Bulletproof Hosting for Web Scraping: Persistent Infrastructure
Web scraping is legal in most jurisdictions for publicly available data, but scraped websites frequently file abuse complaints with hosting providers to disrupt data collection. Standard hosting providers comply with these complaints and terminate scraper accounts. Bulletproof hosting evaluates whether the scraping activity is actually illegal rather than terminating automatically on complaint.
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Legal Framework for Web Scraping
The legality of web scraping has been repeatedly affirmed by courts in the United States and Europe. The landmark hiQ Labs v. LinkedIn case (US 9th Circuit, 2022) confirmed that scraping publicly available data is not prohibited by the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. European courts have similarly held that scraping public data does not violate computer access laws when it does not circumvent technical protection measures.
Despite legal protections, websites targeted by scrapers routinely file abuse complaints with hosting providers claiming that scraping constitutes unauthorized access or copyright infringement. Standard hosting providers comply with these complaints because it is easier than evaluating merit. Bulletproof hosting providers evaluate the actual legal situation.
The technical act of making HTTP requests to public websites is the same whether performed by a human browser or a scraping bot. Websites do not have a legal right to prevent data collection of their publicly displayed information merely by declaring their dislike of scraping in terms of service. Bulletproof hosting recognizes this legal reality.
Optimal Scraping Infrastructure
Web scraping at scale requires specific infrastructure design:
Multiple IP addresses. Scraping from a single IP triggers rate limiting and blocks. Distribute requests across multiple IP addresses. AnubizHost can provide /29 blocks (6 usable IPs) and larger allocations for scraping operations that require IP diversity.
High CPU and RAM for parallelism. Efficient scrapers run hundreds of concurrent requests. High-CPU VPS configurations (8+ vCPU) support large scraperPools. Headless browser scrapers (Playwright, Puppeteer) consume more memory - 16GB+ RAM recommended for browser-based scraping at scale.
Fast local storage for cache and queue. NVMe SSD dramatically reduces URL queue and response cache I/O latency compared to HDD. Our VPS plans all include NVMe SSD as standard.
Outbound bandwidth. High-volume scraping generates significant outbound HTTP requests. Plans with large bandwidth allowances (5TB+) or unmetered bandwidth are recommended for heavy scraping workloads.
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