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Would I be mad to collocate my own server?

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Would it be feasible to buy a refurbished 8xa100 server, either rent it out on vast.ai, or serve a model via a similar service per token in that exists. I’d likely have to either put 1600-200”0w of second hand solar on my shed, add fire suppression and a rack, or colocate with a reputable data cent…

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