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Where does Firefox store passwords and user data online?

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Does Firefox store passwords on the cloud for syncing? If so, where or on what platform/ server are they uploaded in?If not how does the syncing take place?

Does Firefox store passwords on the cloud for syncing? If so, where or on what platform/ server are they uploaded in?If not how does the syncing take place?

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Sync encrypts all data locally, including logins (passwords) if those are included, using a key derived from the password of the Sync account before it is uploaded.

See also the docs.