Question about hosting datacenters

[madmartyk]

OK I have 4 Antminer R4s, thinking about sending them to a data center.  But all the ones I look at it would cost $120-$150 per miner per month.  How do you house these in a data center when the cost of hosting is no where near what the miners bring in?

[vh]

Those numbers are way too high.  Each R4 uses under 1KW.   Hosting should be in the $65 range per KW range, maybe as low as $40 per KW.   You probably got quoted for all 4 per month.

[VRobb]

I'm guessing you got a quote at a 'normal' datacenter instead of a mining-centric one.  I'd check into other options, because indeed it should be $55-$65 per kWmonth with connection to the 'Net included since miners don't use much data overall.

[LeGaulois]

What kind of return can you except with Antminer R4 in a data center? I didn't know it's  possible to send to a data center lol, now you mention it I am ready to hear you

[VRobb]

Well the point is to NOT send a miner to a regular data center since they tend to cater to those who need large server type of data service, with lots of data in and out.  We miners only need power (lots of it...) and a little bit of internet data, hence the problem with sending miners to an everyday data center.  For miners you want to send them to a "hosting facility" specifically for mining.  There are numerous ones that can be looked up here, but I went with Cryptoboreas in Canada and they have some of my miners, and will be getting more soon enough.  Alan is a straight-shooting guy, and while he deals with clients with at least and order or 2 of magnitude more hash than I (yes, 10 to 100 times more...), he's been as responsive as if I were too, and will do as time goes on.
Calculating ROI is easy enough.  Depending on your hosting facility's pricing, you should be looking at $55-$65 per kWmonth.  Compare that to the power usage and expected coinage from a particular miner and you'll know if you're good to go or not.
Just my 0.02BTC, as always YMMV.
Mine on!