For reference, in the US at least, there was/is a company called Joes Data Center in KC who would colo a 1U for $30 or $40 a month. I'd used them for years before not needing it anymore, so not some fly by night company(despite the name).

At that rate, that would buy you nearly 1000 years of hosting.

Those prices are rock bottom! For that price, what do you get for (a) power budget, (b) Internet connectivity, (c) ingress and egress per month?

I Googled for that brand and got a few hits:

    - https://inflect.com/building/1325-tracy-avenue-kansas-city/joes-datacenter/datacenter/joes-datacenter
    - https://www.linkedin.com/company/joesdatacenter/
    - https://www.facebook.com/joesdatacenter/

Another under appreciated point about that data center: It has excellent geographical location to cover North America.

I was trying to avoid naming exact prices because it becomes argument fodder, but locally I can get good quality colo for $50/month and excellent quality coloration with high bandwidth and good interconnects for under $100 for 1U

I really don’t know where the commenter above was getting the idea that $400K wouldn’t last very long

Joe's got bought out by Patmos.

The jury's still out on whether or not this is a good thing.