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This is the third article in our series on Norway as a hosting location. Part 1 looked at Norway’s infrastructure fundamentals such as hydropower and grid stability, while Part 2 discussed international connectivity. Together, these factors explain much of Norway’s rising importance as a hosting location, especially as traditional European hubs face pressure on power, […]

We’ve been hard at work improving how you can manage DNS at ServeTheWorld. Your DNS records now have their own dedicated space, separate from your services. This means you can mix and match your hosting, VPS, and email exactly the way you want. If you ever decide to change your hosting plan or move a

Part 3. Provisioning, upgrades and support

We’ve launched a new VPS family called VD1, sitting alongside our existing GP3 General Purpose VPS on the third-generation VPS platform. Both run Linux on modern AMD hardware in our Oslo data centre. The difference is in how CPU is allocated. On VD1, each vCPU you order gets its own physical CPU core, reserved for

Introduction Ubuntu 26.04 LTS is expected to be released on April 23, 2026. We plan to provide templates from day one on third-generation GP3 VPS and VD1 VDS. We will announce availability in the user control panel once Ubuntu 26.04 LTS templates are available on the ordering pages. This means you will be able to: Templates for dedicated servers and older generation VPS will follow later,

ServeTheWorld has been managing domain, hosting, and email services since 1999, and our experienced team has built up a huge wealth of practical knowledge invaluable to our customers. Until now, much of it has remained inside support conversations and internal notes. The ServeTheWorld Tutorial Channel changes that. We’re publishing structured tutorial series, written by our own team,

Seasonal greetings and Q1 2026 highlights

Part 2. Choosing the right platform

Part 1: Dedicated servers vs VPS, performance dependencies, and the configurator

2025 was about strengthening our fundamentals: faster compute, higher availability, better network capacity and routing, and clearer communication. We focused on the engineering work that keeps services stable and predictable — and on explaining those changes transparently. Most web hosting services, 3rd generation VPS, and the Plesk control panel now run on high‑availability clusters on