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Automattic Is Not an Owner of the WordPress Marks It Asserted in Court, a Judge Rules
Natalia Nowak · 29 Sep 2026 · 6 min read
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The September 24 order brings back four antitrust claims the same judge had dismissed in an earlier ruling. It also holds that Automattic and Mullenweg are neither owners nor registrants of the WordPress marks, so they cannot assert them in their own right.
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Brussels Will Grade Data Centres From A to G on Power and Water.
by Łukasz Nowak · 24 Sep 2026 · 9 min read
The European Commission adopted a delegated regulation on September 21 that turns the figures data centers of 500 kW and up already report into a public A to G label for power and water use. First labels are due by August 15, 2027, and the average PUE reported so far is a D on that scale.
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AWS Cannot Restore Access to Data Kept Only in Bahrain or One UAE Zone
by Natalia Nowak · 17 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
Six months after both regions were damaged, AWS cannot restore access to resources and data hosted exclusively in Bahrain or in one UAE zone. Most customers migrated in time. For the rest, the only copy that counts is the one kept outside the region.
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One of the Largest Planned Data Centers Died on a Notice Technicality
by Natalia Nowak · 6 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
QTS has withdrawn its final appeal and terminated the Prince William Digital Gateway, a 2,100-acre Northern Virginia campus. Courts voided its rezoning after the county's newspaper notices failed state and local notice rules, ending one of the largest data center projects ever planned.
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SoftBank Pledged €75 Billion to Build AI Data Centers in France.
by Łukasz Nowak · 4 Jun 2026 · 9 min read
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.
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$2.5 Billion Later, PDG Targets 1 GW in India. The Hosting Market Will Feel It.
by Łukasz Nowak · 1 Apr 2026 · 5 min read
PDG's latest acquisition of 210 MW across Mumbai and Hyderabad nearly doubles its planned India capacity and brings its total commitment to $2.5 billion since 2022. The business case rests on hyperscaler demand absorbing 1 GW of AI-ready wholesale capacity, and the hosting companies positioned for that outcome are the ones already in managed cloud and migration services, not shared hosting.
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Asia’s Data Center Boom: Inside the Billions Reshaping the Region’s Hosting Infrastructure in 2026
by Łukasz Nowak · 20 Mar 2026 · 5 min read
From a $4.5 billion hyperscale campus in Indonesia to Google's new Bangkok region, early 2026 has seen an unprecedented wave of infrastructure investment across Asia-Pacific. Here is what is driving it - and what it means for the hosting industry.
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Fire and power cuts at an AWS data centre in the UAE trigger a long cloud outage
by Kamil Kołosowski · 2 Mar 2026 · 7 min read
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 impaired and the company warning recovery would take at least a day. 
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DreamHost expands with a new data center
by Kamil Kołosowski · 13 Feb 2025 · 2 min read
DreamHost, a company known for hosting and domain services, has opened its first data center outside the United States. The new facility in Amsterdam, Netherlands, is set to improve website speed and reliability for many users.
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SharedGrid announces new data centre in Ashburn
by Kamil Kołosowski · 18 Jul 2024 · 2 min read
SharedGrid has recently announced on LinkedIn the launch of their new data centre located in Ashburn, Virginia, USA. This expansion marks a significant step for the company, enhancing their hosting capabilities and offering clients more robust and efficient services.
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OVHcloud unveils $145M data center in Ontario
by Kamil Kołosowski · 29 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
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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