At least 11 U.S. states have filed bills to temporarily ban data center construction, while others are rolling back billions in tax incentives. A state-by-state breakdown of every moratorium bill and incentive rollback in 2026.
Author: Łukasz Nowak
Nearly two decades in IT. A decade in web hosting - and still in the trenches. Writing about the infrastructure that runs the internet from the inside.
Hostinger distributed €11.8 million to employees through its stock option program, backed by €275.4 million in 2025 revenue (+51% YoY) and 4.6 million customers. The payout highlights a growing divide in the hosting industry: companies that share equity with employees versus PE-owned operators that optimize for investor returns.
China's amended Cybersecurity Law, Hong Kong's first critical infrastructure statute, and Singapore's expanded compliance framework have all taken effect. For hosting businesses operating in the region, the compliance cost of inaction is now measured in millions.
High-profile breaches in South Korea, a near-universal shift toward outsourced security operations in Vietnam, and an evolving ransomware threat profile are defining the security reality for Asian hosting providers this quarter.
WordPress.org launched my.WordPress.net - a fully functional WordPress instance running entirely in the browser via WebAssembly. No server, no signup, no cost. It includes a built-in AI assistant and positions WordPress as a zero-friction personal workspace.
The fourth edition of WordCamp Asia runs April 9-11 at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai. Over 3,000 attendees, 50+ speakers, three conference tracks, and a live WordPress 7.0 release on Contributor Day. With Hostinger, Bluehost, Kinsta, and Google among the sponsors, this is where the WordPress hosting business shows up.
DreamHost's new Remixer AI builder generates full websites from a text prompt and publishes them directly to hosted domains — no CMS, no lock-in, starting at $1.99/mo.
WordPress 7.0 introduces AI Connectors - a centralized system for connecting plugins to OpenAI, Gemini, and Claude - alongside real-time collaborative editing and an admin redesign. The release ships infrastructure, not features: AI capabilities come via plugins, not core.
The application window for new generic top-level domains opens April 30, 2026 — the first opportunity since 2012. With a $227,000 application fee, new rules banning closed generics and private contention deals, and .com prices rising again, the domain landscape is about to shift.
WordCamp Europe 2026 takes place June 4–6 at ICE Kraków in Poland, and for hosting companies it is the most important WordPress event of the year. With AI Connectors in core, the decisions made in Kraków will directly shape how hosting providers support WordPress at scale.