{
  "asOf": "2026-09-01",
  "sources": {
    "hetznerApril": {
      "org": "Hetzner Online GmbH",
      "title": "Statement on price adjustment as of April 1st 2026",
      "url": "https://www.hetzner.com/pressroom/statement-price-adjustment/",
      "unit": "announcement",
      "asOf": "2026-02-23",
      "verifiedDate": "2026-09-01"
    },
    "hetznerSetupFees": {
      "org": "Hetzner Online GmbH",
      "title": "Statement on the latest adjustment to setup fees",
      "url": "https://www.hetzner.com/pressroom/statement-on%20the-latest-adjustment-to%20setup-fees/",
      "unit": "announcement",
      "asOf": "2026-04-29",
      "verifiedDate": "2026-09-01"
    },
    "hetznerJune": {
      "org": "Hetzner Online GmbH",
      "title": "Details regarding the standardization and price adjustment of our server products effective 15 June 2026",
      "url": "https://www.hetzner.com/pressroom/standardization-and-price-adjustment-of-our-server-products/",
      "unit": "announcement",
      "asOf": "2026-05-27",
      "verifiedDate": "2026-09-01"
    },
    "hetznerPriceTable": {
      "org": "Hetzner Online GmbH",
      "title": "Price Adjustment 15 June 2026: published before and after price list for cloud plans and dedicated servers",
      "url": "https://docs.hetzner.com/general/infrastructure-and-availability/price-adjustment/",
      "unit": "EUR per hour, excl. VAT",
      "asOf": "2026-06-15",
      "verifiedDate": "2026-09-01"
    },
    "ovhMarch": {
      "org": "OVHcloud",
      "title": "Pricing evolution of Public Cloud, Bare Metal and VPS at OVHcloud",
      "url": "https://blog.ovhcloud.com/en/posts/pricing-evolution-of-public-cloud-bare-metal-and-vps-at-ovhcloud/",
      "unit": "announcement",
      "asOf": "2026-03-05",
      "verifiedDate": "2026-09-01"
    },
    "ovhAugust": {
      "org": "OVHcloud",
      "title": "Dedicated servers: new pricing in second half 2026",
      "url": "https://blog.ovhcloud.com/en/posts/dedicated-servers-pricing-update-h2-2026/",
      "unit": "announcement",
      "asOf": "2026-08-17",
      "verifiedDate": "2026-09-01"
    },
    "klabaMultiples": {
      "org": "InfoQ",
      "title": "OVHcloud Raises Prices as AI Memory Demand Reprices Non-AI Infrastructure, reporting founder Octave Klaba on OVHcloud component purchasing multiples",
      "url": "https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/08/ovhcloud-memory-price-rise/",
      "unit": "multiple vs June 2025",
      "asOf": "2026-08-23",
      "verifiedDate": "2026-09-01"
    }
  },
  "providers": [
    {
      "id": "hetzner",
      "name": "Hetzner",
      "category": "vps",
      "hqCountry": "Germany",
      "url": "https://www.hetzner.com/"
    },
    {
      "id": "ovhcloud",
      "name": "OVHcloud",
      "category": "dedicated",
      "hqCountry": "France",
      "url": "https://www.ovhcloud.com/"
    }
  ],
  "hikes": [
    {
      "id": "hetzner-2026-04",
      "providerId": "hetzner",
      "wave": 1,
      "announcedDate": "2026-02-23",
      "effectiveDate": "2026-04-01",
      "scope": "Broad adjustment across products, percentages not published by Hetzner",
      "shortLabel": "Hetzner, broad adjustment",
      "changeLowPct": null,
      "changeHighPct": null,
      "channel": "list-price, new orders and existing products",
      "statementType": "vendor-statement",
      "source": "hetznerApril",
      "attribution": "Hetzner press statement dated February 23 2026, effective April 1 2026. Hetzner states the reason but publishes no percentages in this statement, so no figure is recorded here rather than importing one from trade press."
    },
    {
      "id": "hetzner-2026-04-setup",
      "providerId": "hetzner",
      "wave": 2,
      "announcedDate": "2026-04-29",
      "effectiveDate": "2026-04-29",
      "scope": "Dedicated server setup fees only",
      "shortLabel": "Hetzner, setup fees",
      "changeLowPct": null,
      "changeHighPct": null,
      "channel": "one-off setup fee, new orders",
      "statementType": "vendor-statement",
      "source": "hetznerSetupFees",
      "attribution": "Hetzner statement of April 29 2026. Names RAM and NVMe SSDs as the driver. No percentages published, so none are recorded."
    },
    {
      "id": "hetzner-2026-06-cax",
      "providerId": "hetzner",
      "wave": 3,
      "announcedDate": "2026-05-27",
      "effectiveDate": "2026-06-15",
      "scope": "CAX Arm cloud plans, Germany and Finland",
      "shortLabel": "Hetzner CAX Arm, DE and FI",
      "changeLowPct": 31.2,
      "changeHighPct": 33.3,
      "channel": "list-price, new orders and rescales only",
      "statementType": "derived-from-vendor-table",
      "source": "hetznerPriceTable",
      "attribution": "Derived by Capital and Compute from the before and after hourly EUR prices Hetzner published for CAX11 (0.0072 to 0.0096) and CAX21 (0.0128 to 0.0168). Hetzner publishes the prices but not the percentages."
    },
    {
      "id": "hetzner-2026-06-x86-eu",
      "providerId": "hetzner",
      "wave": 3,
      "announcedDate": "2026-05-27",
      "effectiveDate": "2026-06-15",
      "scope": "CPX and CCX x86 cloud plans, Germany and Finland",
      "shortLabel": "Hetzner CPX and CCX, DE and FI",
      "changeLowPct": 120.8,
      "changeHighPct": 169.1,
      "channel": "list-price, new orders and rescales only",
      "statementType": "derived-from-vendor-table",
      "source": "hetznerPriceTable",
      "attribution": "Derived by Capital and Compute from Hetzner published hourly EUR prices: CCX43 0.2003 to 0.4423 (+120.8%), CPX22 0.0128 to 0.0312 (+143.7%), CCX13 0.0256 to 0.0689 (+169.1%)."
    },
    {
      "id": "hetzner-2026-06-x86-us",
      "providerId": "hetzner",
      "wave": 3,
      "announcedDate": "2026-05-27",
      "effectiveDate": "2026-06-15",
      "scope": "CPX and CCX x86 cloud plans, Ashburn and Hillsboro",
      "shortLabel": "Hetzner CPX and CCX, USA",
      "changeLowPct": 156.2,
      "changeHighPct": 191.7,
      "channel": "list-price, new orders and rescales only",
      "statementType": "derived-from-vendor-table",
      "source": "hetznerPriceTable",
      "attribution": "Derived by Capital and Compute from Hetzner published hourly EUR prices for the USA locations: CCX13 0.0272 to 0.0697 (+156.2%), CPX11 0.0096 to 0.0280 (+191.7%). The steepest move in the published table."
    },
    {
      "id": "hetzner-2026-06-x86-sin",
      "providerId": "hetzner",
      "wave": 3,
      "announcedDate": "2026-05-27",
      "effectiveDate": "2026-06-15",
      "scope": "CPX and CCX x86 cloud plans, Singapore",
      "shortLabel": "Hetzner CPX and CCX, Singapore",
      "changeLowPct": 93.7,
      "changeHighPct": 96.1,
      "channel": "list-price, new orders and rescales only",
      "statementType": "derived-from-vendor-table",
      "source": "hetznerPriceTable",
      "attribution": "Derived by Capital and Compute from Hetzner published hourly EUR prices for Singapore: CPX12 0.0128 to 0.0248 (+93.7%), CCX13 0.0441 to 0.0865 (+96.1%)."
    },
    {
      "id": "ovh-2026-04-cloud",
      "providerId": "ovhcloud",
      "wave": 1,
      "announcedDate": "2026-03-05",
      "effectiveDate": "2026-04-01",
      "scope": "Public Cloud and Bare Metal, 2026 to 2028 generation hardware",
      "shortLabel": "OVH Public Cloud, new gen",
      "changeLowPct": 9,
      "changeHighPct": 11,
      "channel": "list-price, average across affected range",
      "statementType": "vendor-statement",
      "source": "ovhMarch",
      "attribution": "OVHcloud blog post of March 5 2026 states an average increase between 9% and 11% on newer cloud equipment. This is the figure most widely quoted, and it covers only the first of two 2026 waves."
    },
    {
      "id": "ovh-2026-04-legacy",
      "providerId": "ovhcloud",
      "wave": 1,
      "announcedDate": "2026-03-05",
      "effectiveDate": "2026-04-01",
      "scope": "Legacy pre-2025 equipment",
      "shortLabel": "OVH legacy equipment",
      "changeLowPct": 2,
      "changeHighPct": 6,
      "channel": "list-price, average across affected range",
      "statementType": "vendor-statement",
      "source": "ovhMarch",
      "attribution": "OVHcloud blog post of March 5 2026: 2% to 6% on older equipment, deliberately lower than the newer DDR5 generations."
    },
    {
      "id": "ovh-2026-04-vps",
      "providerId": "ovhcloud",
      "wave": 1,
      "announcedDate": "2026-03-05",
      "effectiveDate": "2026-04-01",
      "scope": "VPS 2026 models",
      "shortLabel": "OVH VPS 2026 range",
      "changeLowPct": 44,
      "changeHighPct": 48,
      "channel": "list-price, new orders",
      "statementType": "vendor-statement",
      "source": "ovhMarch",
      "attribution": "OVHcloud March 5 2026 post, VPS 2026 range. Worked example given in the post: VPS-1 monthly from EUR 4.49 to EUR 6.49, which is +44.5%. Note this is four to five times the 9% to 11% headline quoted for the same announcement."
    },
    {
      "id": "ovh-2026-h2-advance-2024",
      "providerId": "ovhcloud",
      "wave": 2,
      "announcedDate": "2026-08-17",
      "effectiveDate": "2026-08-11",
      "scope": "Advance dedicated servers, Gen 2024",
      "shortLabel": "OVH Advance, Gen 2024",
      "changeLowPct": 16,
      "changeHighPct": 36,
      "channel": "list-price, new orders",
      "statementType": "vendor-statement",
      "source": "ovhAugust",
      "attribution": "OVHcloud dedicated server pricing post of August 17 2026."
    },
    {
      "id": "ovh-2026-h2-advance-2026",
      "providerId": "ovhcloud",
      "wave": 2,
      "announcedDate": "2026-08-17",
      "effectiveDate": "2026-08-11",
      "scope": "Advance dedicated servers, Gen 2026",
      "shortLabel": "OVH Advance, Gen 2026",
      "changeLowPct": 25,
      "changeHighPct": 74,
      "channel": "list-price, new orders",
      "statementType": "vendor-statement",
      "source": "ovhAugust",
      "attribution": "OVHcloud dedicated server pricing post of August 17 2026."
    },
    {
      "id": "ovh-2026-h2-scale-2026",
      "providerId": "ovhcloud",
      "wave": 2,
      "announcedDate": "2026-08-17",
      "effectiveDate": "2026-08-11",
      "scope": "Scale dedicated servers, Gen 2026",
      "shortLabel": "OVH Scale, Gen 2026",
      "changeLowPct": 28,
      "changeHighPct": 70,
      "channel": "list-price, new orders",
      "statementType": "vendor-statement",
      "source": "ovhAugust",
      "attribution": "OVHcloud dedicated server pricing post of August 17 2026. Scale Gen 2024 moved 22% to 49% in the same announcement."
    },
    {
      "id": "ovh-2026-h2-highgrade-2026",
      "providerId": "ovhcloud",
      "wave": 2,
      "announcedDate": "2026-08-17",
      "effectiveDate": "2026-08-11",
      "scope": "High Grade dedicated servers, Gen 2026",
      "shortLabel": "OVH High Grade, Gen 2026",
      "changeLowPct": 46,
      "changeHighPct": 83,
      "channel": "list-price, new orders",
      "statementType": "vendor-statement",
      "source": "ovhAugust",
      "attribution": "OVHcloud dedicated server pricing post of August 17 2026. High Grade Gen 2024 moved 5% to 42% in the same announcement."
    },
    {
      "id": "ovh-2026-h2-game-2026",
      "providerId": "ovhcloud",
      "wave": 2,
      "announcedDate": "2026-08-17",
      "effectiveDate": "2026-08-11",
      "scope": "Game dedicated servers, Gen 2026",
      "shortLabel": "OVH Game, Gen 2026",
      "changeLowPct": 74,
      "changeHighPct": 100,
      "channel": "list-price, new orders",
      "statementType": "vendor-statement",
      "source": "ovhAugust",
      "attribution": "OVHcloud dedicated server pricing post of August 17 2026. This is the range behind the widely reported up to 87% headline: the vendor page gives 74% to 100% for Game Gen 2026, so 87% is inside the band rather than the top of it."
    },
    {
      "id": "ovh-2026-h2-memory-option",
      "providerId": "ovhcloud",
      "wave": 2,
      "announcedDate": "2026-08-17",
      "effectiveDate": "2026-07-01",
      "scope": "Memory options on new dedicated server orders",
      "shortLabel": "OVH memory option, new orders",
      "changeLowPct": 68,
      "changeHighPct": 652,
      "channel": "option list-price, new orders only",
      "statementType": "vendor-statement",
      "source": "ovhAugust",
      "attribution": "OVHcloud states from 68% to 652% for memory options and from 8% to 166% for storage options on new orders. This is the memory line billed directly rather than absorbed into a base configuration, which is why it moves several times further than any whole-server price."
    },
    {
      "id": "ovh-2026-h2-renewal-ram",
      "providerId": "ovhcloud",
      "wave": 2,
      "announcedDate": "2026-08-17",
      "effectiveDate": "2026-10-01",
      "scope": "RAM upgrades for existing customers at renewal",
      "shortLabel": "OVH RAM upgrade, at renewal",
      "changeLowPct": 20,
      "changeHighPct": 40,
      "channel": "billed price at renewal, existing customers",
      "statementType": "vendor-statement",
      "source": "ovhAugust",
      "attribution": "OVHcloud: RAM upgrades +20% on Gen 2024 and +40% on Gen 2026 at renewal from October 1 2026. This is the existing-customer channel and must not be compared directly with the new-order option percentages above."
    }
  ],
  "componentMultiples": {
    "baseline": "June 2025",
    "asOf": "2026-08-23",
    "source": "klabaMultiples",
    "attribution": "OVHcloud founder Octave Klaba, quoting the multiples OVHcloud itself pays for components, indexed to June 2025 and reported by InfoQ on August 23 2026. These are one provider disclosed purchasing figures, not a market index, and are recorded as such.",
    "rows": [
      {
        "id": "ram-jun26",
        "label": "RAM, June 2026",
        "multiple": 6,
        "status": "observed",
        "note": "Klaba quoted: this month, in June 2026, we are paying 6x the price for RAM that we paid in June 2025."
      },
      {
        "id": "ram-sep26",
        "label": "RAM, September 2026",
        "multiple": 9,
        "status": "forecast",
        "note": "Klaba forecast for September 2026, not an observed transaction price."
      },
      {
        "id": "ram-2027",
        "label": "RAM, early 2027",
        "multiple": 12,
        "status": "forecast",
        "note": "Klaba projection for early 2027."
      },
      {
        "id": "ssd-jun26",
        "label": "SSD, June 2026",
        "multiple": 3.23,
        "status": "observed",
        "note": "Reported as index 323 against a June 2025 base of 100."
      },
      {
        "id": "hdd-jun26",
        "label": "Hard drives, June 2026",
        "multiple": 1.48,
        "status": "observed",
        "note": "Reported as index 148 against a June 2025 base of 100."
      }
    ]
  },
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-09-01",
      "note": "Tracker created. Two providers, sixteen announced changes across five waves, all verified against the provider own announcements or published price tables."
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-09-01",
      "note": "Recorded that the widely quoted OVHcloud figures of 9 to 11 percent and up to 87 percent belong to two different 2026 announcements, five months apart, and are not alternative readings of one event."
    }
  ]
}