Scaleway turns Mac minis into high‑density, Raspberry Pi–managed servers

Scaleway just turned rows of Mac minis into remote cloud servers, with each tiny Apple box getting a sidekick Raspberry Pi to handle reboots and repairs because the Mac mini lacks a BMC — that’s a baseboard chip for remote control — and uses MDM (Mobile Device Management) to push settings. It’s all racked up in French datacenters with fancy cooling, backup power, and biometric locks. Sounds slick… until the comments lit up.

The crowd split fast: Team “Pi Babysitter” thinks it’s clever, but Team “Where Are The Details?” is furious. “Zero details” on how the Pi actually talks to the Mac mini sparked demands for the software stack and even what’s on the mysterious baseboard the Pi mounts to. One commenter called parts of the write-up “AI fluff,” roasting lines about “compact size” and “energy efficiency.” Another dropped a spicy alternative: why not one Pi managing several minis, or even an Apple TV cluster for giggles?

Meanwhile, the photo of the rack became a meme. After seeing this image, folks expected “high density,” then dragged the sled design and pitched taller trays with big fans — “now that would be high density.” TL;DR: Scaleway’s Mac cloud is real, but the internet wants less marketing, more schematics, and fewer Pi-per-Mac babysitters.