> Building, maintaining and operating data centers is not easy nor cheap. It requires expertise in everything from physical construction to thermal engineering

> Building, maintaining and operating data centers is not easy nor cheap. It requires expertise in everything from physical construction to thermal engineering to networking. It requires significant amounts of capital. It takes months to years to complete. compete with who? If you simply want to save thousands of dollars every month, start with a single 1/4 cabinet at a colo and build up from there as one's needs grow. There is no need for the extreme expense view you state. One $8K server placed in a colo pays for itself in two weeks! I am only discussing people that require computation for what they do. If you're just "showing a web page" get out of this discussion. I'm talking about people that require computation above some bloated react framework displaying pretty interfaces for consumer time wasting.