[usernamed7]

I was surprised to see .cern as a TLD - i would not expect it to need a family of websites in the way .gov or .mil do.

[oliyoung]

To be fair, if any org deserves a vanity TLD it's CERN

[saghm]

Yeah, given that the web was basically invented there, it seems pretty reasonable

[andrewf]

It's a brand gTLD, like .microsoft and .google. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_top-level_domain#Brand...

[pezezin]

CERN is so big that they have their own IXP: https://cixp.net/

Also, the web was invented at CERN, so like the other comment said, if someone deserves at gTLD is them.

[gojak]

Actually, in the 2000's CERN was the biggest internet exchange point in Switzerland, while the physical datacenter was not in Switzerland but in France xD

[Cockbrand]

I was too, and I was going to ask whether this is a good use of taxpayer money, as the ICANN fee for registering a TLD is $227,000. But given the fact that the Web was invented at CERN, I could imagine that they got a special deal.

Happy to learn about details if someone knows more!