Reducing server room cooling costs

Energy savings calculator

Industry figures relating to the cost of electricity to cool a server compared to the cost to power a server vary considerably according to the source. Industry analyst IDC reports that as much as 80% of the cost of electricity is spent on cooling server infrastructure compared to 20% spend on powering it. Whilst Accenture estimates that the split is roughly 50/50 with a watt in cooling consumed for each watt used in computation.

For the calculations below, Kell has used a very conservative figure of 35% of the cost of electricity being spent on cooling versus computation. And still the energy savings to be realised by deploying a Kell Portable Server Environment compared to operating a dedicated, air-conditioned server room are substantial. Please refer to Kell's white paper on Reducing Server Room Cooling Costs for detailed information.

To calculate how much you can save on cooling costs over the course of a year by deploying a PSE please enter your information below.

Size of planned server room assuming no windows and persons in the room:-

Width of room in metres
Length of room in metres
Power draw of equipment in kilowatts
Cost of electricity pence per kilowatt/hour
If you are unsure how much your company pays for electricity, as a guideline, average commercial rates (current at October 2008) are between 10 to 13 pence per kilowatt/hour.

Please select the Kell PSE Cabinet Model that you are considering purchasing for comparison

Floor Space Economies

As Kell Systems Portable Server Environments take up much less floor space than a traditional server room, in areas where commercial property rents are high the floor space savings to be realised are also substantial. If you would like to calculate how much you can save in floor space over the course of a year from deploying a PSE please enter details below.

Space rental cost per square metre per annum £
Width of server room in metres
Length of server room in metres