The first website that went live on August 6, 1991, was hosted by CERN. It explained about what the World Wide Web was.
Hosting services for websites became live in the middle of the 1990s, offering server space.
There are almost 1.8 billion websites on the internet. This number continues to grow every second.
Massive spaces can be occupied by data centers. The world's largest data center is in Nevada, USA which covers 7.2 million square feet.
Data centers for web hosting use a lot of electricity. Their energy usage makes up 1% of the entire energy consumed worldwide.
The web hosting industry is growing rapidly. It is reaching over $50 billion annually.