After getting quotes to colocate my miners in the Austin area, I decided the better option was to build my own facility at my house. My friend went in for half and he hosts his there as well. We tored down a smaller shed attached to the house and built a larger 8'x6'x10' shed on an existing cement slab. It features:

- Dedicated 100a line
- 2 240v PDUs for power to the miners
- 18,000 BTU split air conditioner
- 650 CFM duct exhaust fan and a 1350 CFM attic gable exhaust fan
- Hot and Cold zones using foam insulation board. We sectioned the shed into two parts and then cut holes in the foam board for the exhaust fans on the Antminer s1 and PSUs so all hot air is pushed into the hot zone where the exhaust fans are located.
- Nest Protect smoke detector
- Wifi enabled light switch and wifi camera allowing us to login, turn on the light and see if there is smoke or issues as reported by the Nest Protect.
- Custom network thermometer based off a Raspberry Pi that monitors Hot and Cold sides of the shed (re-purposed from my BBQ smoker   )
- Raspberry Pi vpn for remote access
- Features a "dog tunnel" that is completely sectioned off from the inside to allow my dogs to continue to use the dog door into the house.

We currently have 27 Antminer S1s running in this shed and it is working out quite well. All antminers are running off server PSUs which required a crap load of custom wiring. We have exhaust PUSH fans pushing hot air out of the mienrs to the hot zone. Here are some pictures. It is a little hard to take interior pictures since the spot is a little small.

My friend's wife has dubbed it the "NERDsery" lol.

People have asked so I will include the price to build out:

Cost of a "stock" shed - $1300 (that was a friends and family deal)
Cost to run 100a line and all elctrical (breakers, box, ect) - $1300
Cost to have insulation, duct fans installed, ac installed - $1000
Cost of AC - $899.60

Before picture of the shed area:



After picture of the shed:





View of the miner rack:



Hot side with cut outs for fans:



Picture of the network thermometer:



Picture of the AC:



Dog Door/Tunnel:

 nice job i remember you asking about the build. looks like you have 16 running can you add more.? are you going to go with any s-2's since ethe price has dropped a bit?

i like the way you stacked the psu over each pair of s-1's


If you had a solid piece of material on the second shelf it would stop the heat from the first row rising to the second row.

this is only a guess . but sliding a thin sheet of plywood under the top row of miners would let you see if i am correct.

I especially like the dog door/tunnel.  Never know when you might need it

We have 27 right now. We can add up to 32. More if we move the switches off the top shelf. If we get a wider shelving unit, we can probably get up to 50. We may run some S2s, but even at $2000 they are overpriced.

Hum, thats not a bad idea about the solid piece of wood to block hot air from coming down. The middle rack is by far the hottest rack. I wonder if doing that will restrict airflow too much? We also are going to put covers over half the miners to see if that improves cooling by trapping the pulled in air fully down a tunnel.

It is worth trying.  Any cheap way to get a tunnel effect will help cooling.

Very impressive shed for your miners!  Kind of looks like half of the kits you can buy at Home Depot but I can tell it's custom.  Will definately keep the sound and heat out of the living area.

The cement pad was not 100% level so each 2x4 had to be cut specifically to size lol. Definitely custom

Thanks!

Very nice setup indeed. I always say that if you are going to do something then do it properly.
You sir have done that! well done

I am very impressed with sincerity of your effort and workmanship. Much to learn here.

However, I have to question economic viability of this project, due to your need to pay for air conditioning.

Air conditioning in Dallas will probably triple or quadruple your power bill, compared to a naturally cooled installation, and cost of power may make bitcoin mining unprofitable much sooner than for those without the need to pay for A/C.