Are they really throwing servers again? 😱💥 During CloudFest @whdcloudfest , the world’s leading internet infrastructure event held annually at Europa-Park Resort, IT experts from around the globe face off in the legendary World Server Throwing Championship! 🏋️♂️💻
Who will claim the title this year and prove they’re the strongest in the Cloud? 🏆
#CloudFest #EuropaPark #ServerThrowing #Server #Cloud
💜 It was hard to pick the best moments from #CloudFest 2026, but we tried our best. Can you spot yourself in this recap video? Let us know in the comments.
🎥 If you missed out this year, hopefully this video motivates you to make the journey to Europa-Park next year: CloudFest 2027 will happen March 15-18, and newsletter subscribers get free ticket offers.
🎢 Coming up sooner: @mspglobalevent 2026, October 21-22 in Barcelona; and @cloudfestamericas , November 11-12 in Miami!
CloudFest 2026, it’s a wrap. 💜
What a week.
The biggest CloudFest ever brought more people, more ideas, more conversations, and more unforgettable moments to Europa Park than ever before.
From the exhibition floor and headline sessions to rollercoasters, server throwing, late night singalongs, and dancing in the rain, thank you to our attendees, partners, speakers, and everyone who helped make CloudFest 2026 what it was. This community is truly incredible. 🫶
We wish you all a safe journey home and hope the energy, ideas, and connections from this week stay with you long after CloudFest. 👋
Sadly, we will have to wait a whole year for the next one. CloudFest 2027 returns March 15 to 18, 2027. Save the date.
If you can’t wait that long, here are our upcoming events:
@mspglobalevent 🏝️🇪🇸
Europe’s only international Managed Service Provider event.
FREE Registration is now open!
October 21–22, 2026 | PortAventura Theme Park (Barcelona), Spain
@cloudfestamericas and @namescon 🌇
Bringing together cloud, hosting, and domain industry leaders under one roof.
November 11-12, 2026 | ICE PALACE STUDIOS, MIAMI, FL
#CloudFest #CloudFest2026 #CloudComputing #Cybersecurity #AI
🧑💻⚡ This week’s CloudFest throwback goes to the HackerSpace.
The community created a place for deep and intense technical conversations inside the wider festival environment, while a live Capture the Flag tournament raged in the next room. 🏴☠️🔥
🤝 CloudFest is where you find YOUR PEOPLE, even if (or especially if) those people are hackers.
💬 What kind of technical community format would you like to see even more of at CloudFest?
#CloudFest #HackerSpace #OpenSource #CloudTech
💬 These were the conversation topics we heard the most at CloudFest 2026:
🤖 AI infrastructure
🛡️ Cybersecurity
🌍 Data Sovereighnty
🌱 Sustainable Growth (Yeah, because of our theme!)
🤝 The future of the CSP-MSP relationship
Which ones were you having? Which ones are you continuing? Let us know! 👇✨
🎬 It was hard to pick the best moments from CloudFest 2026 — our biggest yet with 10,900 wonderful people onsite — but we tried our best. 😅✨
Can you spot yourself in this recap video? 👀
Let us know in the comments. 💬
If you missed out this year, hopefully this video motivates you to make the journey to Europa-Park next year: CloudFest 2027 will happen March 15–18. 🎢🇩🇪
📅 Coming up sooner: MSP GLOBAL 2026, October 21–22 in Barcelona; and CloudFest Americas, November 11–12 in Miami! 🌍
🧠✨ Let’s revisit our Masterclasses and Barcamps.
These interactive sessions have become a core part of the agenda, with no sales pitches or BS getting in the way of attendees learning how to use game-changing tools and sharing business-critical insights around AI, compliance, sustainability, and more. 🤝📚
Apparently this is really hard to do at a B2B event… but this community made it look super-easy. 😄
💬 What masterclass would you want to take right now?
#CloudFest #Masterclass #Barcamp #CloudInfrastructure #KnowledgeExchange
📊 Some of the numbers behind CloudFest 2026 will surprise and amuse you. 😄
👥 Total Attendees Onsite: 10,900
🤝 Total Partners: 238
🎤 Total Speakers: 236
🏢 Percentage of C-Level Visitors: 40%
🌍 Top 3 Countries: Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland
🧇 Stroopwaffles Eaten: 20,000 (Wait, 20,000?!?! 🤯)
🖋️ Tattoos at Patchstack Booth: 62, all real 😳
🪴 Also, we shipped in 212 plants to help bring this year’s CloudFest to life, and 12 were adopted by the CloudFest core team. They’re settling in nicely in Cologne—and have been reading about the Spanning Tree Protocol. 🌿📚
👉 Check out our blog post to discover more.
☂️ Also, if you were one of the Mary-Poppins attendees who took home an umbrella despite our clear instructions, there will be a grace period at CloudFest 2027 for their safe return! 😅
🌙✨ Throwback to… not that long ago!
These are the CloudFest-after-dark moments that everyone remembers fondly (and hazily) 😅🍸 — where conversations turn into connections, and connections turn into friendships, and all those friendships turn into a true community. 🤝🌍
💬 What’s that one CloudFest conversation this year that is still sticking with you?
#CloudFest #CloudFestAfterDark #CloudCommunity
🗣️ What if every face had a frequency?
🎵 In this moment, we hear a completely different way of experiencing people: not just by looking at them, but by listening to them. Eyes, lips, skin, hair — each detail becoming part of a unique sound portrait.
💡 It’s a reminder that innovation does not always start with technology alone. Sometimes, it starts with a new perspective on something deeply human: how we see each other, how we connect, and how we translate individuality into something meaningful.
🌐 At CloudFest, these are the kinds of ideas that stay with you — creative, unexpected, and impossible to ignore. Because real progress often happens when different worlds collide: technology, perception, art, and human connection.
🎢 Serious business, with a festival twist.
🏆 The 2026 World Server Throwing Championship is now a part of international sporting history. Here are your winners, crowned with the laurels of victory:
Women’s Tournament:
🥇 Sarah Krämer , SAP SE—11.44m—CHAMPION
🥈 Mercedes Eisenhut, uniqbit AG—10.7m— 2nd Place
🥉 Stephanie Klenk, Europa-Park Resort—10.32m—3rd Place
Men’s Tournament:
🥇 John Eggers, Core 4 Solutions, Inc.— 11.25m—CHAMPION
🥈 Ridel Kougoum, Pyramid Computer GmbH—10.92m—2nd Place
🥉 Bartosz Wojciak, Vautron Rechenzentrum AG—3rd Place
Next up: the World Server Throwing Tour Spanish Qualifier (WSTTSQ) at @mspglobalevent 2026. Start training now... and don’t skip Leg Day
