Irish Hosting & GDPR Compliance
Your website hosted 100% in Ireland on SmartHost infrastructure. Data sovereignty, GDPR compliance, and fast load times for Irish visitors.
When you host with Web60, your data stays in Ireland. We don't use AWS, Google Cloud, or any overseas provider. Every Web60 site runs on SmartHost's own infrastructure — servers we own and operate in Irish data centres. That gives you genuine data sovereignty, not just a checkbox on a compliance form. For Irish businesses handling customer data, this matters.
GDPR compliance starts with where your data lives. When your website is hosted in Ireland, there are no transatlantic data transfer concerns, no adequacy decisions to worry about, and no complex legal frameworks to navigate. Your visitors' data stays within the EU, processed on infrastructure you can trust. This is especially important for businesses in regulated sectors like healthcare, legal, and financial services.
Beyond compliance, Irish hosting means faster load times for your audience. When your server is physically closer to your visitors, pages load quicker. A website hosted in Dublin serves Cork, Galway, Limerick, and Belfast faster than one hosted in Virginia or Frankfurt. Faster sites mean better user experience, lower bounce rates, and higher search engine rankings.
SmartHost has been providing hosting to Irish businesses since 2002. Web60 builds on that foundation with enterprise-grade infrastructure: Proxmox virtualisation, Ceph distributed storage, Nginx web servers, and Redis caching. Every site gets 24/7 uptime monitoring, automatic failover, and dedicated Irish support from people who understand your business.
What you get
Irish Hosting & GDPR benefits
100% Irish data centres
Your website and customer data never leave Ireland. Genuine data sovereignty on infrastructure we own and operate.
GDPR compliant by design
No transatlantic data transfers. No complex legal frameworks. Your data stays within the EU automatically.
Faster for Irish visitors
Servers in Ireland mean faster load times for Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick, and every Irish visitor.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Where exactly is my website hosted?
Your website is hosted on SmartHost's own infrastructure in Irish data centres. We own and operate the servers — we don't resell AWS, Google Cloud, or any overseas provider. Your data physically stays in Ireland.
Is Web60 hosting GDPR compliant?
Yes. Because your data is hosted entirely in Ireland, there are no transatlantic data transfers to worry about. Your visitors’ data stays within the EU, which is the simplest path to GDPR compliance for any Irish business website.
Does Irish hosting make my website faster?
Yes, for Irish visitors. When your server is physically closer to your audience, pages load faster. A site hosted in Ireland typically loads 30–50ms faster for Irish visitors compared to servers in the US or mainland Europe.
What infrastructure does Web60 use?
Web60 runs on SmartHost's enterprise stack: Proxmox virtualisation clusters, Ceph distributed storage, Nginx web servers, Redis object caching, and PHP 8.3. Every site gets its own isolated environment with dedicated resources.
Can I get a certificate of hosting location for compliance?
Yes. If you need documentation confirming that your website is hosted in Ireland for regulatory or procurement purposes, contact our support team and we’ll provide a written confirmation of your hosting location and data processing arrangements.
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