Work in progress: 181,232 of 181,233 sites checked so far, more every week · updated 2 Nov 2026Missing a blog? Tell us

Top all-time · #16809

L

Leaseweb Blog

Company blog · blog.leaseweb.combusinesssystems

Leaseweb Blog is the company blog at blog.leaseweb.com, writing about business and systems. Since 2013, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “LeaseWeb: Statement on former client MegaUpload”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-12, and you can follow it by feed.

Visit the blog
5mentions?
4HN people?
2013–2020first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 2 in 2013

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link Leaseweb's blog for its statement explaining why it deleted Kim Dotcom's MegaUpload server data. The one comment questions why the company had to explain its actions.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

The official Leaseweb Blog provides news about the IaaS industry trends, company announcements, business events, tips & tricks and more.

Most-linked posts?

  1. LeaseWeb: Statement on former client MegaUpload
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-06-19

What Hacker News says?

  1. Link to LW statement: http://blog.leaseweb.com/2013/06/19/statement-on-former-clie... Why does LW have to explain anything? They're under no contractual or legal obligation to hold onto rented servers for more than a year without payment. Had these been servers MU owned outright, I would be a little more sympathetic to Dotcom. However I find it highly unlikely that LW didn't follow their end of the ToU and more like…

    Comment linking /2013/06/19/statement-on-former-client-megaupload/

    on “LeaseWeb explains why it deleted Kim Dotcom's MegaUpload data”
  2. Submitted LeaseWeb: Statement on former client MegaUpload as a story · 119 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted Own Secure Video Conferencing Tool as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  4. Submitted The Netherlands: land of data centers as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Dutch King Meets Cloud Infrastructure Leaders as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

Search all of HN for blog.leaseweb.com