Real estate savings

Often overlooked is the fact that servers today consume so much power that the maximum number that can be installed in a rack is limited by the power budget of that rack. Add to that the cost of a colocation rack at an average of $800/month for a 40-amp rack, versus $500/month for a 15-amp rack, and the same savings potential of using low power lopoco servers gets even higher, and you no longer have to fear those dreaded power overage charges from your colo.
You can safely put 33 lopoco servers in a 15-amp rack, while you can only put between 6 and 12 conventional entry level servers in a 40-amp rack, which costs $300/month more than a 15-amp rack (average colocation per-rack price).

continued →