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
$6.00/mo
Zürich · ZRH-2 · Glattbrugg
Servers in Switzerland
Premium neutrality
Answer
Switzerland offers the revised nFADP data-protection regime, mandatory mutual-legal-assistance process with dual-criminality review, and permanent neutrality. It is the strongest "defensible in front of a regulator" address on the network, with 8 ms latency to Frankfurt.
§01 Legal dossier
What Switzerland 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
Revised federal data-protection statute with criminal liability for unlawful disclosure
Instrument · 2023
Federal Act on Data Protection (nFADP/nLPD), SR 235.1, in force 1 Sep 2023 - 02
Foreign requests must run through mutual legal assistance with dual-criminality review
Instrument · 1983
Federal Act on International Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (IMAC), SR 351.1 - 03
Not an EU member; EU directives have no direct effect
Instrument · 1999
Bilateral agreements framework — no acquis communautaire transposition - 04
Permanent armed neutrality; no mutual-defence intelligence-sharing obligations
Instrument · 1815
Congress of Vienna 1815, reaffirmed in Swiss foreign-policy doctrine
The trade-off
Switzerland is not a takedown-immune jurisdiction. Swiss courts issue orders and we comply with valid Swiss ones. What you buy here is process: dual criminality, judicial review, and a state with no alliance obligation to fast-track a foreign request.
Measured latency
Round-trip in milliseconds, measured from Zürich over the last 30 days.
Frankfurt 8 ms
Amsterdam 14 ms
London 21 ms
New York 88 ms
Singapore 158 ms
Network
SwissIX + DE-CIX Frankfurt; transit via Init7 and Cogent.
Facility
- Facility
- ZRH-2 · Glattbrugg
- Uplink
- 10 Gbps per node
- EU member state
- No
- Intelligence alliance
- No documented participation
- Location live since
- 2020
- Test address
- 185.132.45.10
- Looking glass
- lg-zrh.incognitovps.com
- Coordinates
- 47.3769, 8.5417
Best for
- Financial and legal data
- Enterprise workloads needing a defensible address
- Encrypted backup vaults
- EU-adjacent latency without EU jurisdiction
§02 $6 — 6 configurations
Linux VPS in Switzerland
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
$20.50/mo
§03 $66.5 — 6 configurations
Dedicated in Switzerland
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
$66.50/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
$129.00/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
$216.00/mo
§04 $23 — 4 configurations
Storage in Switzerland
SX-4
VAULT-4
Cheap bulk capacity for backups, mirrors and media libraries.
- CPU
- 2 vCPU
- Memory
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 4 TB
- Transfer
- Unmetered
$23.00/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
$40.50/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
$75.50/mo
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions
01 Is Switzerland a good place to host a server?
Switzerland combines the revised nFADP data-protection regime, a mandatory mutual-legal-assistance process with dual-criminality review, and permanent neutrality. That makes it the network's strongest address when you need to defend a hosting decision in front of a regulator, and the 8 ms latency to Frankfurt keeps it practical. The trade-offs are listed on this page rather than hidden.
02 Does Switzerland have mandatory data retention?
This page's legal dossier lists the applicable Swiss instruments, including each statute's citation and year.
03 Is Switzerland in Five Eyes or the EU?
Switzerland does not take part in any documented Eyes intelligence-sharing tier, and it is not an EU member state, so EU judicial-cooperation instruments do not apply there.
04 What latency should I expect from Zürich?
Measured round-trip latencies: 8 ms to Frankfurt, 21 ms to London, 14 ms to Amsterdam, 88 ms to New York, 158 ms to Singapore. A looking glass is at lg-zrh.incognitovps.com.
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