Why Newfold Digital’s Debt Struggles Matter to the Hosting Industry

In 2025 and early 2026, Newfold Digital, the private equity-backed company behind major hosting brands like Bluehost, HostGator, and Network Solutions, moved from being an infrastructure giant to a...

March 15 Changes SSL Forever – What Hosting Teams Need to Know

Nothing explodes on March 15 at 00:00, and existing certificates keep their original expiry dates. The change hits when you issue or reissue certificates from that point on: the maximum lifetime drops to 200 days, and the industry is already committed to shrinking it further.

Fire and power cuts at an AWS data centre in the UAE trigger a long cloud outage

A major outage hit Amazon Web Services in the United Arab Emirates after “objects” struck a data centre building, causing sparks and a fire. Local emergency crews cut power to the facility as they worked to put out the fire. What started as a problem in one Availability Zone later spread into a wider regional failure, with two zones.

Hetzner raises prices from April 1, 2026 – cloud increases reach up to 37%

Hetzner is raising prices across its portfolio beginning April 1, 2026, and the change doesn’t only hit new customers. The company confirms the new pricing applies to both new orders and existing products, and even orders placed before April 1 can be billed at the new rates if delivery happens after that date.

Lost case – Monaco.com will not belong to Monako

The Government of Monaco lost an attempt to seize Monaco.com from a private owner using UDRP. This was proof that governments do not automatically control...

EuroDNS updated its prices for 29 domains, including .ai and .health, after registry changes.

EuroDNS published a new price update on 29 January 2026, covering more than 30 TLDs with higher retail prices.The changes are passed through by EuroDNS...

S&P Global believes that Newfold lost over 1 million subscribers (roughly 17%) since 2023

On January 26, 2026 S&P Global, one of the three largest rating agencies in the world, published its latest report on Newfold Digital: “Upgraded To...

Hosting.com deploys Monarx security across its entire server fleet

TL;DR – Hosting.com (formerly A2 Hosting) has rolled out Monarx security across its full global server fleet. Hosting.com runs infrastructure serving more than 3 million...

Kinsta moves sites to Oracle Cloud after 10 years with Google Cloud

insta announced migration of WordPress sites from Google Cloud to Oracle Cloud. They stayed on Google Cloud for nearly a decade because it made sense...

Gandi’s 20% CAGR growth story in 2025

Gandi reported crossing €70M in revenue in 2025 and growth at roughly 20% CAGR. That alone isn’t unique. What is worth noting is how it’s...