runs the workshop like a Michelin star kitchen. How many racks can you retrofit using only a paperclip and a broken screwdriver?

Mohamed Galal
Site Reliability and Deployment Engineer

Galal is a driven engineer and makes reliability look easy. He loves Linux, knows how to unravel complicated challenges, and has a knack for solving spooky mysteries.

Tim van Rooijen
DevOps and Kubernetes Engineer

Tim lives and breathes DevOps. He loves Kubernetes so much that he's containerized every aspect of his life.

Quinten Toor
Business analytics and Youtube Star

Quinten is like a human tech-business blender! One moment he's breaking down how our product works like a tech wizard, next he's diving into analytics, looking for gems. From creating Youtube tutorials to prospecting growth, he does it all.

Guy Pathak
Content and Marketing

Guy is our content and marketing guy. He helps us get our message across and supplies an inexhaustible well of trivia. For instance, did you know Leafcloud shares its birthday with John Calvin, Nikola Tesla, and Jessica Simpson.