# Servers in Bulgaria
> Sofia is our lowest-cost location. Bulgaria annulled blanket retention in 2015 and now requires per-request judicial authorisation. Good Frankfurt path at 34 ms, EU jurisdiction, and the best price per gigabyte of NVMe on the network.
**Source:** https://incognitovps.com/servers/bulgaria
**Updated:** 2026-08-13

## Legal dossier — Bulgaria

| Claim | Instrument | Year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blanket retention provisions annulled as unconstitutional | Constitutional Court Decision No. 2 of 12 Mar 2015, case 8/2014 | 2015 |
| Retention now requires prior judicial authorisation per request | Electronic Communications Act, Art. 251b as amended post-2015 | 2015 |
| Hosting liability exemption under the DSA regime | EU Digital Services Act (Reg. 2022/2065), Art. 6 | 2024 |
| Not a member of any Eyes intelligence-sharing tier | No documented SIGINT Seniors participation | 2024 |

## The trade-off

Cheapest euro-adjacent capacity we operate and a real anti-retention precedent, but it is still an EU member state with full mutual-recognition obligations. Transit is thinner than Amsterdam.

## Facility

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Facility | SOF-1 · Mladost |
| City | Sofia |
| Coordinates | 42.6977, 23.3219 |
| Uplink | 10 Gbps per node |
| EU member state | Yes |
| Eyes alliance | No documented participation |
| Live since | 2022 |
| Looking glass | lg-sof.incognitovps.com |
| Test address | 185.132.48.10 |
| Network | BIX.BG + Balkan-IX; transit via Neterra and Cogent, direct path to Frankfurt. |

## Measured latency

| Destination | Round trip |
| --- | --- |
| Frankfurt | 34 ms |
| Amsterdam | 38 ms |
| London | 47 ms |
| New York | 118 ms |
| Singapore | 143 ms |

## Pricing here

| Product | From |
| --- | --- |
| Linux VPS | $4.00/mo |
| Dedicated servers | $46.00/mo |
| Windows RDP | $9.50/mo |
| Storage servers | $16.00/mo |

## Best for

- Budget VPS fleets
- CI runners and build farms
- Staging environments
- Bulk storage in the EU

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Bulgaria a good place to host a server?

Sofia is the cheapest location we run. Bulgaria struck down blanket retention in 2015 and now needs a judge’s order for each request. It routes to Frankfurt in 34 ms and offers the best NVMe price per gigabyte on the network. The full trade-off is right here, not glossed over.

### Does Bulgaria have mandatory data retention?

Blanket retention was annulled as unconstitutional in Constitutional Court Decision No. 2 of 12 Mar 2015, case 8/2014 (2015).

### Is Bulgaria in Five Eyes or the EU?

Bulgaria is not documented as part of any Eyes intelligence-sharing tier. It is an EU member, so European Investigation Orders and DSA obligations apply.

### What latency should I expect from Sofia?

Measured round-trip times: Frankfurt 34 ms, London 47 ms, Amsterdam 38 ms, New York 118 ms, Singapore 143 ms. A looking glass is live at lg-sof.incognitovps.com.


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