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> I have a feeling this might not end well for European hosting companies To be fair: So far, price increases in most cases only affect cheap hosting providers
by mritzmann 4y ago
> I have a feeling this might not end well for European hosting companies
To be fair: So far, price increases in most cases only affect cheap hosting providers like Hetzner, Scaleway etc.
- rany_ 4y agoIsn't that the vast majority of the European hosters?
- Nemo_bis 4y agoThere are also EU-based hosters with larger profit margins, if that's what you're asking. Some might also have been large enough to negotiate long-term electricity contracts not subject to the recent fluctuations. Even OVH had some solar PPA, though it's mostly reliant on nuclear power so it is subject to price swings in France. Telenor seems to have invested in a 260 MW wind power plant. https://baxtel.com/news/ovhcloud-s-solar-ppa-with-edf https://baxtel.com/news/ovhcloud-s-solar-ppa-with-edf https://baxtel.com/news/telenor-signs-wind-ppa https://baxtel.com/news/telenor-signs-wind-ppa https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/23/ovh_inflation_price_rises/ https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/23/ovh_inflation_price_r...
- thiago_fm 4y agoWhich is the case for all European hosting companies. Basically the rest of the market is US companies flooded with money like aws and gcloud, that also sell 'added value' services on top of the bare machines.