We can help you with colocation in Greenhouse Datacenters, in The Netherlands.

I'm looking for recommendations for affordable colocation for a 1U server based on a Ryzen 9 5950X with 128GB.

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* Do they own their own hardware & infrastructure (colocation is fine by me, but I would prefer not to rent a server from a company renting their hardware)?

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I am also looking for London colocation with:

Microtronix in Ottoville, OH offers mini colocation for cheap.

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Any dedicated server or colocation deals?

We might be able to help with this with colocation in The Netherlands.

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My guess: $599*2 (-$65 per mo) to purchase the hardware, then $65/m for colocation.

I think that’s for colocation. You buy the hardware then pay each month for them to host it in a datacenter. When you cancel they ship the hardware to you for a fee.

Normal datacenters, the old ones -- thats the majority of what is out there for normal colocation providers like us, are build for 0.5 kw/sqm - 1.5 kw/sqm cooling.

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one ip is around $10, 1gbps is around $800 and usually only gets 300-700mbps, not guaranteed. colocation is barely better, 100mbps max, or around $1k for 1gbps. 10gbps is like $100k. ( Mostly shared.

We have our own data center with solar energy in Romania with 400kw storage batteries, we inject 60% of the generated energy into the national system, to feed it back later when we don't have enough

Cost for the colocation power and bandwidth is more than your $25 budget. You will have a hard time even if you owned the equipment to get colocation that price.

There was a hobby colocation provider explosive.net between the late-90s and 2007. They ran off a single T1 line from someone's Bay Area basement, and later dedicated DSL.

If RPi works (and you get lucky with stock), JoshR has MysticDev/RPiServers - more info in the LET thread (8GB is out of stock, but this is really the cheapest dedi you'll find)