Web Hosting News & Industry Updates
Breaking news, M&A deals, pricing moves, security alerts and in-depth analysis for the web hosting industry — 643 articles across 14 categories.
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Thirty Deals in Six Months: The H1 2026 Hosting Consolidation Map, and the Two Clocks Driving What Sells Next
H1 2026 produced a US$1B Polish hosting-commerce merger, a $450M registrar champion, serial buyers closing two deals apiece within a fortnight, and a $40B data-centre record, while Google's AdSense shutdown forced Sedo and Team Internet to market. The map, the multiples, and the debt walls pushed to 2028-2029.
GoDaddy Q2 2026: More Revenue From the Same Customers
Industry reports #airo#arpu
GoDaddy's Q2 2026: revenue up 6.6%, EPS up 30%, customers up by just 22,000. ARPU, upsell and an $851.8 million buyback are doing the work, and the segment split shows domains and hosting growing slowest of all.
The Hosting Price Squeeze, Part 3: The Playbook
Expert's Voice #control-panel#pricing
In the final part of the series, BrandForge CEO Michiel Grotenhuis turns to the practical question: what do you actually do about rising hosting costs? He borrows from streaming, SaaS, and retail, shares what the community is doing, and argues for reducing dependence on any single vendor.
The Renewal Multiplier Index: What Hosting Costs After the Intro Price
Pricing updates #bluehost#hostinger
First edition of our quarterly index, measured July 29: SiteGround renews at up to 5.3x, the price-lock club at 1.0x, and GoDaddy, HostGator, and Namecheap mid-band at 1.7–3.7x. At every provider with a full plan range, the entry plan renews at a higher multiple than the top plan.
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Why a Battery Room Fire in Delhi Disrupted Google Cloud Across Three Indian Cities
A 200 sq ft battery room fire in Delhi disrupted Google Cloud across three cities on June 9. Compute stayed operational. The failure was in a third-party network POP, not a region. It reveals how hyperscalers build network presence in growth markets before owning the infrastructure.
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Namecheap Ends Handshake TLD Support as Web3 Domain Projects Retreat
Namecheap pulled Handshake TLD support on June 10, five months after selling its Namebase marketplace. HNS trades at $0.005, down from $0.85 in 2021. Unstoppable Domains says blockchain names were "part of the crypto craze" that never crossed into mainstream usage.
Industry reports
Shared Hosting Has Not Raised Prices Yet. The Hardware Bill Is Coming.
AI infrastructure competes with traditional hosting for the same DRAM. VPS and dedicated servers have repriced. Shared hosting adjusts last - with 3-5 year hardware cycles, the bill arrives at renewal. Two cost vectors are already building.
Interviews
We All Need to Start Building More, and Faster – Artur Grabowski, Co-Founder at Extendify
At WordCamp Europe 2026 in Kraków, Artur Grabowski from Extendify says many plugins and hosts are still doing the same thing they did two years ago. That is not enough. The industry needs to build more, and faster.
Industry reports
Lovable, Bolt, and Replit Are Generating Millions of Projects Every Week. Traditional Hosting Is Not Where They Land.
Lovable has 50 million total projects and over 1 million new ones weekly. The output is React and Node.js. PHP shared hosting is not where it lands.
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.