Bloomberg Industry Research: The high cost of AI data centers means that a 1GW capacity could exceed $30.7 billion
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Bloomberg Industry Research recently released a AI data center cost briefing stating that, based on the data provided by Cushman and Wakefield as well as internal analysis, the cost of building a 1GW data center in Abilene, Texas, USA, could reach $30.7 billion, with chip and server hardware equipment accounting for more than half of that cost.
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IT News on October 13th: Bloomberg Intelligence (Bloomberg Industry Research) recently released a AI data center cost briefing: Based on the data provided by Cushman and Wakefield as well as their internal analysis, the cost of building a 1GW data center in Abilene, Texas, USA, can reach $30.7 billion (Note from IT: The current exchange rate is approximately 205.869 billion RMB).

These $30.7 billion can be divided into ten major categories: core chips and server hardware equipment account for more than half, at $17.1 billion; power supply infrastructure consumes $3 billion; cooling systems account for $1.66 billion; and network cabling costs $1.07 billion.

In addition, the land purchase cost amounted to 180 million US dollars, the overall design project cost 361 million US dollars, construction costs 2.4 billion US dollars, emergency and reserve funds 2.79 billion US dollars, debugging costs 175 million US dollars, and there were also various miscellaneous expenses totaling 382 million US dollars.

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