Hello! Long time lurker at r/homelabs and r/selfhosted, and now here! I’ll be starting my journey from average pc builder to average homelaber soon.

The plan is to eventually put a small rack to my office closet. I’m not exactly sure what I’ll be running or hosting, but it will probably be home to my home built NAS, a bout a dozen mini pc’s, my plex server, a few game servers, etc. I’ll also be relocating my modem to this closet and will be adding 2.5gb switch to serve the home. I also plan to add a UPS at some point.

I need an outlet or two added to this closet in my home office. Currently there are none. So I’m wondering do we stick with a 15amp breaker, or do I need bigger like a 20 or 30? Or is it better I split the load between say two 15amps? Luckily the Main Breaker is going to be about 10 feet away so cost probably won’t be a big issue. I just don’t know how much stuff like this will draw and I wanna be sure it’s enough. (Live in the US btw)

I’m aware that closets are sometimes a bad choice. This one is 6x8x8, and does have duct work leading into it. I live in AZ so it will get decent cooling and I’ll close the vent for our “winter”. I’m considering a passive vent added to the bottom of the closet door, and a basic exhaust fan into the attic space above as well. But maybe only thermal regulated..

Any suggestions or tips for these things, or maybe things you guys would have done differently. Wanna start this journey out on a decent foundation.

Thank you for looking!