I'm all for donating the cash to get another server up and running. I'll even buy some of the Hardware required to get it up and running. I have a few spare Hard Drives I'd be willing to send in along with some RAM I have left over from an old failed project.
Indeed, the second idea looks like an MMO setup, no?:P
~Leo
P.S. If watercooling is needed eventually, I'd fund that too. Just say the word majkp.