How to Calculate Data Center TCO

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Data center TCO or total cost of ownership can include a plethora of items

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with a mix of initial/fixed costs and ongoing operational charges

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So, what should go into such a TCO spreadsheet?

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Are You Sure You’ve Included Everything?

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A more general list of cost drivers includes:

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• Cooling equipment

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• Electricity

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• Engineering and installation

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• Power equipment

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• Project management

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• Racks

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• Service

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• Space

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• System monitoring

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These costs may also vary individually according to whether you are constructing your own data center or buying one that has already been built

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However, they do not include the costs of IT compute

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What Really Makes Data Center TCO Go Up or Down

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Spreadsheets are good tools for trying out different assumptions and scenarios (‘what-if’ modeling)

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However, because ‘spreadsheet myopia’ is a common ailment, some major factors are sometimes ignored

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Time is Money Too

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The time you and your colleagues spend on figuring out all the ‘stuff’ required to correctly design, dimension, and run data center facilities is already a cost

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Do You Really Want to Do This?

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Understanding data center TCO, even at a basic level, can be helpful because it allows you to compare with other solutions such as data center colocation

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A colocation service provider has already done the costing and spreadsheet analysis

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in order to present a customer with a pricing schedule that should make sense for both of them

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Which spreadsheet have you used to evaluate TCO for your own data center needs?

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Share your experience with us in the Comments section for this article!

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