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: