Dear colleagues, We are proud to announce that nine new RIPE Atlas anchors have been activated since my previous announcement: * de-cal-as39702, S-IT Informationstechnologie Betreiber, Calw, Germany. * nz-hlz-as681, hosted by the University of Waikato, Hamilton. This is the first RIPE Atlas anchor in New Zealand! * Three anchors by DigitalOcean: uk-slo-as202109 located in Slough, United Kingdom, us-sfo-as14061 located in San Francisco, United States, & sg-sin-as133165 in Singapore City, Singapore. * de-ett-as202040, hosted by SCT Schiele GmbH in Ettlingen, Germany. * nl-ams-as3265, hosted by XS4ALL in Amsterdam, Nederland. * us-den-as7922, second anchor hosted by Comcast, this time in Denver, United States. * de-nue-as33988, hosted by teamix GmbH in Nuremberg, Germany. This brings the total number of anchors to 78. Due the summer holidays, the growth in RIPE Atlas anchors have slowed down, but we do expect a new "surge" in the last quarter of this year. You can follow the activation rate on the graph here: https://atlas.ripe.net/results/maps/network-coverage/ The map of all anchor locations: https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/map/ You can access the anchoring measurements for all anchors at: https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/list/ And here are the logos and links to hosting companies: https://atlas.ripe.net/get-involved/community/#!tab-anchor-sponsors We are still accepting new applications from individuals and organisations interested in hosting a RIPE Atlas anchor. We are particularly interested in deploying anchors in the Middle East, Western Asia, Latin America and Africa, in order to add more geographical diversity to the measurement data. To apply for your own RIPE Atlas anchor: https://atlas.ripe.net/get-involved/become-an-anchor-host/ Kind regards, Vesna Manojlovic Measurements Community Building Team RIPE NCC