This is an early preview BETA service. It doesn't mean that it won't work, it means than there might be unscheduled changes or downtimes.
nodl cloud is a VPS based version of the software running on the nodl boxes.
The instances are hosted on servers we own. This is not relying on any 3rd party "cloud" provider.
Please allow a few days for delivery of your instance. We are slowly rolling out the service and do a lot of manual checks. Billing period will be adjusted to start at the delivery time.