# Servers in United States
> New York gives 1 ms local latency and 71 ms to London on DE-CIX New York and NYIIX. It is the least protective address we operate: Five Eyes leadership, CLOUD Act disclosure duties reaching data stored anywhere, FISA § 702 collection, and the DMCA applying directly rather than as a foreign notice. Choose it for proximity to US users and nothing else.
**Source:** https://incognitovps.com/servers/united-states
**Updated:** 2026-08-13

## Legal dossier — United States

| Claim | Instrument | Year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| No federal general data-retention mandate applies to hosting providers | No enacted federal statute; retention is contractual, not compulsory | 2026 |
| Providers must disclose data under warrant regardless of where it is stored | CLOUD Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2713 | 2018 |
| Foreign-intelligence collection from US providers without individual warrants | FISA Amendments Act § 702, 50 U.S.C. § 1881a | 2008 |
| Copyright takedown regime applies directly, with safe harbour for compliant hosts | Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 512 | 1998 |

## The trade-off

Every reason our other pages exist. The United States leads Five Eyes, the CLOUD Act compels disclosure of data wherever it is physically stored, FISA § 702 permits collection from US providers without individual warrants, and the DMCA applies here with full force rather than as a letter you can ignore. New York is on the map because 1 ms to Manhattan and 71 ms to London is what some workloads need. If your threat model includes a copyright claimant, this is the one address on our network where they win by default.

## Facility

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Facility | NYC-1 · Secaucus |
| City | New York |
| Coordinates | 40.7128, -74.0060 |
| Uplink | 40 Gbps per node |
| EU member state | No |
| Eyes alliance | five Eyes |
| Live since | 2024 |
| Looking glass | lg-nyc.incognitovps.com |
| Test address | 185.132.44.128 |
| Network | DE-CIX New York and NYIIX peering; transit via Lumen, Cogent and Zayo. |

## Measured latency

| Destination | Round trip |
| --- | --- |
| Frankfurt | 84 ms |
| Amsterdam | 76 ms |
| London | 71 ms |
| New York | 1 ms |
| Singapore | 214 ms |

## Pricing here

| Product | From |
| --- | --- |
| Linux VPS | $4.50/mo |
| Dedicated servers | $53.00/mo |
| GPU compute | $137.00/mo |
| Windows RDP | $11.00/mo |
| Storage servers | $18.50/mo |

## Best for

- North American latency
- US-facing SaaS
- GPU inference near US users
- Workloads with no jurisdictional requirement

## Frequently asked questions

### Is United States a good place to host a server?

In New York, round-trip latency is 1 ms to Manhattan and 71 ms to London via DE-CIX New York and NYIIX. It is the least protective address we operate: Five Eyes leadership, CLOUD Act disclosure duties reaching data stored anywhere, FISA § 702 collection, and the DMCA applying directly rather than as a foreign notice. Choose it for proximity to US users and nothing else. The trade-off is stated fully on this page, not hidden.

### Does United States have mandatory data retention?

There is no general federal law mandating data retention for hosting providers. Retention terms are contractual, not legal requirements, as of 2026.

### Is United States in Five Eyes or the EU?

The United States is a member of the Five Eyes alliance and is not an EU member state, so EU judicial-cooperation instruments do not apply to it.

### What latency should I expect from New York?

Round-trip latency measured: 1 ms to New York, 71 ms to London, 76 ms to Amsterdam, 84 ms to Frankfurt, and 214 ms to Singapore. A looking glass is at lg-nyc.incognitovps.com.


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