The server location is nominally in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. I say 'nominal' because it is part of a high-access (HA) cluster with triple units. They guarantee 99.99% uptime.
The hardware provided is much better than before, which clearly helps a lot for better performance. However as disk space is expensive (NVMe SSD units) with our solution, we have to avoid using NG as a mass storage for one's pictures. That is against our previous guidelines as well and will have to be enforced in the future. We might need to put a quota on the space used by non-subscribers, to name one example of future policy.
It is not fair that 100+ subscribers cover the expenses to allow thousands of visitors per day to enjoy the site.