{"id":10527,"date":"2026-08-19T17:37:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T21:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/?p=10527"},"modified":"2026-08-19T17:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T21:37:18","slug":"dutch-hosting-provider-mijn-host-expands-across-europe-as-data-privacy-concerns-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/dutch-hosting-provider-mijn-host-expands-across-europe-as-data-privacy-concerns-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch hosting provider mijn.host expands across Europe as data privacy concerns grow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">A Dutch hosting company best known for staying small and independent just made its first real move outside the Netherlands, and the timing lines up with a shift happening across Europe&#8217;s data policy landscape.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mijn.host\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Mijn.host<\/a> launched an English-language version of its site this week under a new domain, <a href=\"https:\/\/my.host\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">my.host<\/a>, opening its services to customers outside the Netherlands for the first time. The company built its reputation domestically on fast hosting, fair pricing, and a support team that actually answers questions, and says requests for English service had been piling up for years before this launch.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">But there&#8217;s a bigger factor behind the timing than customer requests alone. Companies across <a href=\"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/european-commission-investigates-major-cloud-data-breach-as-identity-security-concerns-take-center-stage\/\">Europe<\/a> have grown noticeably more cautious about where their data physically sits and which country&#8217;s laws govern it. That caution has pushed demand for hosting providers that keep everything inside Europe, run independently, and don&#8217;t answer to a foreign parent company, which is exactly the pitch mijn.host is making with this expansion.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The new site carries the company&#8217;s full lineup: domain names, web hosting, WordPress hosting, VPS plans, dedicated servers, and email, all available in English with an English control panel and support team.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Existing Dutch customers won&#8217;t notice any difference. Their domain, mijn.host, isn&#8217;t changing, and their data stays stored exclusively in the Netherlands under the same team and pricing as before.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Looking ahead, the company says it&#8217;s building out infrastructure to offer multiple server locations across Europe, letting customers choose where their service physically runs. That would let businesses targeting international audiences pick a location closer to their visitors, while customers who want everything to stay in the <a href=\"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/netherlands-sets-stage-for-data-center-growth-with-edge-green-power\/\">Netherlands<\/a> can keep it that way. Every new location will remain within Europe.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Mijn.host is also becoming a direct registrar in more European countries, already handling registrations directly with national registries including SIDN in the Netherlands, DNS Belgium, and Internetstiftelsen in Sweden, with more countries expected to follow.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The company has stayed independent while many competitors were bought up by larger international players in recent years, and it says that independence, along with its use of 100% renewable energy, will carry over into every new market it enters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Dutch hosting company best known for staying small and independent just made its first real move outside the Netherlands, and the timing lines up with a shift happening across Europe&#8217;s data policy landscape. 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