{"slug": "patrick-at-micro-center-columbus-ohio-grand-reopening-with-jeff-geerling", "title": "Patrick at Micro Center Columbus Ohio Grand Reopening with Jeff Geerling", "summary": "Patrick Kennedy of ServeTheHome will appear at Micro Center's grand reopening in Columbus, Ohio, this weekend, participating in a livestream with Jeff Geerling to build a mini-rack featuring the Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Fiber and showcase the Minisforum N5 Max as an all-in-one homelab. The event has drawn a line around the building, with Jayztwocents also streaming live.", "body_md": "If you are in the Columbus, Ohio area this weekend, come stop by Micro Center’s grand reopening. I will be on site participating in one of the live streams, saying hi to folks, and allegedly Jeff Geerling has an idea for a project that we are going to work on together.\n\n## Patrick at Micro Center Columbus, Ohio\n\nThe newly updated flagship store is huge, and incorporates many of the design principles from its newer stores.\n\nJeff and I are going to work on a mini-rack that will incorporate the [Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Fiber UCG-Fiber](https://www.servethehome.com/ubiquiti-unifi-cloud-gateway-fiber-ucg-fiber-review/) that we reviewed last year.\n\nThis should be a fun project as I have seen it working before we head over there.\n\nThe other big project, and the subject of Micro Center’s livestream I will be participating in, is the [Minisforum N5 Max](https://www.servethehome.com/minisforum-n5-max-review-with-amd-ryzen-ai-max-395/) as an all-in-one homelab.\n\nI think that is a really neat concept, so hopefully we will have a great livestream when we are on-site. I am also just excited to see the new store.\n\n## Final Words\n\nI have never done one of these before, so it should be interesting at least. Usually when I stop by the Micro Center in Phoenix, Arizona, a few folks will stop me to say hello. Fun fact: I lived about 15 minutes away from this location when I was younger. That is why, when we did the [Exploring the NVIDIA HGX B200 Lambda AI Cluster at Cologix with Supermicro](https://www.servethehome.com/exploring-the-nvidia-hgx-b200-lambda-ai-cluster-at-cologix-with-supermicro/) video last summer, I took Sam to go eat in an Amish buggy. Unfortunately, Jeff and I did not get to Der Dutchman last night.\n\nIf you are in the area, there is already a line around the back of the building, but it seems like this is going to be a big event. Jayztwocents just walked in and is doing a live stream before ours as well.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/patrick-at-micro-center-columbus-ohio-grand-reopening-with-jeff-geerling", "canonical_source": "https://www.servethehome.com/patrick-at-micro-center-columbus-ohio-grand-reopening-with-jeff-geerling/", "published_at": "2026-08-22 13:45:25+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-22 14:13:17.158408+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products"], "entities": ["Patrick Kennedy", "Micro Center", "Jeff Geerling", "Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Fiber", "Minisforum N5 Max", "ServeTheHome", "Jayztwocents"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/patrick-at-micro-center-columbus-ohio-grand-reopening-with-jeff-geerling", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/patrick-at-micro-center-columbus-ohio-grand-reopening-with-jeff-geerling.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/patrick-at-micro-center-columbus-ohio-grand-reopening-with-jeff-geerling.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/patrick-at-micro-center-columbus-ohio-grand-reopening-with-jeff-geerling.jsonld"}}