Category: Mergers and acquisitions

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.

Google and Blackstone are building a separate, majority-Blackstone company to sell TPU capacity directly to outside customers. Late-June C-suite hires show how fast they are moving.

Blacknight, Ireland's largest independent web host, has joined Your.Online's European group while keeping its brand and leadership unchanged.

CyberFolks will absorb Shoper through a share exchange, forming a single Warsaw-listed entity valued at approximately €1 billion.

OpusDNS acquired fruits.co, bundling wholesale domain registration with EU VAT-compliant aftermarket sales. A clean-build challenger to Tucows OpenSRS

your.online has acquired Sansec, a Magento and WooCommerce security company, marking the Dutch hosting group's first move into specialist e-commerce security tooling.

HOSTAFRICA announced the acquisition of Zanode on May 14, 2026, nine days after acquiring Evoweb's hosting division, adding a South African git-driven deployment platform to its African hosting portfolio.

HostAfrica acquires EvoWeb's hosting division. EvoWeb retains web design and WordPress services and continues to operate independently.

HostPapa acquired Hostwinds on April 29, adding self-owned data centers in Seattle and Amsterdam and a developer and reseller customer base to its portfolio, twelve days after acquiring Tailor Made Servers in Dallas.

South African ISP Axxess acquired Absolute Hosting as part of a deliberate 2026 strategy to grow hosting revenues, with founder Jade Benson remaining managing director and the company continuing to operate independently under its own brand.