On this page you can specify capital costs that are incurred at the start-up of each new data center. The model provides input boxes for network equipment costs and data center startup costs such as search, legal, and construction costs. The purchase price of the facilities themselves are also entered, if applicable. The demand input box allows you to add to the number of new data centers based on the same unit costs identified for year 1. You can calculate your network costs by entering actual costs per megabyte of traffic for both the data center backbone and for connections with the public Internet.
Redundancy is assumed in most cases.
The model is flexible and can incorporate growth or shrinkage factors in these costs during the three-year business plan period. Taking input from the demand forecasts from specific hosting services, the model automatically calculates the total amount of traffic flowing over the data center backbone and Internet based on the number of customers, their peak utilization, and the percentage of data center traffic flowing over the backbone and the Internet. Inc. All rights reserved. Important Notices and Privacy Statement .