pue
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Foundational
Colocation, Power Contracts and Site SelectionFor most organizations the constraint on deploying GPUs is not the GPUs. It is finding a hall that can deliver 100 kilowatts or more per rack, reject that heat with liquid, and sign a contract for the power years before the hardware exists. Colocation contracts price reserved capacity rather than consumption, cooling capability is what eliminates most sites, and the lead time on new electrical supply is measured in years while GPUs arrive in months.🖧 Hardware & Cluster Build-Out
Advanced
Power and Datacenter ConstraintsThe binding constraint on new GPU capacity in 2026 is not chips or capital but megawatts: an H100 node draws about 10 kW, a GB200 NVL72 rack about 120 kW, and a 100,000-GPU cluster needs on the order of 150 MW with cooling. This page converts GPU counts to power, power to cooling and facility requirements, and both to cost, so a candidate can size a training hall from a power budget and explain why liquid cooling, PUE and the local grid decide where the next cluster goes.🧮 Napkin Math & Capacity🔒 Premium
