Community calculator

What does a data center cost your community?

Pick a size and your state. The calculator estimates annual electricity, water draw, carbon emissions, rate pressure, and the CBA target your community should be negotiating — all sourced from the same model the full toolkit uses.

Facility size

100 MW

10 MW = small edge facility · 100 MW = typical hyperscaler campus · 500 MW = mega-project

Your state

—annual electricity (MWh)
—homes equivalent
—annual water (million gal)
—annual CO₂ (metric tons)

Economic impact

Rate pressure

Residents pay —× what the data center pays per kWh (— vs $0.05).

CBA target

At 2% of estimated investment, your community should negotiate at least —/year in community benefits.

Grid carbon: — gCO₂/kWh · Water stress: — · Cooling: evaporative (PUE 1.12)

What to do with these numbers

Print this page, or use the full toolkit to generate a complete action pack — a meeting brief, comment scripts, letters to officials, and a community flyer with these numbers baked in.

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