# Happy Easter from ServeTheWorld

Happy Easter! However you're spending the holiday, we hope you get some proper time to recharge.

We wanted to share what the first quarter of 2026 looked like at ServeTheWorld. A lot of work has been happening behind the scenes, driven by the very things you've asked for and feedback we've collected over the past year.

## Tutorial Channel

A lot of what we know about managing domains, hosting, and email has been kept inside support conversations and internal notes. We wanted to put it somewhere you could use it on your own terms.

We're soon launching the [ServeTheWorld Tutorial Channel](https://stw.no/en/tutorials/). You can already preview our [ten-part DNS series](https://stw.no/en/tutorials/dns-fundamentals), which walks you through record types, email authentication setup (SPF, DKIM, DMARC), reverse DNS, DNSSEC, propagation troubleshooting, and more, all with hands-on examples using the [STW Manager](https://my.servetheworld.net/) you already know.

Stay tuned for a separate announcement about the tutorial channel that will include more details.

## Virtual Dedicated Servers

When we [introduced the Windows VPS lineup](https://stw.no/en/blog/windows-vps-wgp3/) last year, we mentioned that a VDS family was planned for Q1 2026. It's now live.

Our first [VDS lineup](https://stw.no/en/ssd-vps/#vps-plans?tab=vd1) gives you virtual machines where each virtual CPU core maps to a dedicated physical core on the server. In a standard VPS, processing power is shared between customers on the same hardware, which means performance could potentially dip when neighbors are busy. With VDS, your cores are reserved for you alone, so response times stay consistent even under heavy load.

Under the hood, the VDS cluster runs on single-socket 112-core AMD EPYC Bergamo nodes with DDR5 memory and enterprise NVMe storage, built on the same Proxmox VE + Ceph high-availability architecture as our GP3 and WGP3 families. If your workloads depend on predictable per-core performance, whether that's a database, a trading application, or a latency-sensitive API, this is the tier built for that.

## Network

Better infrastructure only matters if the network connecting you to it keeps pace. This quarter we made several upgrades with exactly that in mind.

Smarter switches have replaced older hardware at key points. A new 400 Gb/s uplink to Amsterdam shortens the path to one of Europe's busiest peering hubs and adds meaningful capacity for customers with traffic concentrated in western and central Europe.

We're now connected with [NIX](https://www.nix.no/) (the Norwegian Internet Exchange) on a 100 Gb/s port. NIX is an exchange where many Norwegian and Nordic networks can peer directly instead of sending traffic through transit providers. This gives us the option to establish direct peering with other participants at NIX, which can reduce latency and improve resilience for traffic that stays within the region.

## Support Hub

We've brought support resources, documentation, and the tutorial channel together into a single [Support Hub](https://stw.no/en/support-hub/), so whether you need a step-by-step guide, a troubleshooting path, or just a quick way to reach us, it's all in one place.

## Looking Ahead

WordPress tutorials are well underway, and new tutorial sets will keep coming as we build out the channel. On the infrastructure side, we'll continue improving our services and website to better serve you.

Thank you for being with us. We appreciate your trust, and we look forward to keeping things moving in Q2.

Enjoy the break.

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Fredrik Rovik, CEO & Founder of ServeTheWorld