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Opening a RIPE LIR in 2026: Costs, Timeline, When Not To
Opening a RIPE NCC LIR in 2026: EUR 1,000 sign-up, EUR 1,894 a year from 2027, the steps, a census of 19,852 LIR accounts and when a sponsoring LIR is cheaper.
Data Center Protests Reach Europe: What Buyers Should Do
Hundreds entered Microsoft's Amsterdam data center site on 6 November. The Dutch power numbers behind it, measured latency to EU hubs and what buyers should do.
Is IPv4 Still an Investment in 2026? Yield After Fees
A /24 earns 25% a year gross at November 2026 prices, but a new RIPE LIR fee turns it into a loss. Net yield by registry, RIPE liquidity data, exit costs.
US Voters Rejected Data Centers 45 to 1: What Buyers Learn
On 3 November 47 US ballot measures on data centers went to voters and the restrictive side won 45. We recount the raw data: what it means for server buyers.
AWS BYOIP in 2026: $43.80 per IPv4 vs Your Own /24
AWS bills $0.005 an hour per public IPv4, $43.80 a year. BYOIP addresses carry no charge: when a bought or leased /24 pays back, with a ROA readiness script.
Leaving VMware After Broadcom: A Checked Migration Guide
Broadcom ended perpetual licences, cut partners and hid VDDK. How EU teams move VMs to KVM, Proxmox or Hyper-V, with dated facts and a tested OVA converter.
DNS Propagation Time: Cloudflare's 3 Seconds vs Your TTL
Cloudflare cut its DNS build delay to about 3.3 s. A cutover still waits on TTLs, negative caching and a 2-day .com delegation. We measured them on two zones.
What 10,000 US Council Comments Mean for Data Center Buyers
A new dataset codes 10,202 US council comments on data centers: 90.5% opposed, water first. We recount it and show what it means for server buyers in Europe.
AWS Support and Billing Pain: A Checked Guide for EU Teams
AWS paid support starts at $29 or 9% of the bill, billing data lags up to 24 h, Frankfurt egress is $0.09/GB. A checked guide with a cost script for EU teams.
Memory Latency on a Cloud Server: Measured, Not Guessed
A viral post says a busy CPU is often just waiting on RAM. We measured L1-to-DRAM latency on our own cloud server and show what it means when you rent one.