Enabled Energy estimate for an existing-hall upgrade supporting 20–40 kW racks through cooling, electrical resiliency and airflow/containment changes
~$5–6M per MWestimatecontested
| Value kind | estimate — Interpret this value according to its displayed kind, scope, source, and as-of date. |
|---|---|
| Scope | Not a liquid-cooled, NVL72-class conversion; the $2M/MW cooling-only figure and the two-thirds-unsuitable statistic are dropped (not in the source). |
| Caveat | Sponsored opinion estimate, not bid data. It does not price a liquid-cooled rack-scale (NVL72-class) conversion, which needs its own facility scope and budget; tenant migration, downtime and floor loading can erase the gap to greenfield. |
| As of | 2025-07 |
| Source | Enabled Energy, originally published as DCD opinion, 2025-07-08 · Enabled Energy / DCD opinion (2025-07-08): upgrading an existing hall for 20–40 kW racks ~$5–6M/MW vs $8–10M/MW greenfield in constrained markets |
| Review | checking…review by 2027-03-31 · standard cadence |
| Recorded changes | last 2026-10-05 · 5 revisions tracked |
| Claim id | brownfield-retrofit-cost-cooling-only-vs-full |
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