Northwatt Insights https://northwattcolo.com/en/insights/ Notes on hosting, power and site operations from the team that runs the facilities. en Choosing between regions, the tradeoffs beyond price https://northwattcolo.com/en/insights/choosing-between-regions/ https://northwattcolo.com/en/insights/choosing-between-regions/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Industry Regulation, climate, grid stability and how they trade against each other once the price per kilowatt hour stops being the only question. Build or host, a line-by-line cost comparison https://northwattcolo.com/en/insights/build-versus-host-decision/ https://northwattcolo.com/en/insights/build-versus-host-decision/ Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Industry Every cost line on the build side and the host side, including the ones first estimates leave out, so you can price both routes with your own quotes. 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Energy hedging for hosting customers, the simple versions https://northwattcolo.com/en/insights/energy-hedging-for-hosting-customers/ https://northwattcolo.com/en/insights/energy-hedging-for-hosting-customers/ Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Power Fixed, indexed and capped: the three shapes a hosting customer meets in practice, what each one costs and which risk it removes. Site selection, six things that cannot be fixed later https://northwattcolo.com/en/insights/site-selection-six-things/ https://northwattcolo.com/en/insights/site-selection-six-things/ Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Infrastructure Power, land, climate, connectivity, permits and neighbours. The decisions that are made once, and everything else you can still change. Decommissioning and return shipping https://northwattcolo.com/en/insights/decommissioning-and-return-shipping/ https://northwattcolo.com/en/insights/decommissioning-and-return-shipping/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Operations The end of a contract, planned rather than improvised: shutdown, packing, documentation and who pays for which part of the way out. Grid connection, the steps and the lead times https://northwattcolo.com/en/insights/grid-connection-steps-and-lead-times/ https://northwattcolo.com/en/insights/grid-connection-steps-and-lead-times/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Power From application to energisation, with the stages that dominate the schedule and the ones that only look like they matter. Buying used ASICs, what hosting teaches you about condition https://northwattcolo.com/en/insights/buying-used-asics-condition/ https://northwattcolo.com/en/insights/buying-used-asics-condition/ Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Operations The signals visible from the operations side of a fleet, and what a buyer can reasonably ask a seller to prove before the money moves. Noise, what it costs and where it decides the site https://northwattcolo.com/en/insights/noise-and-site-selection/ https://northwattcolo.com/en/insights/noise-and-site-selection/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Infrastructure Mitigation, permits and the neighbours who decide your future. Why noise is the constraint that closes sites which had everything else right. What an interconnection queue position is worth https://northwattcolo.com/en/insights/interconnection-queue-position/ https://northwattcolo.com/en/insights/interconnection-queue-position/ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Power How to read a queue position, what can still go wrong after it looks secure, and why a place in the queue is not a date on a calendar. Take-or-pay, when a fixed commitment is cheaper https://northwattcolo.com/en/insights/take-or-pay-commitments/ https://northwattcolo.com/en/insights/take-or-pay-commitments/ Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Operations Why committing to volume can lower a rate, when it does not, and how to size a commitment you can still meet in a bad quarter. Hosting economics after a halving https://northwattcolo.com/en/insights/hosting-economics-after-a-halving/ https://northwattcolo.com/en/insights/hosting-economics-after-a-halving/ Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Industry What changes for the fleet owner and what changes for the host, and why the two do not feel the same event at the same time. Underclocking and power tuning, when running slower earns more https://northwattcolo.com/en/insights/underclocking-and-power-tuning/ https://northwattcolo.com/en/insights/underclocking-and-power-tuning/ Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Power How tuning changes the arithmetic between power cost and revenue, when it pays, and what it means for warranty, heat and your hosting contract. Repairs, RMA and the spare parts question https://northwattcolo.com/en/insights/repairs-rma-and-spares/ https://northwattcolo.com/en/insights/repairs-rma-and-spares/ Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Operations Turnaround times, who pays, and what is worth stocking on site. 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Hardware liens, what a host can hold and when https://northwattcolo.com/en/insights/hardware-liens-explained/ https://northwattcolo.com/en/insights/hardware-liens-explained/ Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Operations A clause to understand before a payment is ever late: when a host can hold hardware, what that requires, and how to keep it narrow.