>What about power, cooling, rent in the building for the room >you're keeping them in, backup generator, internet >connectivity, Most companies that I've dealt

>What about power, cooling, rent in the building for the room >you're keeping them in, backup generator, internet >connectivity, Most companies that I've dealt with just rent space in a colo and those costs, plus bandwidth, are far less than $200k. >administration costs (setup, repairs, >installation), etc? It doesn't take that long to rack and stack. Maybe a day for 20 servers if you're doing it alone.