▁Le ase web ▁is ▁a ▁Dutch ▁cloud ▁computing ▁and ▁web ▁services ▁company ▁with ▁offices ▁in ▁Europe , ▁Asia , ▁and ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁ ▁Le ase web ▁is ▁a ▁subs idi ary ▁of ▁O COM , ▁an ▁internet ▁services ▁company ▁head qu arter ed ▁in ▁Amsterdam , ▁the ▁Netherlands . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Le ase web ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁by ▁Dutch ▁pil ots ▁Con ▁Zw ink els ▁and ▁Laur ens ▁Ros ent hal . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁Le ase web ▁acquired ▁its ▁first ▁servers ▁and ▁set ▁up ▁their ▁first ▁office ▁in ▁U tre cht . ▁By ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁the ▁company ▁owned ▁ 5 , 0 0 0 ▁servers , ▁a ▁number ▁that ▁had ▁double d ▁to ▁ 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁two ▁years ▁later . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁Le ase web ▁re located ▁the ▁company ▁headquarters ▁to ▁the ▁Amsterdam ▁area . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁Le ase web ▁acqu ires ▁German ▁hosting ▁provider ▁Net dire kt . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁Le ase web ▁acqu ires ▁the ▁Illinois ▁based ▁Nob is ▁Technology ▁Group , ▁and ▁its ▁U bi qu ity ▁Host ing ▁operations . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁Le ase web ▁USA ▁acqu ires ▁Serv Int , ▁a ▁Northern ▁Virginia - based ▁web ▁hosting ▁and ▁managed ▁hosting ▁services ▁for ▁cloud ▁IT ▁operations . ▁ ▁Le ase web ▁Network ▁ ▁The ▁company ▁oper ates