Buying a refurbished 8xA100 server to colocate and rent out: one user's GPU math
Alarming-Ad8154 · reddit · 2026-09-03
A Reddit user asks whether it's feasible to buy a refurbished 8xA100 server, either colocating it in a reputable data center or powering a shed rig with 1600-2000W of second-hand solar plus fire suppression, then renting it out on vast.ai or serving tokens via a similar marketplace. The plan: recoup the purchase cost by renting, then transition to serving himself. He notes selling tokens rather than GPU time seems like a much harder market. A candid look at the economics of个人-scale GPU ownership.
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