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
$4.50/mo
London · LON-1 · Slough
Servers in United Kingdom
London transit hub
Answer
London sits on LINX and LONAP with 7 ms to Amsterdam and 71 ms to New York, which is why it is on the map. Legally it is the weakest position we offer: Five Eyes membership, retention and technical capability notices under the Investigatory Powers Act, and a criminal offence for refusing to disclose a decryption key under RIPA Part III.
§01 Legal dossier
What United Kingdom 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
Retention notices may compel operators to keep communications data for 12 months
Instrument · 2016
Investigatory Powers Act 2016, Part 4 - 02
Technical capability notices may require removal of electronic protection
Instrument · 2016
Investigatory Powers Act 2016, s.253 - 03
Failure to disclose a decryption key on notice is a criminal offence
Instrument · 2000
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, Part III, s.49–s.53 - 04
Outside EU judicial cooperation since Brexit; UK GDPR applies domestically
Instrument · 2021
Data Protection Act 2018 as amended by the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018
The trade-off
The most legally intrusive address we operate, and we would rather say it than bury it. The United Kingdom is a founding Five Eyes member, the Investigatory Powers Act permits retention notices and technical capability notices, and RIPA Part III makes refusing to hand over a decryption key a criminal offence. London is here for its transit position — 1 ms local, 7 ms to Amsterdam, 71 ms to New York. Nothing about it is a privacy argument.
Measured latency
Round-trip in milliseconds, measured from London over the last 30 days.
Frankfurt 14 ms
Amsterdam 7 ms
London 1 ms
New York 71 ms
Singapore 168 ms
Network
LINX and LONAP peering; transit via Arelion, Cogent and Lumen.
Facility
- Facility
- LON-1 · Slough
- Uplink
- 25 Gbps per node
- EU member state
- No
- Intelligence alliance
- Five Eyes participant
- Location live since
- 2023
- Test address
- 185.132.44.96
- Looking glass
- lg-lon.incognitovps.com
- Coordinates
- 51.5074, -0.1278
Best for
- UK-facing latency
- Financial-market proximity
- Transatlantic transit
- Workloads with no jurisdictional requirement
§02 $4.5 — 6 configurations
Linux VPS in United Kingdom
HV-2
RELAY
VPN endpoint, proxy, small site. The default first server.
- CPU
- 2 vCPU
- Memory
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 60 GB
- Transfer
- 4 TB
$8.50/mo
HV-4
VECTOR
Docker stacks, CI runners, a pruned chain node.
- CPU
- 4 vCPU
- Memory
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 140 GB
- Transfer
- 8 TB
$16.50/mo
§03 $54.5 — 6 configurations
Dedicated in United Kingdom
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
$54.50/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
$105.00/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
$176.00/mo
§04 $11 — 4 configurations
Windows RDP in United Kingdom
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
$11.00/mo
WR-4
DESK-PRO
Comfortable desktop workloads and light automation.
- CPU
- 4 vCPU
- Memory
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 120 GB
- Transfer
- 5 TB
$20.00/mo
WR-8
STUDIO
Multi-session work, trading terminals, heavy browser fleets.
- CPU
- 6 vCPU
- Memory
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 240 GB
- Transfer
- 10 TB
$36.50/mo
§05 $19 — 4 configurations
Storage in United Kingdom
SX-4
VAULT-4
Cheap bulk capacity for backups, mirrors and media libraries.
- CPU
- 2 vCPU
- Memory
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 4 TB
- Transfer
- Unmetered
$19.00/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
$33.00/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
$61.50/mo
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions
01 Is United Kingdom a good place to host a server?
London is on the map for its transit: it peers at LINX and LONAP, with 7 ms to Amsterdam and 71 ms to New York. Legally it is our weakest position. The UK is a founding Five Eyes member; the Investigatory Powers Act allows retention and technical capability notices, and RIPA Part III makes refusing a decryption key a criminal offence. We state this openly.
02 Does United Kingdom have mandatory data retention?
Under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, Part 4, retention notices can require operators to keep communications data for 12 months.
03 Is United Kingdom in Five Eyes or the EU?
The UK is a Five Eyes member and not an EU member state, so EU judicial-cooperation instruments do not apply.
04 What latency should I expect from London?
Measured round-trip times: 1 ms to London, 7 ms to Amsterdam, 14 ms to Frankfurt, 71 ms to New York, 168 ms to Singapore. Looking glass at lg-lon.incognitovps.com.
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