We own all our own hardware but we rent from a colocation provider in Charlotte. They provide the backed-up power and network + the IP block, we do literally everything else. We used to be in my house and I was considering installing my own generator (actually not that expensive) but we got a great deal on colocation, shout out Ivan Teoh at Tier.net!

The Hetzner US server on the east coast is in Virginia not North Carolina.

Which actually isn't that far. But I don't think they could fake it if they say the servers are in NC.