FAQ
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Buying dedicated capacity
What can I buy from GoGo Tech?
Modular Datacenter Units (MDUs) and panels. You're buying dedicated power capacity reserved for your MDU or panel, plus site infrastructure, power delivery and site improvements. The purchase price is due in full at purchase. Air-cooled: a 1 MW MDU at $500,000 (natural gas or grid), a 300 kW panel at $175,000 (natural gas only), or a 500 kW panel at $300,000 (grid only). Hydro-cooled: a 2 MW MDU at $1,000,000, a 1 MW panel at $550,000 or a 500 kW panel at $300,000, each on natural gas or grid. You sign the Purchase and Lease Agreement (PLA). GoGo Tech hosts the position on its power.
What is a panel?
A panel is a smaller block of capacity inside an MDU: 300 kW or 500 kW for air-cooled, and 1 MW or 500 kW for hydro-cooled. You're buying dedicated power capacity reserved for your panel, plus site infrastructure, power delivery and site improvements. The purchase price is due in full at purchase. GoGo Tech hosts and runs it with the rest of the unit.
Is the purchase price due in full?
Yes. The purchase price for an MDU or panel is due in full at purchase. The energy deposit is separate: it is not a deposit toward that purchase price.
What is the energy deposit when I buy an MDU or panel?
The energy deposit is one month of estimated energy + management, due before your unit is energized. It is not a deposit toward the purchase price. The MDU calculator shows the amount.
What agreement do I sign?
When you buy an MDU or panel, you sign the Purchase and Lease Agreement (PLA). If you bring your own hydro MDU, you sign a lease. On natural gas, you also sign a PPA issued by GoGo Tech, and the rate is $0.035/kWh, fixed for 10 years. On grid, GoGo Tech already holds the utility PPA, so you sign only the PLA, or only a lease if you bring your own, and pay the pass-thru rate, which varies with the market, plus $0.01/kWh Operations and Management.
How long until my unit is hashing?
The target is 3 months* from contract to hashing. *Weather might affect the time-line
Can I bring a hydro container I already own?
Yes. Bring a 2 MW hydro MDU and we'll bring the power. $800,000 buys dedicated capacity reserved for your MDU, plus site infrastructure, power delivery and site improvements. You sign a lease, pay monthly at our pass-thru rate plus Operations and Management, and put down an energy deposit before we energize. 3-month* lead time. *Weather might affect the time-line. The calculator can pre-fill a request.
Sites and power
Where are the sites?
Air-cooled MDUs run in North Dakota. Hydro-cooled MDUs run in Texas (Fort Worth area) or North Dakota.
Gas or grid: which can I choose?
The air-cooled 1 MW MDU and every hydro-cooled size run on natural gas or grid. The air-cooled 300 kW panel is natural gas only. The air-cooled 500 kW panel is grid only.
What is the difference between natural gas and grid?
On natural gas, you sign the Purchase and Lease Agreement (PLA) — or a lease if you bring your own hydro container — and a PPA issued by GoGo Tech. The power rate is $0.035/kWh, fixed for 10 years. On grid, GoGo Tech has already signed the PPA with the utility and holds it. You sign only the PLA, or only a lease for bring-your-own, and pay the pass-through rate, which varies with the market, plus $0.01/kWh management. In both cases the monthly lease charge is metered energy times the power rate, plus $0.01/kWh management.
What is the monthly lease charge?
You pay per kWh. The monthly lease charge is metered energy used times the power rate, plus $0.01/kWh for management. On natural gas the rate is $0.035/kWh, fixed for 10 years under a PPA issued by GoGo Tech. On grid the rate is pass-through and varies with the market ($0.035–$0.04/kWh in our estimates).
Does hydro mean hydroelectric power?
No. Hydro-cooled means the miners are liquid (water) cooled. Power comes from natural gas or the grid.
Colocation
What does colocation cost?
$0.075/kWh all-in for any miner, air-cooled or hydro-cooled. That rate covers mining operations only: power and ops while your miners are hashing. Shipping and logistics are quoted separately.
Is there a minimum or an energy deposit for colocation?
Yes. The minimum is 10 miners per order. The energy deposit is two months of the estimated monthly cost, due before your miners are energized. The colocation calculator shows the amount.
Which miners can I colocate?
Air-cooled miners run in North Dakota. Hydro-cooled miners run in Texas (Fort Worth area) or North Dakota. Send your model list and we confirm fit.
How is colocation billed?
Monthly, on the kWh your miners consume as recorded by the smart meters, at $0.075/kWh.
Own, buy, or colocate
| Topic | Own the facility | Buy dedicated capacity or bring your own hydro | Colocate your miners with GoGo Tech |
|---|---|---|---|
| What you own | The facility and your miners, when you have bought the land, the power equipment, and the building. | Dedicated power capacity reserved for your MDU or, if you bring your own hydro container, for your container, plus site infrastructure, power delivery and site improvements. The site stays with GoGo Tech. | The miners you ship. GoGo Tech provides the MDU, the site and the power. |
| Up-front cost | You pay for the site: land, a power connection or your own generation, and the building, plus miners. GoGo Tech does not publish a price for building someone else's facility. | Air-cooled 1 MW MDU $500,000. Air-cooled panels: 300 kW at $175,000 (natural gas only) and 500 kW at $300,000 (grid only). Hydro-cooled: 2 MW MDU $1,000,000, 1 MW panel $550,000, 500 kW panel $300,000. Bring-your-own 2 MW hydro is $800,000 per container. The purchase or capacity price is due in full at purchase. The energy deposit is one month of estimated energy + management, due before energizing. | No unit to buy. A two-month energy deposit, due before miners are energized, and a 10 miner minimum apply. |
| Power | You procure power yourself. | Current rate: Natural gas $0.035/kWh, fixed for 10 years. Grid $0.035–$0.04/kWh, pass-through. Management $0.01/kWh. The power line is the rate negotiated for the site, passed through without markup. The operations fee is fixed at $0.01/kWh. | One rate: $0.075/kWh all-in for mining operations (power + ops while hashing). Shipping and logistics are quoted separately. |
| Operations | Your staff and your systems. | GoGo Tech technicians deploy and service your miners. The operations software is included at no extra charge. | GoGo Tech technicians install and service your miners. The operations software is included. |
| Where it runs | A site you control. | Air-cooled MDUs run in North Dakota. Hydro-cooled MDUs run in Texas (Fort Worth area) or North Dakota. The air-cooled 1 MW MDU and every hydro-cooled size run on natural gas or grid. The air-cooled 300 kW panel is natural gas only. The air-cooled 500 kW panel is grid only. The Fort Worth hydro-cooled bitcoin mining project is 18 MW, offered as 2 MW MDUs at $1,000,000, 1 MW panels at $550,000, 500 kW panels at $300,000, and bring-your-own 2 MW hydro containers at $800,000. | A GoGo Tech site: North Dakota for air-cooled miners; Texas (Fort Worth area) or North Dakota for hydro-cooled miners. |
What is the difference between owning a facility and buying dedicated capacity with GoGo Tech?
If you own the facility, you procure the site, the power, and the staff. If you buy dedicated capacity with GoGo Tech, you buy an MDU or panel — dedicated power capacity reserved for that unit, plus site infrastructure, power delivery and site improvements — and sign the Purchase and Lease Agreement (PLA). The purchase price is due in full at purchase. The monthly lease charge is metered energy times the power rate, plus $0.01/kWh management.
How is bring-your-own different from buying an MDU?
If you buy an MDU from us, you sign the Purchase and Lease Agreement (PLA). If you bring your own 2 MW hydro MDU, you sign a lease. $800,000 covers dedicated capacity reserved for your MDU, plus site infrastructure, power delivery and site improvements. The energy deposit and the monthly power bill work the same way.
What is colocation with GoGo Tech?
You ship your miners and GoGo Tech runs them in its MDUs at $0.075/kWh all-in for mining operations (power + ops while hashing). Shipping and logistics are quoted separately. There is a 10 miner minimum and a two-month energy deposit, due before your miners are energized.
Platform and support
What software comes with hosting?
The GoGo Tech platform is included: fleet view, power and uptime, billing and payments, support and alerts, and a phone app.
Who services my miners?
GoGo Tech on-site technicians install, repair and service miners at every site.
How do I reach GoGo Tech?
Email support@gogotech.org or use the contact form. Media: media@gogotech.org.