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A rule of thumb is $4000 or $4500 per kilowatt. So 100KW of power, with N+1 power feeds, generators, full UPS backup system, etc. would cost about $500K to bui
by patrickgzill 15y ago
A rule of thumb is $4000 or $4500 per kilowatt.
So 100KW of power, with N+1 power feeds, generators, full UPS backup system, etc. would cost about $500K to build. Would give you 10 to 20 racks' worth of power.
However, that is too small to be worth it, so they would probably build something quite a bit larger than that.
Figure 200 racks, each with 8KW-10KW per rack, that means 2 megawatts of power, thus 2000 * 4500 = $9 million for the building.
Figure $40K per rack to fill it with hardware (at a low estimate), half full of 100 racks is another $4 million.
Plus they have to manage construction, sign various contracts, pay permit fees, buy land, pay for fiber, etc. At a minimum they would need $20 million all in before serving the first byte of traffic.
All this is my estimate, could be entirely wrong.