Cost of a server farm
patrickg-zill: 100 8-core servers, each 1U, figure $2K apiece as a rough guess.  That is $200K.Next you are talking about 3 racks of space (you can fit 42U in a rack), plus extra power, figure $3000 per month in a less-expensive colocation space.Gigabit switches, cabling, etc. figure another 5K or more, depending on the quality and features you want.Bandwidth will be metered by your colocation provider, prices can vary, usually you will be given 5-10Mbps as part of the rack.So figure $210K plus $3K per month or so.