The Cubanization of Servers: How Tariffs Might Freeze the Hosting Industry in Time
In the streets of Havana, American cars from the 1950s still chug along, lovingly maintained for decades despite their age: Ford Fairlanes and Falcons, Pontiacs and Studebakers, Bel Airs and Stylelines, as well as FIATs and Alfa Romeos, Mercedes-Benz SLs and Volkswagen Karmann-Ghias, and Soviet-era Ladas and Volgas.
It’s not that Cubans have an island-wide classic car fetish. These “Yank tanks” are the product of ingenuity in the face of scarcity. Cuba, under decades of U.S. sanctions, couldn’t import new cars or parts, so it preserved what it had.
A similar phenomenon may be emerging in the world of web hosting, where rising tariffs and global supply chain disruptions are pushing providers toward holding onto aging server hardware far longer than usual. The “Cubanization” of servers may be a looming reality.
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