Modular Data Center Cost Calculator
Own a modular site or rent colocation: the cost per kW a month.
What it shows
At a $4.4 million per MW modular hall and power at $0.05 per kWh, owning costs about $120 per kW of IT a month, against $280 for colocation with power included. Owning stops paying off above about $16.2 million per MW.
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$4.4M
1 MW
$0.050 per kWh
$280 per kW a month
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1.20
80% of IT
$25 per kW a month
10 years
10%
$4.60 per GPU-hour
Owning a modular site, per kW of IT a month
$120vs $280 in colocation
1 MW holds about 64 B300 servers (512 GPUs).
- Saving a month
- $160K
- Break-even facility cost
- $16.2M/MW
- Facility share of project
- 10%
Per kW a month
- Facility capital
- $60
- Power
- $35
- Site running costs
- $25
Whole project
- Facility
- $4.4M
- GPUs and networking
- $38.7M
- Contract revenue a year
- $20.6M
- Payback, owned site
- 2.2 yrs
- Payback, GPUs in colocation
- 2.2 yrs
Facility cost per MW
| Build | Per MW of IT | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Turnkey modular AI hall, 2 MW, existing site (DXN, Aug 2026) | About $4.4M (A$6.1M) | ITBrief |
| Greenfield, U.S. and Canada, all-in excluding GPUs (2026) | $8.9-23.3M | CRE Daily |
| Greenfield, most modern facilities, average (2026) | $17.6M | Cushman & Wakefield |
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