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Hetzner, OVHcloud, Netcup, Scaleway, and IONOS raised VPS prices up to 49% in spring 2026, citing AI-driven memory shortages. Contabo launched better specs at lower prices instead. US hyperscalers posted record growth. The article maps both markets and explains which strategies survive through 2027.

GoDaddy's Q1 2026 results show 13,000 net customer additions on a base of 20.4 million, with ARPU growing 9% to $246, Applications and Commerce expanding 12%, and free cash flow up 15% to $473.6 million. The numbers describe a platform that has stepped back from subscriber growth and is monetizing its existing base through AI upsells, raising a pointed question for every hosting provider watching: when the dominant SMB platform stops competing for new customers, who fills the gap and at what cost.

The market for running OpenClaw splits cleanly into providers that have made it accessible and providers that have made it secure, and those are currently different products at different price points.

Claude Managed Agents bundles sandboxed execution, credential vaulting, session checkpointing, and observability into a single API at $0.08 per session-hour plus token costs. For task-based agent workloads running minutes to hours on demand, Anthropic is now priced directly against hosting providers. For persistent, always-on agents, a dedicated VPS still costs less and runs any model. The stock reaction on April 10 reflected the market's view that the competitive pressure is real even if the migration will not be immediate.

There’s a moment in the hosting sales flow where everything can quietly fall apart. The customer has picked a plan, they’re ready to buy, and mentally they’re already there. It should be

The hosting industry has gone through a major transformation in recent years. Infrastructure is faster, tools are more mature, and automation keeps improving. AI is also starting to reshape how services are built and managed.

For the past two years, the same prediction has been repeated across tech media. AI will replace customer support. Chatbots will answer everything. Support teams will shrink or disappear. It sounds convincing in theory. In practice, companies that actually run AI in production are discovering something very different.

When people talk about AI in customer support, they usually imagine a chatbot answering simple questions. But in reality, the most interesting implementations go much deeper than that. A good example is Hosting.com - a global hosting company with more than 900 employees and around a million support conversations every month.

CloudFest, one of the largest events focused on internet infrastructure, will return in 2026 with a larger footprint and new areas for attendees. The organizers say the event will welcome more than

Hosting has a simple job description: keep websites online, fast, and fixable. “Fixable” is the part most AI demos conveniently skip. A site can look impressive in a screen recording and still be a nightmare the moment a real customer opens a ticket that starts with, “Something broke - can you help?”

If you run a hosting business, you already know this story, even if you’ve never named it. A customer buys a plan, logs into WordPress, clicks around for a minute… and then you see the ticket. “Please cancel.” When you check their site, it’s still the default post. Nothing built, nothing launched, nothing connected to a real goal.

CloudFest 2026 will take place between March 23 and 26 at Europa-Park in Rust, Germany.  This year's theme - “The Sustainability of Everything” isn't just about green energy. It's about whether the

A community-led forensic investigation links the attacks to a reported breach of 21 million records from PrestaShop's own Addons Marketplace.  PrestaShop has not confirmed or denied the connection, only issued a security

On February 2, 2026, GoDaddy published a revised Universal Terms of Service Agreement (UTOS) that fundamentally changed the legal relationship between the company and its more than 21 million customers. The update

TL;DR - Hostinger reported €275.4 million in revenue for 2025, up 51% year over year. This is the fourth consecutive year in which the company recorded more than 50% annual revenue growth.

In early February 2026 HPE sent letters to partners, changing contract terms for server and GreenLake orders.HPE cited rising memory prices and supply constraints as reasons for the update.  What changed For

A recent discussion on WebHostingTalk - “I need feedback on Webuzo” - triggered an interesting exchange among hosting operators testing Webuzo as a potential alternative to cPanel. Reading through the thread and

A recent thread on WebHostingTalk - “A personal and honest perspective on cPanel - beyond pricing complaints” - triggered a long discussion among hosting operators about cPanel’s direction in 2026. Reading through

For years, the value proposition was simple: rent space on the internet, keep it online, keep it fast, keep it safe. And that still matters - immensely. But it’s no longer where most of the value is captured. In 2026, the most ambitious hosting companies are no longer competing primarily on CPUs, storage, or even performance benchmarks. They’re competing on something much messier and far more powerful: the customer’s workflow.

TL;DR - if 2024 was about post‑COVID normalization, 2025 was about pressure - on margins, positioning, and on the long‑term credibility of the traditional shared hosting model.  Growth didn’t collapse, but cracks