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
Reykjavík · RVK-1 · Hafnarfjörður
Servers in Iceland
Free-speech haven
Answer
Iceland pairs constitutional speech protection with the IMMI source-protection framework and no hosting-level data-retention mandate. It sits outside EU enforcement institutions and runs on 100% hydro and geothermal power. It is the strongest legal posture on our network and priced accordingly.
§01 Legal dossier
What Iceland 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
No general data-retention obligation applies to hosting providers
Instrument · 2022
Act on Electronic Communications No. 70/2022, retention duties limited to telecom operators - 02
Constitutional free-expression protection with narrow, enumerated exceptions
Instrument · 1995
Constitution of Iceland, Art. 73 (as amended 1995) - 03
Statutory source protection for journalists and their intermediaries
Instrument · 2010
Icelandic Modern Media Initiative (IMMI), Parliamentary Resolution 23/138 - 04
Outside EU institutional enforcement; EEA member for trade only
Instrument · 1994
EEA Agreement 1994 — no participation in EU judicial-cooperation instruments
The trade-off
The most legally protective address we operate, and the most expensive. Subsea capacity is finite, so bulk-transfer workloads cost more here than anywhere else on the map.
Measured latency
Round-trip in milliseconds, measured from Reykjavík over the last 30 days.
Frankfurt 41 ms
Amsterdam 38 ms
London 34 ms
New York 51 ms
Singapore 197 ms
Network
FARICE-1 + DANICE + IRIS subsea; transit via Arelion & Cogent, RIX peering.
Facility
- Facility
- RVK-1 · Hafnarfjörður
- Uplink
- 10 Gbps per node
- EU member state
- No
- Intelligence alliance
- No documented participation
- Location live since
- 2020
- Test address
- 185.132.44.10
- Looking glass
- lg-rvk.incognitovps.com
- Coordinates
- 64.1466, -21.9426
Best for
- Journalism and leak platforms
- Archives and mirrors
- Long-horizon projects
- Renewable-powered GPU training
§02 $5.5 — 6 configurations
Linux VPS in Iceland
HV-2
RELAY
VPN endpoint, proxy, small site. The default first server.
- CPU
- 2 vCPU
- Memory
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 60 GB
- Transfer
- 4 TB
$9.00/mo
HV-4
VECTOR
Docker stacks, CI runners, a pruned chain node.
- CPU
- 4 vCPU
- Memory
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 140 GB
- Transfer
- 8 TB
$18.50/mo
§03 $60.5 — 6 configurations
Dedicated in Iceland
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
$60.50/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
$117.50/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
$196.50/mo
§04 $157 — 5 configurations
GPU compute in Iceland
GX-4090
FORGE
Stable Diffusion, LLM fine-tunes up to 13B, video generation.
- GPU
- 1× RTX 4090
- CPU
- 8 vCPU
- Memory
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 1 TB
- Transfer
- Unmetered
$157.00/mo
GX-5090
FORGE-XL
32 GB VRAM. The best price per token on the network.
- GPU
- 1× RTX 5090
- CPU
- 12 vCPU
- Memory
- 96 GB
- Storage
- 2 TB
- Transfer
- Unmetered
$249.50/mo
GX-A100
CRUCIBLE
80 GB HBM2e for training runs that will not fit on consumer cards.
- GPU
- 1× A100 SXM4
- CPU
- 16 vCPU
- Memory
- 128 GB
- Storage
- 3.8 TB
- Transfer
- Unmetered
$658.50/mo
§05 $21 — 4 configurations
Storage in Iceland
SX-4
VAULT-4
Cheap bulk capacity for backups, mirrors and media libraries.
- CPU
- 2 vCPU
- Memory
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 4 TB
- Transfer
- Unmetered
$21.00/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
$37.00/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
$68.50/mo
Compare with the other seven
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
01 Is Iceland a good place to host a server?
Iceland’s constitutional speech protection combines with the IMMI source-protection framework, and hosting providers face no data-retention mandate. Outside EU enforcement structures, the country runs on 100% hydro and geothermal power. This is the strongest legal posture on our network, and priced accordingly. The trade-off is laid out in full on this page rather than hidden.
02 Does Iceland have mandatory data retention?
Hosting providers in Iceland are not subject to a general data-retention obligation. The relevant legal instrument is Act on Electronic Communications No. 70/2022, which limits retention duties to telecom operators (2022).
03 Is Iceland in Five Eyes or the EU?
Iceland has no documented participation in any Eyes intelligence-sharing tier. As a non-EU state, EU judicial-cooperation instruments do not reach it.
04 What latency should I expect from Reykjavík?
Measured round-trip latency: 41 ms to Frankfurt, 34 ms to London, 38 ms to Amsterdam, 51 ms to New York, and 197 ms to Singapore. A public looking glass is available at lg-rvk.incognitovps.com.
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