Data center TCO calculator
Uses the same constants as the SCR AI Build Configurator v1.3.2 (default cooling per build type). Excludes G&A, financing and revenue. Planning estimate only. For revenue, EBITDA and payback, open the full configurator.
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Total cost of ownership (TCO) is what a data center really costs: the build plus every year of power, maintenance, staff, tax and insurance. For a 50 MW powered shell in Texas, the AI Build Configurator puts ten-year TCO at about US$1.08B. Run your own below.
Uses the same constants as the SCR AI Build Configurator v1.3.2 (default cooling per build type). Excludes G&A, financing and revenue. Planning estimate only. For revenue, EBITDA and payback, open the full configurator.
Over ten years, the running costs usually rival the build. For the Texas example: CapEx US$559.7M, energy US$314.1M over the decade, maintenance at 1.8% of CapEx a year, plus staffing, property tax and insurance.
TCO tells you what a site costs; investors also want to know when it pays back. The AI Build Configurator adds revenue for each build type (contract rent per kW-month, GPU hours or hosting) and returns EBITDA, simple payback and implied asset value. License it for your website from CAD $4,000 a year, or use the free live demo.
Total cost of ownership: the capital cost to build plus every operating cost (energy, maintenance, staffing, property tax and insurance) over the life of the facility.
About US$1.08B over ten years for a 50 MW powered shell in Texas on the SCR AI Build Configurator dataset, before G&A and financing.
Usually the build itself and then electricity. Over ten years, power can exceed half the original capital cost.
Every 0.1 of PUE adds about 876 MWh a year of overhead power per MW of IT load. Liquid cooling (PUE 1.13) saves heavily against air cooling (PUE 1.40).
Yes. For revenue, EBITDA and payback, use the free live demo of the SCR AI Build Configurator, which can also be licensed for your own website.