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The server costs can be quite modest. The one big exception is streaming video. If you're willing to give that up, a bunch of Raspberry Pis will get you pretty far. Even further by bumping up to old desktops running Linux.
I've had a project in the back of my head about laying out what a Solarpunk Internet might look like. If you're willing to drop streaming video (or even just drop down to 480p), that version of the Internet becomes a lot easier to setup on very modest hardware that's otherwise considered e-waste.