Data Center & Infrastructure Equipment Manufacturing worked example

Data Center Cooling Unit Cost at 58% cooling package scope completed in-house: a worked example

Here is what the math looks like when conditions slip. We hold every other input steady and drop cooling package scope completed in-house to 58%, then walk the calculation through step by step. Estimate cost for CRAC, CRAH, CDU, rear-door heat exchanger, or liquid-cooling units built for data-center infrastructure projects.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Cooling units built: 100 units (held at the documented default)
  • Configured cost per cooling unit: 45 $ / unit (held at the documented default)
  • Cooling package scope completed in-house: 58 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 80)
  • Fixed design and test cost: 250 $ (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Configured cooling unit build cost = cooling units built × configured cost per cooling unit × cooling package scope included.
  • Total cooling unit cost works out to 2,860 $ at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Cost per cooling unit works out to 28.6 $ / piece at these inputs.
  • Configured cooling unit build cost works out to 2,610 $ at these inputs.
  • Fixed design and test cost works out to 250 $ at these inputs.

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 25.71% below the baseline at 2,860 $.
  • The practical read: the gap between this scenario and the baseline is entirely attributable to cooling package scope completed in-house, so recovering it is worth quantifying in dollars before considering equipment or staffing changes. It assumes one configured cost across all units; an order mixing chilled-water CRAHs with DX CRACs needs separate runs because their build cost diverges.

Results at a glance

  • Total cooling unit cost: 2,860 $ (headline result)
  • Cost per cooling unit: 28.6 $ / piece
  • Configured cooling unit build cost: 2,610 $
  • Fixed design and test cost: 250 $

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Data Center Cooling Unit Cost calculator, set cooling package scope completed in-house to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.