I think what Guy was talking about is franchising, so you might even not own anything.
SPT will hire a franchise to host multiple miners presumably on a revenue sharing basis plus some support contract.
Obviously, it (franchising and contracting) would make little sense for one SP100.
I don't want to put words in anybodies mouth, but this is how it sounded to me.
On the other hand, making something like a kibbutz out of it is perhaps a solid idea.
Say, a facility with 5-10 SP100 with machines paid for by five people or so.
hosting partner would be the one contacting SPT for service.
It could work, I think.
Just my opinion, but franchising instead of owning isn't something I'd be comfortable with.
I could, however, get behind (and potentially facilitate) something like the "kibbutz" with a half dozen or so machines owned by individuals.
Still rather see a <1KW relatively quiet miner for individuals. Maybe we'll have to make it ourselves.