[hnbad]

> Fastmail is a fine service, built and operated by trustworthy people

Yes, but their data centers aren't because they're operated by someone else in the US.

Fastmail is slightly better than using a US-based e-mail provider but it's still de facto US-based e-mail even if the company you sign up with sits in Australia. They don't control their own data centers and their data centers are in the US (whether they have additional data centers elsewhere doesn't matter if they're not transparent about which data center your data will go to).