Nordhost key facts
Last updated- Legal entity
- Nordhost (Official legal AS/Ltd name not explicitly confirmed in snippet)
- Headquarters
- Norway (NO)
- Ownership
- Independent
- Founded
- 1999
- Data hosting
- Norway
- Infrastructure
- Stackinfra (formerly DigiPlex) and Orange (formerly Basefarm)
- Deployment
- SaaS
- Open source
- No
- US Cloud Act exposure
- Low (no US parent)
- Certifications
- ISO 27001, ISO 14001, PCI DSS, ISO 9001, ISO 45001
- Replaces
- DigitalOcean, Domeneshop, ServeTheWorld
About Nordhost
Nordhost is one of Norway's oldest professional web hosting providers, established in 1999. The company distinguishes itself in the market by offering 'Lifetime' web hosting plans, where customers pay a one-time fee for perpetual service, alongside traditional subscription-based web hosting, domain registration, and CloudVPS solutions. The service operates out of two primary high-security data centers in the Oslo region (Ulven and Lørenskog), ensuring all data remains on Norwegian soil. Their infrastructure is built on enterprise-grade facilities provided by Stackinfra and Orange, featuring redundant power, cooling, and network connectivity. Nordhost targets both private individuals and businesses, providing optimized environments for popular applications like WordPress, Joomla, and Magento.
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Stackinfra (formerly DigiPlex) and Orange (formerly Basefarm)
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