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Data Center Cost & ROI
Pick a typical Indian data centre — size, tier and build plan — and read the verdict against 2025-26 Indian benchmarks: CapEx per MW, payback, IRR, NPV. Then fine-tune every assumption: equipment, cost lines, lease-up, financing, tax.
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Total CapExEverything it takes to build, before interest during construction.
₹398 Cr
Project IRRYearly return the project itself earns, ignoring loans — compare it to your hurdle rate.
13.9%
Equity IRRYearly return on your own money after loan payments. Borrowing amplifies it, both ways.
18.9%
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A 10 MW Tier III build at ₹398 Cr (₹41.5 Cr/MW) pays back in 9.4 yr at 18.9% equity IRR. Full breakdown below.
Your project
Start from a typical project, then adjust the six decisions that drive the whole model: how big, how reliable, how you build, what you charge, how it's funded and what power costs. Everything else — equipment, cost lines, tax — has sensible Indian-market defaults you can fine-tune in the sections below.
State data-center policies (UP, TN, Maharashtra, Telangana) offer capital subsidies, stamp-duty waivers and 10–15 yr electricity-duty exemptions — worth 3–6 IRR points; we map these in advisory.
What it costs & what it returns
Live results — every number updates instantly as you change anything, here or in the fine-tune sections below.
Building 10 MW of Tier III capacity costs ₹415 Cr all-in (₹41.5 Cr per MW — within the typical ₹35 Cr–₹50 Cr for Tier III). Once leased up (around year 4) it earns ₹188 Cr a year, keeping ₹68.1 Cr as EBITDA (36% margin). The investment pays back in 9.4 yr and returns 13.9% on the project / 18.9% on equity over 10 years — creating ₹105 Cr of value at your 11% hurdle rate.
Bottom line: Viable at these assumptions
Total investmentEverything it takes to build, including contingency and interest paid during construction.
₹415 Cr
₹41.5 Cr / MW
Within typical ₹35 Cr–₹50 Cr/MW
Revenue / yr (leased up)Annual billing once the facility reaches its stabilized occupancy.
₹188 Cr
EBITDA / yrOperating profit before depreciation, interest and tax, at stabilized occupancy.
₹68.1 Cr
36% margin
Within typical 35–50%
PaybackYears of operation until cumulative cash flow covers the investment.
9.4 yr
Above typical 6–9 yr
Project IRRAnnual return of the project itself, before any financing — compare to your hurdle rate.
13.9%
Equity IRRAnnual return on the equity you put in, after debt service. Leverage amplifies this.
18.9%
NPVToday's value of all future cash flows minus the investment, at the discount rate. Positive = value created.
₹105 Cr
Peak equity neededThe deepest your own capital goes before the project starts paying it back — the cheque you must be able to write.
₹175 Cr
Min DSCRWorst-year cash cover on loan payments. Lenders want ≥ 1.3×.
1.29×
Equity multipleTotal cash returned per rupee of equity invested.
5.83×
Break-even occupancyOccupancy below which the project destroys value (NPV < 0).
80%
Data halls · racks
5 · 1,250
Cumulative cash flow — payback
Capacity build-out vs occupancy
Fine-tune
Every assumption below is editable — the verdict updates live.
Build cost (CapEx)
₹415 Cr total · ₹41.5 Cr/MW · 5 halls — open to edit the equipment and every cost line.
Running cost (OpEx)
₹120 Cr/yr at stabilized occupancy — open to edit maintenance, insurance, staff and escalations.
Revenue & financing
₹188 Cr/yr stabilized revenue · 60% debt @ 10% · min DSCR 1.29× — open for the revenue terms, loan, tax, exit assumptions and the full per-year P&L.
Energy, water & carbon
1,24,830 MWh/yr · 89,163 t CO₂e/yr · effective PUE 1.50 — open for the full energy, ESG and capacity-constraint picture.
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