Online.net, the folks behind scaleway you mentioned, do actually have a dedicated POWER8 server available. While their cheapest dedicated servers (C2350 Avoton

Online.net, the folks behind scaleway you mentioned, do actually have a dedicated POWER8 server available. While their cheapest dedicated servers (C2350 Avoton / 4GB) go for €9/mo, and a bit more comparable 2xE5-2660v3 / 256GB at €320, you have to shell €1600/mo for the POWER8 / 512GB.[1] Which is to say, their other prices seem ok, but the POWER is still expensive. Also, IIRC they've had POWER servers available for quite some time (possibly already POWER7), so maybe there is demand. Assuming so, it is either actually more efficient to a great degree than x86-64, or sufficiently more efficient so that it can solve some problems the x86-64 ones can't at all. [1] https://www.online.net/en/dedicated-server/dedibox-power8 https://www.online.net/en/dedicated-server/dedibox-power8