BENCHMARKS · DC BUILDOUT + SERVICING
Datacenter Economics
Build the facility, fill it with silicon, serve the model. See the fully-loaded $/GPU-hr — and the real cost per million tokens — next to what renting would charge you.
Model served
Accelerator
NVIDIA · ~$48,000/chip · ~1.2 kW each
Build region
The dollar premium — power, land, labor, and the queue for capacity · ~$12M per MW to build
GPU fleet
Power · $/kWh
Blended price · $/M tok
Total buildout$2.26B$600.0M facility + $1.66B silicon
Own vs rent · $/GPU-hr$1.89 vs $5.0062% cheaper to build
Cost per 1M tok$0.24selling at $0.25/1M blended
Breaks even at 48%$1,640,092profit / month at 50% util
Where the money goes — 50 MW facility, 30,000× B300 in United States
| Line item | Capex | $/month |
|---|---|---|
| Facility (shell, power, cooling) · 50 MW | $600.0M | $3,333,333 dep. |
| IT — 30,000× B300 + network/storage | $1.66B | $27,600,000 dep. |
| Power — 41 MW IT × PUE 1.25 × $0.08/kWh | — | $3,022,200 |
| Ops & maintenance — ~4% of capex/yr | — | $7,520,000 |
| Total monthly cost | $2.26B | $41,475,533 |
Facility life 15y, silicon 5y. Facility capex ~$6–14M per MW of IT depending on region; power, chip prices, and throughput are illustrative ballparks — before land premium, tax abatements, financing, and staffing detail.