When I was looking at AWS for personal use, I first thought it was oddly expensive even when factoring in not having to buy the hardware. When I looked at just

When I was looking at AWS for personal use, I first thought it was oddly expensive even when factoring in not having to buy the hardware. When I looked at just what the electricity cost to run it myself would be, I think that addition alone turned out AWS was actually cheaper. This is without factoring in cooling / dedicated space / maintenance.