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Considerations for Owning versus Outsourcing Data Center Physical Infrastructure
Schneider Electric Data Center Science Center White Paper 171 Rev 1 17
The cost comparison of upgrading an existing data center to increase its utilization of existing
infrastructure compared to using a colocation provider is detailed below. Table A1 provides
the general assumptions, Table A2 provides details and assumptions for the upgrade
scenario, and Table A3 provides details and assumptions for the colocation scenario. Figure
A1 illustrates the yearly costs of the scenarios of this comparison.
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Remote hands
Yearly Rack lease
Day 1 CapEx
Year
General Attributes Value
Electricity rate $0.12 / kWh
Cost of capital (for NPV TCO calculation) 8%
Maintenance, staff, & electricity rate increase 3%per year
Density for 100 kWof load 5kW/rack
Upgrade Attributes Value
Cooling utilization increasedthrough use of blanking panels, cold aisle containment, &
brush strips, which increased CRAH return temperature
100 kW
Material cost for upgrades of existing 1 MWdata center at 3 kW/rack, including new
racks & containment for additional load at 5 kW/rack
$105K
Installation cost for upgrades $105K
Maintenance cost for air management components $100 / year
Total power consumed by 100 kWupgrade (includes increased proportional and
square losses) * Note, no additional losses added for CRAHs due to fixed speed fans
150 kW
Colocation Attributes Value
Capacity required in colocation facility 100 kW
Cost / rack per month $1000
Power cost / rack per month $925
Cost / rack rate increase 3%per year
Remote hands cost / rack per month $187 at 5kW/rack
Bandwidth
T1 (1.5Mbps)
$300/month
Appendix A:
Utilization
upgrade cost
analysis
Table A1
General assumptions for
cost comparison 1
Table A2
Upgrade details & assump-
tions for cost comparison 1
Table A3
Colocation details &
assumptions for cost
comparison 1
Figure A1
Yearly costs of upgrade
scenario 1 vs. colocation
Upgrade Colocation
Considerations for Owning versus Outsourcing Data Center Physical Infrastructure
Schneider Electric Data Center Science Center White Paper 171 Rev 1 18
The cost comparison of upgrading an existing data center with the addition of a 40 kW pod in
the IT space compared to using a colocation provider is detailed below. Table B1 provides
the general assumptions, Table B2 provides details and assumptions for the upgrade
scenario, and Table B3 provides details and assumptions for the colocation scenario. Figure
B1 illustrates the yearly costs of the scenarios of this comparison.
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Bandwidth Staffing
Maintenance Electricity
Space lease Capex
Year
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Millions Bandwidth
Remote hands
Yearly Rack lease
Day 1 CapEx
Year
General Attributes Value
Electricity rate $0.12 / kWh
Cost of capital (for NPV TCO calculation) 8%
Maintenance, staff, & electricity rate increase 3%per year
Density for 40 kWof load 5kW/rack
Upgrade Attributes Value
Pod includes 2N UPS and distribution, 2N InRow cooling with VFD fans, & racks 40 kW
Power usage effectiveness (PUE) Note, includes increased proportional and square
losses of shared infrastructure, and all losses for new 40kWinfrastructure
1.5
Installed cost for 40kWpod $184K
Maintenance cost for 40kWpod, 5%of podcost, per year $9K / year
Colocation Attributes Value
Capacity required in colocation facility 100 kW
Cost / rack per month $1000
Power cost / rack per month $925
Cost / rack rate increase 3%per year
Remote hands cost / rack per month (each rack takes 1 hour per month) $187 at 5kW/rack
Bandwidth
T1 (1.5Mbps)
$300/month
Table B1
General assumptions for
cost comparison 2
Table B2
Upgrade details & assump-
tions for cost comparison 2
Table B3
Colocation details &
assumptions for cost
comparison 2
Figure B1
Yearly costs of upgrade
scenario 2 vs. colocation
Appendix B:
High-density
pod upgrade
cost analysis
Upgrade
Colocation
Considerations for Owning versus Outsourcing Data Center Physical Infrastructure
Schneider Electric Data Center Science Center White Paper 171 Rev 1 19
The cost comparison of upgrading an existing data center with the addition of 500 kW of
power and cooling facility modules to support 450 kW of IT load compared to using a
colocation provider is detailed below. Table C1 provides the general assumptions, Table C2
provides details and assumptions for the upgrade scenario, and Table C3 provides details
and assumptions for the colocation scenario. Figure C1 illustrates the yearly costs of the
scenarios of this comparison.
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$1.0
$2.0
$3.0
$4.0
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Millions Bandwidth Staffing
Maintenance Electricity
Space lease Day 1 CapEx
Year
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$1.0
$2.0
$3.0
$4.0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Millions Bandwidth
Remote hands
Yearly Rack lease
Day 1 CapEx
Year
General Attributes Value
Electricity rate $0.12 / kWh
Cost of capital (for NPV TCO calculation) 8%
Maintenance, staff, & electricity rate increase 3%per year
Density for 450 kWof load 5kW/rack
Upgrade Attributes Value
Power facility module includes UPS, ATS, input & output switchboards, cooling, fire
suppression/detection, physical threat & environmental monitoring, software
500 kW
Cooling facility module includes packaged chiller, pumps, hydronics, switchboard, &
thermal storage tank
500 kW
Power usage effectiveness (PUE) at 100%load 1.5
Generator redundancy N
Colocation Attributes Value
Capacity required in colocation facility 450 kW
Cost / rack per month $1000
Power cost / rack per month $925
Cost / rack rate increase 3%per year
Remote hands cost / rack per month (each rack takes 1 hour per month) $187 at 5kW/rack
Bandwidth
T1 (1.5Mbps)
$300/month
Table C1
General assumptions for
cost comparison 3
Table C2
Upgrade details & assump-
tions for cost comparison 3
Table C3
Colocation details &
assumptions for cost
comparison 3
Upgrade Colocation
Appendix C:
Facility module
upgrade cost
analysis
Figure C1
Yearly costs of upgrade
scenario 3 vs. colocation
Considerations for Owning versus Outsourcing Data Center Physical Infrastructure
Schneider Electric Data Center Science Center White Paper 171 Rev 1 20
The cost comparison of building a new data center with a starting IT load of 200 kW and a
final IT load of 1 MW (at year 5) compared to using a colocation provider with the same
growth profile is detailed below. Table D1 provides the general assumptions, Table D2
provides details and assumptions for the build scenario, and Table D3 provides details and
assumptions for the colocation scenario. Figure D1 illustrates the yearly costs of the
scenarios of this comparison.
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Bandwidth Staffing
Maintenance Electricity
Space lease Day 1 CapEx
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$2.0
$4.0
$6.0
$8.0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Millions
Bandwidth
Remote hands
Yearly Rack lease
Day 1 CapEx
Year
General Attributes Value
Electricity rate $0.12 / kWh
Cost of capital (for NPV TCO calculation) 8%
Maintenance, staff, & electricity rate increase 3%per year
Density for new data center 5kW/rack
Bandwidth for both build and colocation model
T3 (45Mbps)
$4,500/month (build)
$2,000/month (colo)
Build Attributes Value
Non-scalable physical infrastructure 30%
Power usage effectiveness (PUE) at 80%load 1.5
Battery refresh cost added Year 7
Annual lease cost $360 / m
2
($33/ ft
2
)
Colocation Attributes Value
Capacity required in colocation facility 1000kW
Cost / rack per month $1000
Power cost / rack per month $925
Cost / rack rate increase 3%per year
Remote hands cost / rack per month(each rack takes 1 hour per month) $187 at 5kW/rack
Space reservation cost (as %of rack lease cost for future space per growth plan) 50%
Table D1
General assumptions for
cost comparison 4
Table D2
Build details & assump-
tions for cost comparison 4
Table D3
Colocation details &
assumptions for cost
comparison 4
Figure D1
Yearly costs of build
scenario 4 vs. colocation
Build Colocation
Appendix D:
Build new data
center cost
analysis