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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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Virginia Democrats Cannot Agree on a $1.6 Billion Data Center Tax Exemption. A Special Session on April 23 Will Decide It.
The Senate wants to end the exemption by January 1, 2027; the House wants to keep it through 2035 with clean energy conditions; and neither side moved before the legislature left Richmond without a budget for the first time in recent memory. Elimination would cost a major hyperscaler $265 million to $700 million in new annual tax obligations in the market that holds approximately 4 gigawatts of operational data center capacity, the largest concentration in the world.
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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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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.
Webhosting.Today WordCamp USA: Recap
Before the first coffee was poured at Contributor Day, the biggest news in hosting broke worldwide: Rocket.net and Hosting.com (WHG) announced a new partnership that reshapes the WordPress hosting landscape. You might have read the news first here at WebHosting.Today, or caught our exclusive YouTube interview that launched at the very same time. Either way,
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NamesCon Global 2025: announced in Miami!
The NamesCon Global 2025 conference is officially set to take place in Miami, Florida, on November 5th and 6th. This marks a big move from its previous venue in Austin, Texas. The event will be hosted at the iconic Ice Palace, situated in Miami’s vibrant Art and Entertainment District. The venue’s unique charm adds a fresh touch to the annual gathering for domain investors, developers, and service providers.