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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.
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.
Cloudflare Called It AI Restructuring. Every Hosting Company Faces the Same Decision.
Cloudflare cut 1,100 employees (20% of headcount) on a $639.8M record revenue day and used a "builders, sellers, measurers" framework that maps directly onto hosting operations. Billing, support triage, and compliance are where AI closed the gap. The advantage goes to who acts first.
WordCamp Europe 2026: A Hosting Industry Guide to the Schedule
WordCamp Europe 2026 opens June 4 in Kraków with Contributor Day plus two conference days. The Inside WordPress 7.0 panel anchors Friday. Hosting-specific sessions cover stress testing, secure hosting, DDoS, and CERN's 800-site migration. Over a dozen hosting companies sponsor.
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Up to Half of US Data Centers Planned for 2026 Will Not Be Built on Time. Chinese Electrical Equipment Is the Constraint No One Planned For.
The AI deployment cycle runs 12 to 18 months. The transformer procurement cycle now runs 2.5 to 5 years. A campus announced in 2025 cannot be operational in 2026 or 2027 unless its transformers were on order before the announcement. Wood Mackenzie projects a 30 percent supply deficit for power transformers this year, with demand in 2026 running 21 percent above 2024 levels.
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US Senate Takes Aim at Data Center Energy Consumption, But Europe Already Did This
Last week alone, three separate Senate actions targeted data center electricity use - a reporting demand to the EIA, a construction moratorium bill, and an off-grid sourcing requirement for large facilities. The EU made reporting mandatory in 2023 and is now consulting on efficiency ratings and minimum performance standards, while the US is still debating whether to collect the data.
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Asia-Pacific Hosting Market by the Numbers: Country-Level Growth Data for 2026
China leads in absolute size, but Vietnam's 24.5% CAGR and Indonesia's infrastructure surge are rewriting the growth playbook. A data-driven breakdown of where the region's hosting revenue is - and where it is heading.
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11 US States Want to Ban Data Centers. Here’s What Every Bill Says.
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.
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InMotion hosting’s new data center
InMotion Hosting, has announced a major development with the launch of its new East Coast Data Center. Located at NTT Global Data Centers in Ashburn, VA, this next-generation facility underscores the company’s commitment to delivering enterprise-grade infrastructure, aimed at enhancing the speed, reliability, and support of their services.
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Strategic decision: Ukrainian hosting company moves servers to Poland amid growing threats
In the face of the ongoing armed conflict in Ukraine, hosting company Hostpark has decided to move its server infrastructure to Poland. This move is aimed at protecting customer data and ensuring the continuity of services amid escalating threats. Extensive scale of threats to Ukrainian hosting companies Ukrainian technology companies face a number of security
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OVHcloud unveils $145M data center in Ontario
OVHcloud launch of a new data center in Cambridge, Ontario. This marks the company's 42nd global data center and solidifies its commitment to the Canadian market with a substantial investment of CAD 145 million.
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OVH opens its first two local zones
OVHcloud is just launching its first two Local Zones in Europe. However, plans go further and by 2026 they want to have as many as 150 Local Zones of their own. We check it out and compare it to the competitor.