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Taking Leaseweb to New Heights in The Cloud: A Rebrand
My team and I are very excited to announce the rebranding of Leaseweb from a hosting provider to a cloud provider. As we said 25 years ago, Leaseweb is a company that “started in the clouds” and our focus remains there. More than ever, the cloud has become a driver of some of the most […]
Public Cloud: Everything You Should Know
Public Cloud has long been popular for companies looking to rapidly deploy servers using APIs and automation tools and for those looking to incorporate technology such as AI, blockchain, and the Internet of Things (IoT) into their business strategies. This is because Public Cloud provides scalability and on-demand payment methods that other hosting solutions cannot […]
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Planning a Migration? Check Your Database Backups First
Migration backup gaps open at the cutover, when the old environment’s backup is switched off before anyone confirms the new one works. They hit databases hardest, because a database restored from a full-machine backup isn’t always consistent. When we surveyed our Acronis customers this year, we asked what they protect so we could see where […]
Leaseweb Launches New Dedicated Server Options, with Further Developments Planned for 2026
Enterprise infrastructure buyers keep running into the same trade-off: bare metal that’s competitively priced but light on compliance documentation, or managed cloud with a broader feature set and less visibility into where data actually sits. Two new Leaseweb Dedicated Server options address specific workloads inside that gap today, and a third wave built specifically to […]
Ransomware Backup Attacks: Five Steps and How to Stop Them
Ransomware backup attacks follow a consistent five-step sequence: attackers map your backup repositories, change retention settings to purge older copies, delete the backup catalog, try to release immutability locks, and stop backup services before encrypting. Veeam’s 2024 Ransomware Trends Report found attackers target backup repositories in 96% of attacks and compromise them 76% of the […]
Do You Know Who Can Access Your ‘EU Region’ Data?
Most teams that pick an “EU Region” can’t answer that. They know where their data sits. They don’t know which government can force their provider to hand it over. TL;DR Choosing an “EU Region” tells you where your servers sit, not which legal system can reach your data. That gap sits at the center of […]
Running Your own LLM: How to Choose the Right Approach for Your Team
TL;DR: Running your own language model comes down to three options: subscribe, buy, or rent and build. Only buying and renting count as self-hosting an LLM. Renting dedicated hardware gives you the ownership buying promises, without the procurement, and none of the per-token exposure of subscribing. This guide covers all three, then walks through exactly […]
Ordering API for VPS: Easily Scale Your Services with Leaseweb
We’re happy to announce the addition of ordering capabilities to our API for VPS instances. What is the new ordering API for VPS? If you’ve ever wished you could spin up VPS instances without having to go through the ordering process on our website each time, our new API is here to make that a reality. Enabling you to create an automated experience instead of having to manually order VPS on […]
Is Your AI Infrastructure Resting on a Legal Deal That’s Failed Before?
Legal challenges to transatlantic data frameworks aren’t just a headline for compliance teams to track. They can trigger emergency vendor risk reviews and force migration planning many enterprises haven’t budgeted for. Anchoring your AI and cloud infrastructure in an autonomous European legal entity removes this specific dependency from your risk picture entirely. The next legal […]
Backup recovery testing: time your restore in an afternoon
40% of the customers in Leaseweb’s 2026 survey of Acronis users have already needed to restore from backup. The next question is how long that restore takes. A timed restore test answers it in an afternoon, before an outage forces the answer. TL;DR The only way to know your recovery time is to measure it, […]
AI’s Hidden Second Bill: The Knowledge Your Team Gives Away for Free
You already paid for the AI model, but there’s a second price most teams don’t notice until later: the proprietary knowledge you hand over just to make the model useful. That’s not a Leaseweb argument, but the argument Microsoft’s own CEO made in public, in July 2026. TL;DR Microsoft’s own CEO argued in July 2026 […]
Leaseweb’s European Cloud Campus to Provide Sovereign Cloud Education Support for Universities
Through the European Cloud Campus, Leaseweb is contributing to the development of a sovereign cloud ecosystem and helping to build the cloud expertise Europe will need in the future. Leaseweb Collaboration with European Universities As part of this initiative, we would like to work with universities to provide students with practical cloud technology experience. Connecting academic learning with real-world industry challenges is our goal. Providing students with the opportunity to […]