I drove down to their office and made a 4 hour round trip yesterday from Sonoma. They weren't hesitant at all about me coming by.  I saw the sample board with my own eyes. The avalon chips looked exactly like the ones I saw at Bitcoin 2013 in san jose. I discussed their hosted solution and they're using a data center right down the street from them. My DXs will be sitting in a cage in an area of silicon valley that does offer inexpensive commercial power. I'm going to go ahead and take the plunge and have a good feeling about it.