What DigitalOcean shipped in January 2026

Technical Deep Dive: How we Created a Security-hardened 1-Click Deploy OpenClaw

DigitalOcean has launched a 1-Click Deploy OpenClaw, an open-source AI assistant, to enable users to try the technology safely and easily. The company noticed a surge in interest in OpenClaw but also …

Introducing OpenClaw on DigitalOcean: One-Click Deploy, Security-hardened, Production-Ready Agentic AI

DigitalOcean has introduced 1-Click deployment for OpenClaw (formerly Moltbot) on its Droplet servers, starting at $12/month. This move addresses the challenges of running agentic AI in production, in…

Kimi K2.5: AI That Sees, Codes, and Works Like an Expert

Kimi K2.5, an open-source multimodal AI model developed by Moonshot AI, represents a significant advancement in AI capabilities by enabling real-world, production-ready workflows. The model uniquely c…

How to Use Environment Variables in App Platform

DigitalOcean's App Platform allows users to manage environment variables at both the container and application levels, with options to set them during or after app creation. These variables can be use…

News Details

DigitalOcean appointed Vinay Kumar as Chief Product and Technology Officer (CPTO), a newly created role. Kumar will lead product strategy, cloud infrastructure, and security, focusing on scaling Digit…

Paperspace Support

Paperspace, a DigitalOcean service, has announced a change to its support email domain, transitioning responses to use the digitalocean.com domain effective January 14, 2026. Users must add digitaloce…

DigitalOcean vs AWS Lightsail: Which Cloud is Right?

The article compares DigitalOcean and AWS Lightsail, focusing on their virtual private server (VPS) offerings. DigitalOcean is highlighted for its simplicity, transparent pricing, and strong performan…

Technical Deep Dive: How DigitalOcean and AMD Delivered a 2x Production Inference Performance Increase for Character.ai

Character.ai, a leading AI entertainment platform with 20 million users, collaborated with DigitalOcean and AMD to optimize GPU performance and reduce inference costs. The team focused on optimizing t…

Tuesday, January 13, 2026 Security Releases

The Node.js Project has released critical security updates for its 25.x, 24.x, 22.x, and 20.x release lines to address eight high, medium, and low severity vulnerabilities. The most severe issues incl…

DigitalOcean announced its Inference Cloud Platform, powered by AMD Instinct GPUs, achieved 2X production inference throughput for Character.ai, reducing cost per token by 50%. The platform integrates

Introducing Multiple Registry Support on DigitalOcean Container Registry

DigitalOcean has introduced General Availability of multiple registry support for its container registry, allowing Professional Plan customers to create and manage up to 10 registries under a single t…

Building the Inference Cloud, and What Comes Next

2025 was a defining year for DigitalOcean, not only because we shipped more products and features than ever before, but because we solidified our vision about what the next era of cloud and AI will lo…

Choosing the Right CPU Droplet Plan

DigitalOcean Droplets are Linux-based virtual machines with various plans to suit different workloads. The key change is the distinction between shared and dedicated CPU plans. Shared CPU Droplets off…

Unstoppable Velocity: Why 2026 is the Year to Join DigitalOcean

DigitalOcean is experiencing rapid growth and is actively hiring to support its expansion in 2026. The company highlights its success in 2025, driven by a global team of over 1,500 employees and a cus…

Republic of Kazakhstan Tax Information

DigitalOcean now charges a 16% Value Added Tax (VAT) to customers with a tax location in the Republic of Kazakhstan, effective since 1 October 2022. This change stems from Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Fin…