Data Center & Infrastructure Equipment Manufacturing worked example

Data Center Cooling Unit Cost at 92% cooling package scope completed in-house: a worked example

Push cooling package scope completed in-house up to 92% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when data center cooling unit cost in data center and infrastructure equipment manufacturing is being put through a data center and infrastructure equipment manufacturing weighted-cost review.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Cooling units built: 100 units (unchanged)
  • Configured cost per cooling unit: 45 $ / unit (unchanged)
  • Cooling package scope completed in-house: 92 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 80)
  • Fixed design and test cost: 250 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Configured cooling unit build cost = cooling units built × configured cost per cooling unit × cooling package scope included) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4,390 $ for total cooling unit cost, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 43.9 $ / piece for cost per cooling unit.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4,140 $ for configured cooling unit build cost.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 250 $ for fixed design and test cost.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where cooling package scope completed in-house sits at 80% and the headline result is 3,850 $, this scenario comes in 14.03% above the baseline at 4,390 $.
  • It computes total cooling unit cost from unit count, configured per-unit cost and package scope, plus fixed design and test cost. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Total cooling unit cost: 4,390 $ (headline result)
  • Cost per cooling unit: 43.9 $ / piece
  • Configured cooling unit build cost: 4,140 $
  • Fixed design and test cost: 250 $

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Data Center Cooling Unit Cost calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.