Economics of a Megawatt of AI Data Center
by Brian Wang from NextBigFuture.com on (#75BY4)
Granular Unit Economics per MW Cruseo CEO Lochmiller broke down the inputs/outputs with high precision (April 2025 contract pricing and the talk) Upfront capex is ~$59M per MW of developed capacity. Roughly half (~$30M) is IT (GPUs, CPUs, networking, storage, etc.). The rest covers data center build, power plant/generation, and other infrastructure. Annual revenue (pure ...