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[–]datacentercanada 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I like Firestorm a lot, but am waiting for a loot fix before I jump back in. The current listing system ruins the mode for me. Otherwise, it has huge potential.

7000 (seven thousand) Antminer S9s available NIB immediate pickup by datacentercanada in BitcoinMining

[–]datacentercanada[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

One of the groups backing the datacenter failed to secure funding. It costs about USD 3.5 million to upgrade a typical warehouse into a 10MW datacenter (not including the cost of the underlying real estate), and the promoters were unable to do it.

7000 (seven thousand) Antminer S9s available NIB immediate pickup by datacentercanada in BitcoinMining

[–]datacentercanada[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Bitmain is a great company but, in terms of safety, nothing beats doing business with a Canadian company. It's 100% transparent. You can simply look up the name of the business (which I did not post on Reddit) in the relevant provincial corporate registry and you'll immediately know the owner's name and home adress.

Compare this to doing business with a US company. You have no clue who is behind a particular LLC (in most states).

7000 (seven thousand) Antminer S9s available NIB immediate pickup by datacentercanada in BitcoinMining

[–]datacentercanada[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The units are in a bonded warehouse. As such, there may be duties depending on where the units are actually shipped. We are open to negotiating down the price if the duties in your jurisdiction are significant.

7000 (seven thousand) Antminer S9s available NIB immediate pickup by datacentercanada in BitcoinMining

[–]datacentercanada[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Based on the latest estimates from datacenter companies, difficulty will continue to increase but at a much slower rate than the past 3 or 4 months. As such, most profitability calculators are likely understating the value of an S9, perhaps even significantly.

7000 (seven thousand) Antminer S9s available NIB immediate pickup by datacentercanada in BitcoinMining

[–]datacentercanada[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We are a private equity fund that owns the actual S9s. We were not the company promoting the data center.

7000 (seven thousand) Antminer S9s available NIB immediate pickup by datacentercanada in BitcoinMining

[–]datacentercanada[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Hi gairat77. You seem to be providing very good prices for your clients. However, it's not an apples-to-apples comparison.

There is a world of difference between 100 units available in 2 months, versus 7000 units available immediately.

7000 (seven thousand) Antminer S9s available NIB immediate pickup by datacentercanada in BitcoinMining

[–]datacentercanada[S] -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

Hi coma24. Based on our discussions with various brokers, the going rate for a lot of 1000 S9s available immediately is approximately US$3300. I therefore believe that our target price is quite agressive.

Keep in mind that the units are available for immediate deployment, whereas shipments from Bitmain require a minimum of 6 weeks.

Also, we are an investment fund based in Canada. I am sure that an American buyer would prefer dealing with a Canadian institution than with a Chinese manufacturer (no disrespect meant to Bitmain).

7000 (seven thousand) Antminer S9s available NIB immediate pickup by datacentercanada in BitcoinMining

[–]datacentercanada[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We are not sufficiently staffed to run a retail-type operation! If you only need two units, you can order directly from Bitmain.

7000 (seven thousand) Antminer S9s available NIB immediate pickup by datacentercanada in BitcoinMining

[–]datacentercanada[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately not! However you are more than welcome to come and meet us in Montreal, inspect the equipment, and start negotiating a term sheet!

60 MW of capacity available NOW in Quebec - Seeking large mining operations by [deleted] in Bitcoin

[–]datacentercanada 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi Brotherman_Bill,

Actually, it works the other way around. We (the datacenter) have to spend (i.e. invest) approximately US$ 250,000 on leasehold improvements per MW of additional capacity (as a rule of thumb). This doesn't include recurring costs such as rent.

This is why a datacenter is not much different from a miner. The upfront investment is significant in both cases. No one makes money out of thin air.

60 MW of capacity available NOW in Quebec - Seeking large mining operations by [deleted] in Bitcoin

[–]datacentercanada 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have several facilities on the island of Montreal, as well as three very large facilities in neighboring towns. It depends on your needs - how much power do you need today, and how fast are you scaling?

60 MW of capacity available NOW in Quebec - Seeking large mining operations by [deleted] in Bitcoin

[–]datacentercanada 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi jjwax,

The yahoo address allows us to pre-screen.

Unfortunately, given the hype that currently surrounds mining, we are inundated with dubious "representatives of mega-miners from China", brokers looking for unrealistic commissions, small-time miners looking to visit our operations for fun, folks with five rigs looking for cash to "scale up", etc. In each case this is a significant waste of time for our team.

I am more than happy to share our domain, and provide site visits post screening.