Data Center Revenue & Capacity Calculator
See how sellable capacity, utilization, price per utilized kilowatt, and interconnection revenue combine into illustrative data-center revenue — the model behind How Data Centers Actually Make Money.
Inputs
Default values are illustrative assumptions, not market benchmarks or financial advice.
Allowed range: 0–10,000,000
Allowed range: 0–100
Allowed range: 0–10,000
Allowed range: 0–1,000,000,000
How this is calculated
Capacity
Utilized capacity (kW) = Sellable capacity × (Utilization rate ÷ 100)
Unused capacity (kW) = Sellable capacity − Utilized capacityBase revenue
Monthly base revenue = Utilized capacity × Monthly price per utilized kW
Annual base revenue = Monthly base revenue × 12Interconnection revenue
Annual interconnection revenue = Monthly interconnection revenue × 12
Total revenue
Estimated monthly total revenue = Monthly base revenue + Monthly interconnection revenue
Estimated annual total revenue = Annual base revenue + Annual interconnection revenue
Displayed values are rounded for readability (for example, capacity in kW with an MW equivalent from 1,000 kW up); calculations use the exact values you entered. Prices are in USD.
Input validation and bounds
Every field must be a plain number within its stated range: sellable capacity 0–10,000,000 kW; utilization 0–100%; price 0–10,000 USD per kW per month; interconnection 0–1,000,000,000 USD per month. Empty, negative, non-numeric, or out-of-range values are flagged, never silently corrected, and no results appear and the page address is not updated while any input is invalid. Calculations run in your browser. After valid edits, your inputs may appear in the page address for sharing. Opening or reloading that address sends its query parameters to the hosting service, where they may appear in server logs.
Shareable links
Once every field is valid and you have edited a value, the page address updates so you can share your scenario. The parameters are:
capacity— sellable capacity in kWutilization— utilization rate in percentprice— monthly price per utilized kW in USDinterconnection— monthly interconnection revenue in USD
Example: ?capacity=10000&utilization=75&price=150&interconnection=50000. If a link contains an invalid value, that field is shown as-is with an error and no results are calculated.