Skiff 2
$ 7 /month
- vCPU
- 1 × shared
- RAM
- 2 GB
- Storage
- 40 GB NVMe SSD
- Transfer
- 3 TB
- IPv4 / IPv6
- 1 / /64 routed
🇦🇴 Africa
VPS hosting in Luanda
South Atlantic cable landing with a direct route to Brazil.
EdgeNo Eyes allianceOutside GDPR territoryDMCA not applicable10 Gbit/s
Short answer
Luanda, Angola, offers a VPS with no KYC requirement—an email address is all OnionVPS holds. Angola is outside the Five, Nine and Fourteen Eyes alliances, and the DMCA does not apply here; local copyright law generally requires a court order. An entry-price server starts at $4 per month. This makes Luanda a legal-routing choice for data that should avoid those alliances.
- City
- Luanda
- Country
- 🇦🇴 Angola (AO)
- Region
- Africa
- Tier
- Edge
- Intelligence alliance
- Not a member of the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes alliances
- GDPR applies
- No
- DMCA applies
- Not applicable — DMCA is US statute
- Online since
- 2024
- Uplink
- 10 Gbit/s
- Capabilities
- DDoS scrubbing · Native IPv6 /64 · NVMe storage
- Coordinates
- -8.84, 13.23
Why hosting in Luanda looks the way it does
OnionVPS has run this region since 2024, connected via a South Atlantic cable with direct route to Brazil. The facility provides 10 Gbit/s uplink, DDoS scrubbing, native IPv6 /64, and NVMe storage. Round-trip latency from Luanda is 90 ms to São Paulo and 91 ms to Frankfurt, making it a practical midpoint for Atlantic traffic. Within Africa, it is 23 ms from Windhoek and 26 ms from Lusaka.
People deploy reverse proxies for African and Brazilian audiences, lowering latency for media streaming and web applications. The jurisdiction suits data that must not traverse the Eyes-alliance countries, such as financial data for non-GDPR clients or content that faces takedown pressure elsewhere. Edge caching servers for nearby regions are a typical use, given the 90 ms to São Paulo.
Plans available in Luanda
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 Luanda
| Location | Country | Estimated RTT |
|---|---|---|
| 🇿🇦 Johannesburg | South Africa | 36 ms |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 82 ms |
| 🇧🇷 São Paulo | Brazil | 90 ms |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt | Germany | 91 ms |
| 🇬🇧 London | United Kingdom | 94 ms |
| 🇳🇱 Amsterdam | Netherlands | 95 ms |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore | Singapore | 138 ms |
| 🇺🇸 New York | United States | 143 ms |
| 🇺🇸 Ashburn | United States | 146 ms |
| 🇺🇸 Miami | United States | 147 ms |
| 🇦🇺 Sydney | Australia | 185 ms |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo | Japan | 189 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 Angola a good place to host a server?
South Atlantic cable landing with a direct route to Brazil.
Is Angola in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes?
No. Angola 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 Angola?
No. The DMCA is United States copyright statute and binds service providers situated in the US. A server in Angola is governed by Angola copyright law, which generally requires a court order rather than a private notice. Copyright still applies; only the enforcement mechanism differs.
How fast is Luanda from Europe and North America?
Estimated round trips are approximately 91 ms to Frankfurt and 146 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 Luanda?
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.
How does Angola's non-Eyes status affect subpoena risk?
As an entity outside the Five, Nine and Fourteen Eyes, OnionVPS in Luanda is not bound by those alliances' intelligence-sharing agreements. We retain connection logs for zero days. A third party seeking your data would need to pursue local legal process in Angola, and the jurisdiction generally requires a court order for copyright matters.
What is the cable latency to Brazil from Luanda?
The estimated round-trip time to São Paulo is 90 ms, over the South Atlantic cable landing with a direct route to Brazil. That is the fastest intercontinental link from this region, making it viable for latency-sensitive applications serving Brazilian users, though it is an estimate, not a measured value.
This page is general information, not legal advice.