Web Hosting News & Industry Updates
Breaking news, M&A deals, pricing moves, security alerts and in-depth analysis for the web hosting industry — 558 articles across 14 categories.
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Interviews
Some Hosts Are Losing a Lot of Sites – Lasse Hall, CEO of Servebolt
At Hosts Del Mar, Lasse Hall, CEO of Servebolt, on why PE consolidation does not worry him with 350,000 hosting companies globally, why some hosts are losing a lot of sites to AI-driven competitors, and why the next two to three years change hosting drastically.
Patchstack Now Underpins Most Major Managed WordPress Hosts. GoDaddy Joined the Stack.
Industry reports #godaddy#hosting
Patchstack became the default WordPress vulnerability intelligence and virtual patching layer for managed hosting. GoDaddy joined as a full-integration partner in April 2026; WP Engine, Cloudways, Hostinger, Nexcess, Pantheon and most other major hosts already use Patchstack threat intelligence.
HTTP/2 Bomb: One Connection Crashes Web Servers. nginx Is Patched, Apache Is Not.
Security #apache#cybersecurity
Single-connection HTTP/2 attack crashes web servers. nginx is patched today; Apache's fix has not reached distribution package managers.
OVHcloud Restructures Sales for a Sovereign Cloud Market That Just Got Real
Industry reports #cloud-hosting#ovh
OVHcloud reorganized European key accounts for a sovereign cloud market growing to $12.6 billion in 2026. Q3 results land June 25.
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Expert's Voice
What Indian Hosting Customers Are Teaching the Global Hosting Industry
India crossed 950 million internet users in 2025. Indian hosting customers are forcing the industry to rethink what "good hosting" means: simplicity, transparency, bundled support, AI-assisted onboarding, and a focus on business outcomes over infrastructure specs.
Industry reports
95% of New European Sites on Traditional Hosting Launch Without Embedded AI. ShareShift Maps the Gap.
A ShareShift.io analysis of over 3 million new European domains shows that 95% of new sites on traditional hosting infrastructure launch without embedded AI, while Wix reaches 100% and GoDaddy 26%. The gap reflects business model, not technology.
Interviews
Some Hosts Are Losing a Lot of Sites – Lasse Hall, CEO of Servebolt
At Hosts Del Mar, Lasse Hall, CEO of Servebolt, on why PE consolidation does not worry him with 350,000 hosting companies globally, why some hosts are losing a lot of sites to AI-driven competitors, and why the next two to three years change hosting drastically.
Industry reports
Patchstack Now Underpins Most Major Managed WordPress Hosts. GoDaddy Joined the Stack.
Patchstack became the default WordPress vulnerability intelligence and virtual patching layer for managed hosting. GoDaddy joined as a full-integration partner in April 2026; WP Engine, Cloudways, Hostinger, Nexcess, Pantheon and most other major hosts already use Patchstack threat intelligence.
Other
Protect The Shire: WordPress Adds a 24-Hour Default Delay to Plugin Auto-Updates
Matt Mullenweg announced Protect The Shire on June 5, 2026: a 24-hour default delay before every WordPress plugin release reaches auto-updates. The infrastructure has existed as opt-in since August 2025. The shift cites AI-accelerated supply chain risk after Mythos and Essential Plugins.
Industry reports
ICANN Meets June 8. One Proposal Could Force Registrars to Investigate Every Customer Tied to a Single Abuse Report.
ICANN is debating a rule that would require registrars to investigate every domain from a customer when one is flagged for abuse. Seville (June 8-11) is where that debate begins in earnest. The gTLD window closes August 12.
Other
SoftBank Pledged €75 Billion to Build AI Data Centers in France.
SoftBank's €45B firm commitment and €75B ceiling for AI data centers in France drove Choose France 2026 to a record €93B total. France's nuclear grid is the structural advantage. SoftBank's balance sheet is the open question.
Security
HTTP/2 Bomb: One Connection Crashes Web Servers. nginx Is Patched, Apache Is Not.
Single-connection HTTP/2 attack crashes web servers. nginx is patched today; Apache's fix has not reached distribution package managers.
Other
SiteGround Auto-Installed Its AI Plugin on 1 Million Sites. Reviewers Gave It 1.1 Stars.
SiteGround auto-installed its AI Agent plugin on 1M+ WordPress sites timed to WordPress 7.0. The plugin's rating dropped to 1.1 stars within days.
Industry reports
OVHcloud Restructures Sales for a Sovereign Cloud Market That Just Got Real
OVHcloud reorganized European key accounts for a sovereign cloud market growing to $12.6 billion in 2026. Q3 results land June 25.
Expert's Voice
AI Makes Smaller SMBs Serviceable
AI is making micro-SMBs easier to serve by reducing the effort needed to launch, support, and grow their online presence.
Interviews
Stop Selling Hosting, Start Selling the Outcome – Jesse Friedman, Head of WP Cloud at Automattic
At Hosts Del Mar, Jesse Friedman, Head of WP Cloud at Automattic, on why hosting companies should stop selling hosting, how the Abilities API will let AI agents live inside WordPress, and why turnkey hosting for registrars keeps domains on the open web.
Other
Wix Cut 1,000 Jobs. Webflow Cut 140. The Website Builder Market Is Splitting.
Wix cut 1,000 jobs and Webflow 140, both naming AI. Hostinger Horizons hit 1M users, 93% first-time website owners.
Other
WP Engine Counsel Seeks WordPress Foundation Dissolution as WordCamp Europe Opens
WP Engine pursues WordPress Foundation dissolution. The June 4 hearing coincides with WordCamp Europe's opening day in Kraków.
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WordPress and AI Tools: How to Use Automation Without Compromising User Privacy
AI tools are now standard across WordPress environments, and hosting providers can no longer treat data privacy as a static concern. This article breaks down what changes, what risks emerge, and what you can do about it.
Security
A Database Allegedly From Home.pl Is Being Advertised on a Cybercrime Forum.
A dataset allegedly from Home.pl, Poland's largest hosting provider, is being advertised on a cybercrime forum. We analyze the schema and what it means for 300,000+ customers.
Security
The Exploit Record: How Government Networks Keep Getting Breached
CVE-2026-41940 was exploited as a zero-day for 68 days before a patch existed. CISA was breached via Ivanti vulnerabilities it had just ordered patched. Volt Typhoon had 5-year US infrastructure access. The case-by-case record of how government networks keep getting owned.
Industry reports
Mark Zuckerberg Just Put Every VPS Provider on Notice
Mark Zuckerberg told Meta's May 27 shareholder meeting that a cloud business is "definitely on the table" if the company's 2026 $125 to $145 billion CapEx build produces excess GPU capacity. The mid-market VPS segment faces both pricing and AI-native positioning pressure.
Industry reports
Hetzner Has Now Raised Prices Three Times in 2026. This One Is Different.
Hetzner announced its third price move of 2026 on May 27, effective June 15. New orders only, portfolio standardised into -1/-2/-3 tiers, and a new Limited tier introduces hardware segmentation as a structural market shift. Other European hosts will face pressure to follow.
Interviews
Hosting Is the Next Layer AI Will Transform – Vito Peleg, CEO of Atarim
Vito Peleg of Atarim on why he reads AI as the biggest opportunity hosting has had in fifteen years, how today's vibe coders mirror the server-in-the-bedroom generation that built today's hosting market, and why reactive agencies feel like a tax while proactive ones win.