About us

Fasthosts is an award-winning hosting provider, based in the UK. We’re a team of tech-focused people with great products and great customer service at the forefront of what we do.

So what do we do?

Your needs are always at the top of our priority list. From Domain Names and Web Hosting, to online marketing tools and Cloud Servers. We’ve got it all. Plus a passionate team operating 24/7 to make sure you get the best service possible.

Enough with the introductions! Let’s take a closer look behind-the-scenes.

The story of Fasthosts

From brand new data centres, to amazing growth and advancements in tech – we’ve come so far since our humble beginnings. And things are only getting better.

When Andrew Michael couldn’t find a cost-effective, reliable hosting service to support his A-Level IT project, he created his own. And so, Fasthosts was born.

We opened our corporate HQ in Gloucester Quays, giving us the perfect space for our growing team to work.

Our first data centre was completed in Gloucester, guaranteeing our customers high-performing, reliable services.

This year brought more exciting things, as we were the first to support Microsoft’s .NET Framework 1.1 in the UK.

Our incredible Dedicated Server range was launched, delivering the best in performance and reliability on our customers own hardware.

We were acquired by United Internet, one of the world’s largest hosting groups, strengthening our market-leading position.

Another year, another huge achievement. We won Microsoft Hosting Partner of the Year, while also becoming a Microsoft Small Business Specialist.

This year was the year of landmarks, with our 10 millionth domain registration. And the numbers just kept rising!

The wins keep on coming. We achieved a global first, with the launch of our innovative Cloud Server platform.

2015 saw the introduction of automated WordPress installations into our range of shared hosting services.

Happy 20th birthday to us! As well as turning 20, we also launched Bare Metal Servers, offering the power and performance of Dedicated Servers with flexible billing and the latest SSD tech.

We became the first UK provider of Microsoft Exchange 2019 email. What a year!

During a rollercoaster of a year, we made sure our teams were supported and had everything they needed to work safely and remotely. This working pattern was so successful that even when things opened up, we carried on with new hybrid office hours.

Our Partner Network was developed to help new and existing customers find trusted web pro businesses to support them in creating and maintaining their online presence.

We also launched our next-gen WordPress hosting platform.

Our incredible Tier IV certified Worcester data centre was completed, running on 100% renewable energy.

On top of that, we launched Fasthosts ProActive, our exciting new managed cloud service.

Support from the experts

We have an incredible team of experts, ready to help you with whatever you need, whenever you need it. Our UK-based support team is available 24/7 over the phone, via email or live chat. We also offer specialist support to help you with your servers.

And it’s not just the humans who can help. Our Control Panel has everything you need in one place to manage your Fasthosts services. Whether that’s sites, domain names, servers or mailboxes. It’s all together, easy to use and belongs to you.

The stats to back it up

1.1M

Over 1.1 million domains currently registered.

586K

We have over 586,000 customer mailboxes live as of today.

315K

Our customers love our hosting with more than 315,000 sites hosted.

10K

More than 10,000 servers hosted across our UK data centres.

Our foundations

We keep our values in mind with everything we do. We pride ourselves on the services we provide for our customers and on the collaboration of our teams throughout the business.

CREATE

We’re a team bursting with ideas that we want to share. New products, new ways to connect and new ways to grow as a business. We’re always looking at how we can make your online projects easier, better and faster.

GUIDE

Like stabilisers on a bike, we won’t let your project fall over. Feel like you’ve made a mistake or need some guidance? Our team will set you back in balance and keep you on the right path.

CLEAN

Without our planet, we wouldn’t be here to do what we do. So, we want to take care of it. That’s why we use as little resources as possible and all our data centres are powered by 100% renewable energy.

UPDATE

Keeping up to date in this ever-changing industry is like racing against the Flash. You’re never going to catch up on your own. But with us, we can give you a boost and get you up to speed.

Data centres
stacked with power

Running on 100% renewable energy and packed with the latest hardware, our UK data centres sit at the core of the services we provide. Our awesome Tier IV centre in Worcester means we’re able to give you even more tech and security than ever before. It even has a modular design so that we’ll be able to expand further in the future! And there’s way more where that came from. Discover all of our Data Centre features right here.

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