Web hosting in Belgium — why your server's location matters

At WWW4 your website, your database and your mailboxes sit on our own servers in Belgian data centers. Your data does not leave the country, your visitors are close to the server, and when something goes wrong you speak to someone who runs the machines themselves.

Many providers call themselves Belgian when only their billing address is. Here is where the difference lies, and the question to ask a provider.

Why the location matters

GDPR gets simpler

Personal data that never leaves Belgium makes your processing register and your accountability considerably shorter. Infrastructure outside the EU adds a whole layer of agreements you have to be able to demonstrate.

Closer to your visitors

A Belgian visitor reaches a Belgian server faster than a server on another continent. That plays out on every request and counts towards how fast your site feels.

Support in your language

You explain your problem to someone who can open your environment while you are on the phone.

One legal order

Your data falls under Belgian and European law. For organisations in healthcare, government or law, that is often a firm requirement.

What "Belgian hosting" actually means

The term is not protected. These three claims look alike but mean different things. The last column gives the question that shows the difference.

The claim What it means What you ask
Belgian company Only the company is based here. The servers can be anywhere. Which data center is my site in?
Belgian servers The machines are in Belgium, but possibly rented from a third party. Do you manage those servers yourselves?
Own infrastructure in Belgium The provider owns and runs the machines here. That is what we do. Who can I reach when something breaks?

What you get with us

Your site, database and mailboxes on our own servers in Belgian data centers
A free SSL certificate, renewed automatically
A daily backup of files and database
DDoS protection at network level
Unlimited mailboxes on your own domain
Support in Dutch, French and English
Placing your own hardware? Move to Belgium

Frequently asked questions about Belgian web hosting

Yes. Your website, your database and your mailboxes sit on our own servers in Belgian data centers. Your data therefore does not leave the country, which is exactly what organisations handling personal data need to be able to demonstrate.
For three reasons. Personal data that never leaves Belgium shortens your GDPR accountability. A Belgian visitor reaches a Belgian server faster than a server on another continent. And your data falls under Belgian and European law rather than another jurisdiction.
Ask one question: which data center is my site in, and do you manage those servers yourselves? "Belgian company" only means the business is based here — the servers can be anywhere. "Belgian servers" may mean they are rented from a third party. We own and run our machines here.
Not necessarily. What makes a cheap foreign plan cheap is usually what is not in it: SSL, backups, mailboxes and reachable support. So compare not the monthly price but what you actually pay by the end of the year — and who you can call when something breaks.
Indirectly. Server location is not a ranking factor in itself, but speed for your visitors is, and a Belgian audience sits closer to a Belgian server. For a site aimed at Belgium that is a small but real advantage.
In Dutch, French and English, from the people who run the servers themselves. So you are not explaining your problem to a ticket system in another time zone.
Yes. The site is first set up and tested in full on our servers; only once everything works do you point the DNS across. Visitors notice nothing. Pay particular attention to your email: that is what most often goes wrong during a move.
Yes, that is colocation: you bring your own server, we provide rack space, power, cooling, connectivity and physical security. Configuration and pricing are worked out together.
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