CI hardware sponsoring for Xorg / Freedesktop

[Simona Vetter]

Hi Enrico

We'd need to check with fd.o admins whether this technically makes
sense, and they expect from CI runners. Adding sitewranglers for that.
Also I guess a rough guesstimate of the power costs would be needed
for the board to approve.

Cheers, Sima

On Fri, 6 Sept 2024 at 16:32, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
<info at metux.net> wrote:
>
> Hello folks,
>
>
> I fried of mine offered us a few metric tons of server hardware that we
> can use for our CI and testing. He also offered to host and operate it.
>
> The only problem is power costs. At his location (Serbia) power costs
> seem to be relatively low compared to average western countries, but
> for such a farm still too much for a single hobbyist.
>
> So the vital question now is: can we find any sponsor - maybe X
> foundation or F.D.O ?
>
>
> Thinking this a few steps further: having our own little data center
> would also give the opportunity to build up fully remotely managable
> HIL setups for workstation hardware :)
>
>
>
> --mtx
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