Comment by PunchyHamster
5 days ago
> Yeah, data centers don't pay residential electricity rates.
There are 2 caveats here:
Some places have higher prices for industrial than residential power as residential one might be subsidied by govt.
And DC also pay for cooling, which residential will only effectively pay if they have AC and is hot outside. So power rates are some multiply of industrial pricing.
Generally you don't build a data center in a place that doesn't sell you electricity for cheap
Still for purpose of calculation you still need to calculate the price of both power and removing heat created by that power.