🇨🇼 Caribbean

VPS hosting in Willemstad

Autonomous Dutch constituent country with its own legislature — Netherlands data law does not extend here. Popular for iGaming and media platforms.

OffshoreNo Eyes allianceOutside GDPR territoryDMCA not applicable20 Gbit/s
Short answer

Willemstad, Curaçao, hosts servers without KYC, and the legal position is clear: the country is outside every intelligence-sharing alliance, and the DMCA does not apply. Curaçao is an autonomous Dutch constituent country with its own legislature, and Netherlands data law does not extend here. OnionVPS's Willemstad region has operated since 2021, with entry at $4 per month.

City
Willemstad
Country
🇨🇼 Curaçao (CW)
Region
Caribbean
Tier
Offshore
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
2021
Uplink
20 Gbit/s
Capabilities
DDoS scrubbing · Native IPv6 /64 · NVMe storage
Coordinates
12.11, -68.93

Why hosting in Willemstad looks the way it does

Curaçao sits outside the EU legal perimeter and every intelligence-sharing alliance, which matters for data sovereignty. GDPR does not apply to personal data processed here, and the DMCA is a US statute that does not bind a host situated in Willemstad. The facility runs a 20 Gbit/s uplink with DDoS scrubbing, native IPv6 /64, and NVMe storage. Latency to Ashburn is around 44 ms, with Frankfurt at 111 ms.

People deploy iGaming platforms, which find Curaçao's regulatory posture a natural fit, and media platforms that need copyright-friendly hosting. The 65 ms round trip to São Paulo suits Latin American content delivery, and the 12 ms hop to San Juan makes the site a useful regional hub for Caribbean-facing services.

Plans available in Willemstad

Skiff

Skiff 2

$ 7 /month
vCPU
1 × shared
RAM
2 GB
Storage
40 GB NVMe SSD
Transfer
3 TB
IPv4 / IPv6
1 / /64 routed
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Cutter

Cutter 8

$ 34 /month
vCPU
4 × dedicated
RAM
8 GB
Storage
160 GB NVMe SSD
Transfer
10 TB
IPv4 / IPv6
1 / /64 routed
Configure
Clipper

Clipper 16

$ 92 /month
vCPU
8 × dedicated
RAM
16 GB
Storage
400 GB NVMe Gen4 SSD
Transfer
30 TB
IPv4 / IPv6
1 / /64 routed
Configure
Bastion

Bastion 8

$ 59 /month
vCPU
4 × dedicated
RAM
8 GB
Storage
160 GB NVMe SSD + LUKS2
Transfer
15 TB
IPv4 / IPv6
3 / /64 routed
Configure
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Estimated round-trip latency from Willemstad

Methodology
LocationCountryEstimated RTT
🇺🇸 MiamiUnited States28 ms
🇺🇸 AshburnUnited States44 ms
🇺🇸 New YorkUnited States45 ms
🇧🇷 São PauloBrazil65 ms
🇬🇧 LondonUnited Kingdom103 ms
🇳🇱 AmsterdamNetherlands108 ms
🇩🇪 FrankfurtGermany111 ms
🇿🇦 JohannesburgSouth Africa154 ms
🇦🇪 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates173 ms
🇯🇵 TokyoJapan190 ms
🇦🇺 SydneyAustralia208 ms
🇸🇬 SingaporeSingapore249 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 Curaçao a good place to host a server?

Autonomous Dutch constituent country with its own legislature — Netherlands data law does not extend here. Popular for iGaming and media platforms.

Is Curaçao in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes?

No. Curaçao is not a member of the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes intelligence-sharing alliances, which is one reason it appears in our offshore tier.

Does the DMCA apply to a server in Curaçao?

No. The DMCA is United States copyright statute and binds service providers situated in the US. A server in Curaçao is governed by Curaçao copyright law, which generally requires a court order rather than a private notice. Copyright still applies; only the enforcement mechanism differs.

How fast is Willemstad from Europe and North America?

Estimated round trips are approximately 111 ms to Frankfurt and 44 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 Willemstad?

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 does Curaçao's autonomous status mean for my data?

Curaçao is an autonomous Dutch constituent country with its own legislature, so Netherlands data law does not extend here. GDPR does not apply to personal data processed in Willemstad. You retain control under local law, which generally requires a court order for content takedown.

Do I need to identify myself to sign up?

No. OnionVPS requires only an email address you control. No name, address, document, or card is requested at any point. Provisioning takes 55 seconds, and payment is in cryptocurrency only, through OxaPay.

This page is general information, not legal advice.