Energy cost calculator
On average, servers are generally used for three years – which corresponds to the period of possible tax depreciation.
You can find out the current price per kWh from your electricity provider.
A price increase of around 4-5% per year should be calculated.
The exact value can be requested from your manufacturer.
Consolidated systems are utilized at about 45% of capacity on average.
The Power Usage Effectiveness figure is derived from the ratio
of general/total energy consumption for a server room/data center
and the energy consumption of the IT-equipment in kW.
In order to obtain a realistic value, average consumption
should be established over a period of at least twelve months.
The standard value is 1.8.
There are two versions to choose from when integrating our energy cost calculator on your homepage
: One with a share feature that allows your customers or readers to conveniently integrate the calculator
via iFrame, and one without the share feature.
The iFrame link saves the current settings for the various sliders.
This means that the energy cost calculator will be shown on your website with the slider settings
that it had when the link was created. This allows you to better adapt the calculator to
your specific needs.