French SAS company
Founded September 2025, based in Nozay (44), France
A hosting provider that speaks your language.
HG-Hosting is an independent French host based in Nozay. We run our own hardware, in our own facilities, with a team you know by first name.
1 PoP, operated in-house
No reseller, no outsourced operations
24 Tbps+ anti-DDoS
Netrix volumetric scrubbing + in-house XDP filtering
Discord 24/7
Human, French-speaking replies, no bots or scripts
Our story
Independent. And proud of it.
HG-Hosting was born out of frustration: paying a premium for hosting where you're just a customer number, with support that replies in 3 days and has never touched a server.
We built the infrastructure ourselves, in Nozay. We administer our own machines. When you talk to us on Discord, you talk to someone who can actually go unplug a cable if needed.
No reseller between you and us. No outsourced scripted support. Just a team that knows its infra and replies.
Timeline
Transparent from day one.
We're young. We say so. Here are the verifiable milestones.
September 2025 · Incorporation
Incorporation of HG-HOSTING SAS, registered with the RNE (INPI) under no. 991 163 932 on 11/09/2025. Head office in Nozay (44), France.
Late 2025 · PoP brought online
Rack installed in Nozay, 10G uplink commissioned, upstream Netrix scrubbing integrated.
Early 2026 · First customers
Commercial launch of game server, VPS and VDS offers. Community Discord launched, direct support with no mandatory ticket.
May 2026 · HG-Proxy launch
Network offer brought to market: a dedicated anti-DDoS proxy for game servers (HG-Proxy).
June 2026 · Free 48h trial
Free 48-hour trial launched on game servers: automatic provisioning and expiry, no credit card required.
June 2026 · AI-assisted support
Rollout of hopi, our in-house AI assistant, backing the support team (VPS, game servers, billing). Humans stay in control.
July 2026 · IPv6 across the network
IPv6 rollout: the 2a0c:b641:7c0::/44 block announced over BGP on our AS211333 and routed through to customer services.
Coming up
A study for a second geographic site. No date announced: we'd rather ship than promise.
Our values
What guides our decisions.
Radical transparency
We don't promise what we can't deliver. If a feature doesn't exist yet, we say so. If we have an incident, we admit it publicly.
Tech before marketing
We'd rather invest in better hardware and solid anti-DDoS (Netrix, 24 Tbps+) than in ad campaigns. Customers come from word of mouth.
Human support
Support is handled by technicians, not L1 operators asking you to reboot your modem. Discord for direct contact, tickets for the formal side.
Eco commitment
Free-cooling, heat recovery, green electricity. It's not greenwashing: we designed the infrastructure to consume less from the ground up.
Tech stack
Under the hood.
No marketing fluff: here's what actually runs. If you know one of these components, you already know who you're talking to.
Panel & orchestration
Pterodactyl for game servers, a custom panel for IP and VPS management. Web console, files and scheduler built in.
Virtualization
Proxmox VE with KVM for VPS / VDS, LXC for lightweight containers. ZFS on some nodes for snapshots.
Network & routing
MikroTik RouterOS and Linux iproute2. GRE / VxLAN / IPIP tunnels operated in-house. No BGP exposed to customers for now.
Security & anti-DDoS
Netrix volumetric scrubbing (24 Tbps+) upstream, plus basic XDP/eBPF L4-L7 filtering operated by us on the Nozay uplink.
Supported systems
Debian, Ubuntu, AlmaLinux, Rocky, Arch, Windows Server, Proxmox, ESXi, Unraid. Custom ISOs accepted on dedicated servers.
Monitoring & logs
Prometheus + Grafana for infrastructure metrics, sFlow / SNMP on the routers.
Technical partners
We don't do it all alone.
Netrix · Anti-DDoS
24 Tbps+ network protection provided by Netrix, one of Europe's largest DDoS mitigation operators. Active by default on every plan, no extra fee.
About · FAQ
The questions we hear most.
01Who is behind HG-Hosting?
A small French team that operates its own infrastructure. A French SAS company, registered with the RNE under no. 991 163 932. No investment fund, no white-label reseller.
02Where are your servers?
In France, in Nozay (44, Loire-Atlantique). Everything is on a single site. For customers who need multi-site redundancy, we honestly recommend combining us with another provider.
03Are you a reseller of another host?
No. We operate our own hardware and our own network. The only external partner is Netrix, a French DDoS mitigation operator whose volumetric scrubbing (24 Tbps+) we use upstream of our PoP.
04Why a single site, and not multi-DC redundancy?
We'd rather run one site well than several poorly. Geographic redundancy is on the roadmap but with no date announced: we'll only open a second site when it can truly be operated with the same level of care.
05Do you recover heat from the servers?
Yes. Free-cooling (outdoor-air cooling, no air conditioning) and hot-air recovery to heat the adjacent offices. Details on the Commitment page.
06How can I reach you quickly?
Discord for day-to-day (often a reply within half an hour during business hours), tickets in the client area for formal matters, e-mail at contact@hg-hosting.fr otherwise. Abuse reports: abuse@hg-hosting.fr.
Let's talk?
Got a question, a project, a complaint? We're on Discord. We usually reply within half an hour during business hours.