I run Astro on Cloudflare, so a pitch of “no AWS, no Cloudflare, no exceptions” is aimed squarely at me. Eric’s argument isn’t performance, it’s ownership: every layer, git deploy through CDN, on European infrastructure owned by European companies. That’s a harder claim than “servers in Europe,” and it’s the only version worth attention.
What I’d do: move one low-stakes site, not the fleet. Git deploy, webhook rebuilds, custom domains with free SSL covers what I actually use, and instant rollbacks are the safety net. The gaps are honest — branch previews are coming soon, the CDN is private beta — so anything latency-sensitive stays put until that beta ends. The free first deploy means the test costs an evening.
The story — Statichost.eu is a static site hosting service from founder Eric Selin in Stockholm, built on the premise that European hosting shouldn’t quietly run on American clouds. Every layer, from git deploy to CDN, runs on European infrastructure owned by European companies. It offers git-based deploys with any static site generator, webhook rebuilds, custom domains with free SSL, instant rollbacks, branch previews coming soon, and a worldwide CDN in private beta. (Source)