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by JVIDEL 65 days ago
Wait, whats the point of this if I can have my old laptop running in my garage?
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Colocation has reliable power, reliable environmental conditions, and internet connections that are better suited for running servers.
In theory—the data center they'd put your laptop in has a much faster, and more reliable, internet connection than your garage.
That surely depends on a country. Data centre is still better in theory. But in practice, I have very little imagination to use a gigabit connection all to myself.
They can't profit from your garage.