# Storage in Australia
> Storage servers in Sydney, Australia, start at $22.50 per month at the SYD-1 · Alexandria facility. Sydney provides Oceania coverage on IX Australia, with 94 ms latency to Singapore and 205 ms to New York. No identity is required, payment is crypto-only, and deployment takes 55 seconds.
**Source:** https://incognitovps.com/storage/australia
**Updated:** 2026-08-13

Four to thirty-two terabytes of RAID-10 enterprise disk with unmetered transfer and NVMe read cache. Built for Borg, restic, rclone and long-term archives.

## Storage servers plans in Australia

| Plan | Codename | Spec | Price |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| sx-4 | VAULT-4 | 2 vCPU, 4 GB, 4 TB | $22.50/mo |
| sx-8 | VAULT-8 | 2 vCPU, 8 GB, 8 TB | $39.50/mo |
| sx-16 | VAULT-16 | 4 vCPU, 16 GB, 16 TB | $73.50/mo |
| sx-32 | VAULT-32 | 4 vCPU, 32 GB, 32 TB | $135.50/mo |

## Why Australia

Sydney covers Oceania on IX Australia at 94 ms to Singapore and 205 ms to New York. Legally it is near the bottom of our range: two-year mandatory metadata retention, Five Eyes founding membership, and powers under the 2018 Assistance and Access Act to compel provider assistance with encrypted communications. A latency choice only.

**Trade-off:** Oceania coverage with the second-weakest legal posture on the network. Australia mandates two years of telecommunications metadata retention and, under the 2018 Assistance and Access Act, can compel providers to help access encrypted communications — a power with no equivalent in any of our privacy jurisdictions. It is a Five Eyes founding participant. Sydney exists because 94 ms to Singapore and local latency for Australian users cannot be bought anywhere else on this map.

## Legal basis

| Claim | Instrument | Year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Two-year mandatory retention of telecommunications metadata | Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979, Part 5-1A | 2015 |
| Providers may be compelled to assist with access to encrypted communications | Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Act | 2018 |
| Founding Five Eyes participant under the UKUSA arrangement | UKUSA Agreement, declassified 2010 | 1956 |
| Privacy Act imposes handling duties on organisations above a turnover threshold | Privacy Act 1988, Australian Privacy Principles | 1988 |

## Frequently asked questions

### How much is a storage in Australia?

Pricing starts at $22.50 per month at SYD-1 · Alexandria and goes up to $135.50 for the largest configuration. All plans include DDoS scrubbing, a routed IPv6 /64, and full root access.

### Why choose Australia for this?

Sydney covers Oceania on IX Australia with 94 ms latency to Singapore and 205 ms to New York. However, Australia's legal posture is among the weakest: mandatory two-year metadata retention, founding member of Five Eyes, and powers under the 2018 Assistance and Access Act to compel provider assistance with encrypted communications. It suits Australian and New Zealand latency, Oceania game servers, and regional backup targets.

### What is the catch with Australia?

Sydney provides Oceania coverage on IX Australia, with 94 ms to Singapore and 205 ms to New York. Legally, it's near the bottom of our range: Australia mandates two-year metadata retention, is a Five Eyes founding member, and under the 2018 Assistance and Access Act can compel provider assistance with encrypted communications. Choose it only for latency.

### Do you require identity verification in Australia?

No. The token-only model applies across all 16 locations: no name, email, phone, or ID at any point, and settlement only in crypto.


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Incognito VPS — Offshore VPS, bare-metal and GPU servers in 16 locations, 8 of them chosen for their legal properties. No identity required, crypto-only payment, deployed in 55 seconds.
Operating since 2020. 16 locations, 8 of them privacy jurisdictions. AS204287.
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