Skiff 2
$ 7 /month
- vCPU
- 1 × shared
- RAM
- 2 GB
- Storage
- 40 GB NVMe SSD
- Transfer
- 3 TB
- IPv4 / IPv6
- 1 / /64 routed
🇬🇷 Europe
VPS hosting in Athens
Eastern Mediterranean edge with routes to the Middle East and Egypt.
EdgeNo Eyes allianceGDPR appliesDMCA not applicable20 Gbit/s
Short answer
Yes, you can host a server in Athens, Greece without KYC. OnionVPS operates a VPS region there since 2023, and Greece is not a member of the Five, Nine, or Fourteen Eyes intelligence-sharing alliances. The DMCA does not apply because it is United States statute; local copyright law requires a court order. Entry price is $4 per month.
- City
- Athens
- Country
- 🇬🇷 Greece (GR)
- Region
- Europe
- Tier
- Edge
- Intelligence alliance
- Not a member of the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes alliances
- GDPR applies
- Yes
- DMCA applies
- Not applicable — DMCA is US statute
- Online since
- 2023
- Uplink
- 20 Gbit/s
- Capabilities
- DDoS scrubbing · Native IPv6 /64 · NVMe storage
- Coordinates
- 37.98, 23.73
Why hosting in Athens looks the way it does
Athens offers an Eastern Mediterranean edge with routes to the Middle East and Egypt. The jurisdiction is a non-Eyes member, so data is outside the main surveillance blocs, but GDPR applies to personal data, meaning you have strong data-protection rights. The facility has a 20 Gbit/s uplink, DDoS scrubbing, native IPv6 /64, and NVMe storage. Estimated round-trip times are 26 ms to Frankfurt and 114 ms to Ashburn, and it sits within 10 ms of Sofia, Tirana, Skopje, and Podgorica.
Typical deployments include low-latency proxies and VPN exit nodes for the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, mail servers that need clean IPs outside US jurisdiction, and relay infrastructure for regional services. The lack of DMCA takedowns makes it attractive for content that is legal locally but often complained about elsewhere, and the network links to neighbouring Balkan regions make it a useful interconnect point.
Plans available in Athens
Cutter 8
$ 34 /month
- vCPU
- 4 × dedicated
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 160 GB NVMe SSD
- Transfer
- 10 TB
- IPv4 / IPv6
- 1 / /64 routed
Clipper 16
$ 92 /month
- vCPU
- 8 × dedicated
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 400 GB NVMe Gen4 SSD
- Transfer
- 30 TB
- IPv4 / IPv6
- 1 / /64 routed
Hold 4
$ 22 /month
- vCPU
- 2 × shared
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 2 TB Enterprise HDD
- Transfer
- 20 TB
- IPv4 / IPv6
- 1 / /64 routed
The hardened Bastion line is restricted to offshore and privacy-tier jurisdictions and is not available here.
Compare all plansEstimated round-trip latency from Athens
| Location | Country | Estimated RTT |
|---|---|---|
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt | Germany | 26 ms |
| 🇳🇱 Amsterdam | Netherlands | 31 ms |
| 🇬🇧 London | United Kingdom | 34 ms |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 46 ms |
| 🇿🇦 Johannesburg | South Africa | 99 ms |
| 🇺🇸 New York | United States | 109 ms |
| 🇺🇸 Ashburn | United States | 114 ms |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore | Singapore | 124 ms |
| 🇺🇸 Miami | United States | 129 ms |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo | Japan | 130 ms |
| 🇧🇷 São Paulo | Brazil | 137 ms |
| 🇦🇺 Sydney | Australia | 209 ms |
Estimates are computed from great-circle distance × 1.35 route factor, at 200 km/ms in fibre, plus 2 ms of equipment latency. They are a floor, not a measurement.
Frequently asked questions
Is Greece a good place to host a server?
Eastern Mediterranean edge with routes to the Middle East and Egypt.
Is Greece in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes?
No. Greece is not a member of the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes intelligence-sharing alliances, which is one reason it appears in our edge tier.
Does the DMCA apply to a server in Greece?
No. The DMCA is United States copyright statute and binds service providers situated in the US. A server in Greece is governed by Greece copyright law, which generally requires a court order rather than a private notice. Copyright still applies; only the enforcement mechanism differs.
How fast is Athens from Europe and North America?
Estimated round trips are approximately 26 ms to Frankfurt and 114 ms to Ashburn. These are computed from great-circle distance rather than measured, so treat them as a floor.
Do I need to identify myself to order in Athens?
No. Every OnionVPS location has the same signup: an email address you control and a cryptocurrency payment. No name, no address, no document, no card.
What is the legal basis for DMCA not applying in Greece?
The DMCA is a United States statute; it has no force outside US jurisdiction. In Greece, copyright enforcement follows local law, which generally requires a court order before a host must take down content. So a DMCA-style notice is not an obligation for a server located in Athens.
Does Greek law require you to store user data?
Greece is in the EU, so GDPR applies to personal data, but it does not impose blanket data retention on hosting providers. Connection logs are retained for 0 days by OnionVPS, aligning with a minimal-data posture. Specific sectors like telecoms have separate retention rules, but general web hosting is not forced to log.
This page is general information, not legal advice.