HV-1
SCOUT
A relay, a bridge, a bastion host. The smallest useful thing.
- CPU
- 1 vCPU
- Memory
- 2 GB
- Storage
- 25 GB
- Transfer
- 2 TB
$5.50/mo
Sydney · SYD-1 · Alexandria
Servers in Australia
Oceania coverage
Answer
Sydney covers Oceania on IX Australia at 94 ms to Singapore and 205 ms to New York. Legally it is near the bottom of our range: two-year mandatory metadata retention, Five Eyes founding membership, and powers under the 2018 Assistance and Access Act to compel provider assistance with encrypted communications. A latency choice only.
§01 Legal dossier
What Australia law actually says
Each claim below names the instrument behind it and the year it took effect, so you can verify it rather than trust us.
- 01
Two-year mandatory retention of telecommunications metadata
Instrument · 2015
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979, Part 5-1A - 02
Providers may be compelled to assist with access to encrypted communications
Instrument · 2018
Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Act - 03
Founding Five Eyes participant under the UKUSA arrangement
Instrument · 1956
UKUSA Agreement, declassified 2010 - 04
Privacy Act imposes handling duties on organisations above a turnover threshold
Instrument · 1988
Privacy Act 1988, Australian Privacy Principles
The trade-off
Oceania coverage with the second-weakest legal posture on the network. Australia mandates two years of telecommunications metadata retention and, under the 2018 Assistance and Access Act, can compel providers to help access encrypted communications — a power with no equivalent in any of our privacy jurisdictions. It is a Five Eyes founding participant. Sydney exists because 94 ms to Singapore and local latency for Australian users cannot be bought anywhere else on this map.
Measured latency
Round-trip in milliseconds, measured from Sydney over the last 30 days.
Frankfurt 258 ms
Amsterdam 261 ms
London 264 ms
New York 205 ms
Singapore 94 ms
Network
IX Australia NSW peering; transit via Telstra, Vocus and Arelion.
Facility
- Facility
- SYD-1 · Alexandria
- Uplink
- 20 Gbps per node
- EU member state
- No
- Intelligence alliance
- Five Eyes participant
- Location live since
- 2025
- Test address
- 185.132.44.192
- Looking glass
- lg-syd.incognitovps.com
- Coordinates
- -33.8688, 151.2093
Best for
- Australian and New Zealand latency
- Oceania game servers
- Regional backup targets
§02 $5.5 — 6 configurations
Linux VPS in Australia
HV-2
RELAY
VPN endpoint, proxy, small site. The default first server.
- CPU
- 2 vCPU
- Memory
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 60 GB
- Transfer
- 4 TB
$10.00/mo
HV-4
VECTOR
Docker stacks, CI runners, a pruned chain node.
- CPU
- 4 vCPU
- Memory
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 140 GB
- Transfer
- 8 TB
$19.50/mo
§03 $65 — 6 configurations
Dedicated in Australia
DS-0
OUTPOST
Entry bare metal. Your own kernel, your own disk, no neighbours.
- CPU
- 4c / 8t
- Memory
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB
- Transfer
- 30 TB
$65.00/mo
DS-1
GARRISON
Single-tenant workhorse with IPMI and custom ISO boot.
- CPU
- 8c / 16t
- Memory
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 2 TB
- Transfer
- 50 TB
$125.50/mo
DS-2
RAMPART
Highest single-thread clock on the network. Chain nodes love it.
- CPU
- 16c / 32t
- Memory
- 128 GB
- Storage
- 4 TB
- Transfer
- 60 TB
$210.00/mo
§04 $13.5 — 4 configurations
Windows RDP in Australia
WR-2
DESK
Windows Server 2022 with full administrator, ready in 60 seconds.
- CPU
- 2 vCPU
- Memory
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 60 GB
- Transfer
- 2 TB
$13.50/mo
WR-4
DESK-PRO
Comfortable desktop workloads and light automation.
- CPU
- 4 vCPU
- Memory
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 120 GB
- Transfer
- 5 TB
$24.00/mo
WR-8
STUDIO
Multi-session work, trading terminals, heavy browser fleets.
- CPU
- 6 vCPU
- Memory
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 240 GB
- Transfer
- 10 TB
$43.50/mo
§05 $22.5 — 4 configurations
Storage in Australia
SX-4
VAULT-4
Cheap bulk capacity for backups, mirrors and media libraries.
- CPU
- 2 vCPU
- Memory
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 4 TB
- Transfer
- Unmetered
$22.50/mo
SX-8
VAULT-8
Restic, Borg, rclone and Syncthing targets with room to grow.
- CPU
- 2 vCPU
- Memory
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 8 TB
- Transfer
- Unmetered
$39.50/mo
SX-16
VAULT-16
Seedbox-class throughput with 200 GB of NVMe cache in front.
- CPU
- 4 vCPU
- Memory
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 16 TB
- Transfer
- Unmetered
$73.50/mo
Compare with the other seven
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
01 Is Australia a good place to host a server?
Sydney is our latency play for Oceania, reaching Singapore in 94 ms and New York in 205 ms over IX Australia. The legal side is the weakest we offer: Australia mandates two years of metadata retention, is a founding Five Eyes member, and the 2018 Assistance and Access Act lets authorities compel providers to help with encrypted communications. Full trade-off disclosed here.
02 Does Australia have mandatory data retention?
Australia requires telecommunications providers to retain metadata for two years, under Part 5-1A of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979, as amended in 2015.
03 Is Australia in Five Eyes or the EU?
Australia is a Five Eyes founding member and not an EU member state, so EU judicial-cooperation instruments do not apply to it.
04 What latency should I expect from Sydney?
Measured round-trip times from Sydney: 258 ms to Frankfurt, 264 ms to London, 261 ms to Amsterdam, 205 ms to New York, and 94 ms to Singapore. A live looking glass is at lg-syd.incognitovps.com.
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