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We are scheduling maintenance for our new control panel (cp.blacknighthosting.com) to apply critical software updates. This will happen between 12:30 and 1:30 tomorrow afternoon, Tuesday 31.03.2026. Impact: Access to control panel functions in the client area will be unavailable during the window but services will continue to operate as normal. Customers will be unable to […]
Due to an incorrect listing (false positive) of our control panel (cp.blacknighthosting .com)by Netcraft, some customers are reporting having difficulty accessing the website. We have already been in touch with Netcraft who have acknowledged the error and we are working to have the anti-virus vendors remove the listing from their respective databases. Should you have […]
We are scheduling a maintenance window tonight to migrate a number of services in Digital Realty Cloud House to an alternate line card. This work is part of a 400G capacity upgrade between Dublin and London. This work will impact connectivity to Arelion in London for the duration. Connectivity to Arelion will be rerouted to […]
We are scheduling a maintenance window to replace a core router tonight in Equinix DB1. This is an at risk notification only. Date: 2026-01-12 23:30 – 2026-01-13 04:00 UTC Data Centre: Equinix DB1 Impact: Reduced Capacity – At risk only