Author: Natalia Nowak
116 articles
Exploring the web hosting industry through writing - panels, providers, and everything that runs behind the scenes.
Industry reports
Which Top-Level Domains Are Worth Carrying? The Abuse Data Most Registrars Never Book.
In some cheap new gTLDs nearly the whole zone turns over in months, and Spamhaus has the data on which extensions carry the heaviest hidden abuse cost.
Industry reports
DigitalOcean Lands Nine-Figure AI Deals as Its Backlog Jumps Tenfold
DigitalOcean's preliminary Q2 shows nine-figure AI-inference deals and a backlog past $800M, up tenfold, as the developer cloud moves into AI infrastructure.
Security
Hostinger Turns On Patchstack npm Scanning for Node.js Apps by Default
Hostinger built Patchstack's npm dependency scanning into its Node.js hosting, on by default, targeting the supply-chain risk of fast-shipped, AI-assisted apps.
Industry reports
team.blue Reports the Climate Trade-Off of Consolidation
Hosting's roll-ups are chasing science-based climate targets, but every acquisition imports emissions. team.blue's report documents the tension.
Industry reports
GoDaddy Warns It May Exit India Over a Domain-Privacy Ruling
GoDaddy is appealing a Delhi High Court ruling forcing registrars to unmask domain owners and drop default WHOIS privacy, warning it may exit India.
Industry reports
Half a Billion Dollars to Shrink: What Public Filings Say a Hosting Customer Costs in 2026
Wix spent $514M to lose subscribers; GoDaddy's customer base fell for a second year while ARPU jumped. Filings show hosting CAC quietly inflating.
Industry reports
One of the Largest Planned Data Centers Died on a Notice Technicality
QTS has abandoned the 2,100-acre Prince William Digital Gateway, one of the largest data center campuses ever planned, after courts voided its rezoning.
Security
India’s .bank.in Trust Domain Leaked the Data of the People Who Run It
IDRBT, the registrar for India's anti-phishing .bank.in domain, exposed 5,576 bank-domain administrators' data through open APIs for 13 months.
Other
UpCloud’s Founder Becomes CEO After a 15-Month Outside Hire
UpCloud founder and CTO Joel Pihlajamaa is now CEO, succeeding Arno Schäfer after roughly 15 months, putting the European cloud firm under founder leadership.
M&A
Automattic Has Taken Over WebHosting.com. The Plan Is Still a Coming-Soon Page.
Automattic has taken control of WebHosting.com, a premium one-word domain formerly held by AT&T, now showing an Automattic-branded "coming soon" page.
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