Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Model for Data Centers

Data centers are mission-critical components of all large enterprises and frequently cost hundreds of  millions of  dollars to build, yet few high-level executives understand the true cost of  building and operating such facilities. Costs are typically spread across the IT, networking, and facilities/corporate real-estate departments, which makes management of  these costs and assessment of  alternatives difficult. This paper presents a simple approach to enable C-suite executives to assess the true total costs of  building, owning, and operating their data center physical facilities.