Mistakes have been made. Fastmail is hosted in the US
Slowly moving services away from the US. Went with Fastmail, which I used before. Was reading their privacy page only to find out they're hosted in the US, even though they're an Australian service.
I don't want to influence you but take your time and compare every other option. Mailbox is the clunkiest and ugliest UI I've ever seen. Their 2FA feels like a dirty hack too. I'm sure they're good technically though.
The lack of details about the second facility is unintentionally funny, leading to the assumption it has none of what the PHL facility does and is in a den of thieves underwater running on gerbil wheel power.
They always have been. The passwords to those servers are keht in austrillia so there isn't much that being in the us means other than physical access vulnerabilities
Although I am not an expert in this field, I believe that a law or an executive order could be passed requiring that if an external entity (Fastmail) wishes to engage in business with a US entity (server provider), end-to-end encryption must be enabled with a backdoor.
Additionally, when an individual pays Fastmail, they are essentially making payment to the server provider located in the United States.