What should this estimate include?
For a serious planning budget, include GPU purchase, server cost, networking, rack/cooling setup, recurring power, maintenance reserve, utilization, and expected resale value.
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Model capital cost, power, cooling/PUE, maintenance, resale value, utilization, cost per GPU hour, and simple payback.
For a serious planning budget, include GPU purchase, server cost, networking, rack/cooling setup, recurring power, maintenance reserve, utilization, and expected resale value.
PUE is a facility efficiency multiplier. A value of 1.35 means cooling and overhead add about 35% to IT power consumption.