http://lightspeedhosting.com/blogs/ Most Recent - LightSpeed Hosting Blog en-US 2024-04-28T11:44:29 <p>We're happy to announce that after roughly a month of allowing current customers to get redeployed, we have now starting accepting miners from new customers.</p> <p>Please send us an email: <a href... http://lightspeedhosting.com/blog/colocation-facility-open-to-new-customers-now 2023-05-23T01:15:00 http://lightspeedhosting.com/blog/colocation-facility-open-to-new-customers-now <h2 style="text-align: center;"></h2> <p>It's been a long road (vastly longer than expected), however,<span>&nbsp;</span><strong>yesterday (March 24th)</strong>&nbsp;we received the go-ahead from our ... http://lightspeedhosting.com/blog/ravenna-live-launch-information-and-preparations 2023-03-30T11:00:00 http://lightspeedhosting.com/blog/ravenna-live-launch-information-and-preparations <p>Hello LightSpeeders,&nbsp;</p> <p>We're coming down the wire on the expansion facility (pun intended).&nbsp; This expansion has ran into&nbsp;several supply chain issues, vastly more than we could ... http://lightspeedhosting.com/blog/lightspeed-ravenna-update-3 2022-12-05T11:15:00 http://lightspeedhosting.com/blog/lightspeed-ravenna-update-3 <p>Hello LightSpeed Miners!</p> <p>Update #2 on the new facility in Ravenna Ohio and our migration.</p> <p></p> <p>We're hard at work completing the remaining tasks necessary to bring our new facility... http://lightspeedhosting.com/blog/lightspeed-ravenna-facility-update-2 2022-09-08T09:15:00 http://lightspeedhosting.com/blog/lightspeed-ravenna-facility-update-2 <p>After many years of searching, planning and writing down all the things we would do different on a new facility, LightSpeed is ready to start the tedious process of migrating its existing 4 year ... http://lightspeedhosting.com/blog/lightspeed-facility-migration-has-begun 2022-08-04T04:30:00 http://lightspeedhosting.com/blog/lightspeed-facility-migration-has-begun <p>Today&nbsp;<a href="https://www.epicblockchain.io/" target="_blank" title="ePIC Blockchain Technologies">ePIC Blockchain Technologies</a>&nbsp;has&nbsp;<a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-... http://lightspeedhosting.com/blog/epic-blockchain-releases-sc200-siacoin-miner 2020-06-16T08:45:00 http://lightspeedhosting.com/blog/epic-blockchain-releases-sc200-siacoin-miner <h2>Movie Streaming Meets Blockchain</h2> <p>Sia, one of the first distributed blockchain based mass storage providers, has just announced their&nbsp;<a href="https://siastream.tech" target="_blank" ... http://lightspeedhosting.com/blog/siastream-beta-released 2020-02-02T09:45:00 http://lightspeedhosting.com/blog/siastream-beta-released <p><b>Medina, OH (Feb, 27th 2019)</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> &ndash; When March arrives, LightSpeed Hosting&rsquo;s latest data center will be hosting customers with technology leading liquid... http://lightspeedhosting.com/blog/lightspeed-launching-liquid-immersion-miner-cooling 2019-02-27T08:00:00 http://lightspeedhosting.com/blog/lightspeed-launching-liquid-immersion-miner-cooling <p>Ever want to see what it looks like in a data center specifically designed for cryptocurrency miners?&nbsp; Here's your chance!</p> <p>The mining industry as a whole tends to operate different than... http://lightspeedhosting.com/blog/take-a-peek-into-our-cryptocurrency-miner-data-center 2019-02-26T08:45:00 http://lightspeedhosting.com/blog/take-a-peek-into-our-cryptocurrency-miner-data-center <p>It was only a matter of time before other ASIC miner manufacturers come out with machines to compete with the Bitmain&nbsp;<a href="https://shop.bitmain.com/product/detail?pid=... http://lightspeedhosting.com/blog/innosilicon-s11-sia-asic-crushes-competition 2018-04-20T09:30:00 http://lightspeedhosting.com/blog/innosilicon-s11-sia-asic-crushes-competition <p>With the growing number of clients wanting to pay using cryptocurrencies, LightSpeed Hosting has teamed up with CoinPayments to offer online Cryptocurrency payments for all services.&nbsp;</p> ... http://lightspeedhosting.com/blog/now-accepting-cryptocurrency-payments-online 2018-04-17T03:15:00 http://lightspeedhosting.com/blog/now-accepting-cryptocurrency-payments-online <p>Security&nbsp;vulnerabilities&nbsp;continue to make headlines, but these two are huge.&nbsp; Here's what you need to know.</p> <ul> <li><strong>What the heck is it?:</strong> Intel Processors have ... http://lightspeedhosting.com/blog/meltdown-spectra-bugs-explained 2018-01-03T09:15:00 http://lightspeedhosting.com/blog/meltdown-spectra-bugs-explained <p><strong>Staging &amp; Development Moved!</strong></p> <p>After 11 months, thousands of man hours and plenty of cash, LightSpeed Hosting, is just a few weeks away from opening. &nbsp;The last week ... http://lightspeedhosting.com/blog/medina-counties-largest-data-center-about-to-open 2016-07-01T10:45:00 http://lightspeedhosting.com/blog/medina-counties-largest-data-center-about-to-open <p>The finish work has begun. &nbsp;In the server and electrical/UPS rooms we're going to be using an anti-static epoxy on the floor rather than raised floor. &nbsp;This will allow us to cut costs, ... http://lightspeedhosting.com/blog/data-center-build-floor-epoxy 2016-02-08T09:30:00 http://lightspeedhosting.com/blog/data-center-build-floor-epoxy <p>The outdoor infrastructure is getting underway. &nbsp;Outside we have a new transformer pad, generator and ATS (Automatic Transfer Switch) pad, along with new natural gas run from the main just for... http://lightspeedhosting.com/blog/data-center-build-exterior-infrastructure 2016-01-11T09:15:00 http://lightspeedhosting.com/blog/data-center-build-exterior-infrastructure <p>Well folks, we're getting close now to really entering a phase where we can starting running high voltage, UPS, network conduit etc. &nbsp;New doors are being hung, stained etc.</p> <p>Along with ... http://lightspeedhosting.com/blog/data-center-build-electrical-and-drywall-finished 2015-12-07T05:15:00 http://lightspeedhosting.com/blog/data-center-build-electrical-and-drywall-finished <p>It's official, we're done with the initial architecture phase and building of walls and mezzanine structure has begun. &nbsp;The smaller room on the right will be our electrical and UPS room, and ... http://lightspeedhosting.com/blog/data-center-build-construction-begins 2015-07-22T05:15:00 http://lightspeedhosting.com/blog/data-center-build-construction-begins <p>January of this year, we decided on a bare warehouse as our starting point for our new data center. &nbsp;We had a lot of important criterial. &nbsp;Among the most important criteria we were ... http://lightspeedhosting.com/blog/data-center-build-site-selection 2015-05-07T05:00:00 http://lightspeedhosting.com/blog/data-center-build-site-selection