TradeOff Tool:s A New Path To Modeling And Planning For Your Data Center
TradeOff Tools A NEW PATH TO MODELING AND PLANNING FOR YOUR DATA CENTER
Data Center Research & Strategy August 2025
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Topics
01 02 03 04 What are TradeOff Tools?
How should you use them?
What TradeOff tools are available?
What other assets are available?
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TradeOff Tools A NEW PATH TO MODELING AND PLANNING FOR YOUR DATA CENTER
Simple, interactive calculators backed by science to explore “what if” scenarios to achieve optimal data center and edge infrastructure designs. Continuously updated, rigorously tested.
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We create useful tools that explore solutions to difficult problems
Reach the tool library: Free to use
01 TRUSTED In-depth analysis of complex data center interactions
02 SIMPLE Intuitive, one-screen, standardized user interface
03 RELEVANT
05 OPTIMIZED
04 COMPARABLE
Addresses commonly faced challenges decisions
Helps quantify and justify business decisions
Use on PCs or tablets for best user experience
Data center lifecycle CO2e calculator
DCIM planning and modeling value calculator
Data center capital cost calculator
01WHAT ARE TRADEOFF TOOLS?
https://www.se.com/ww/en/work/solutions/for-business/data-centers-and-networks/trade-off-tools/
02 HOW SHOULD YOU USE THEM?
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Where do tools come in?
1 Identify Basic
requirements
Early in planning, when defining requirements for your data center/edge project.
2 Develop System
architecture
3 Adjust For constraints & preferences
4 Generate Specification
5 Design Detailed
construction design
BUILD
PROJECT PARAMETERS
CONCEPT
Capacity Budget Growth plan Criticality Density Efficiency Sustainability
03WHAT TRADEOFF TOOLS ARE AVAILABLE?
Over 30 distinct tools, matching your most
pressing data center design considerations
ABBREVIATED LIST • Data center capital cost calculator
• Data center lifecycle CO2e calculator
• Micro data center lifecycle CO2e calculator
• DCIM monitoring value calculator for distributed IT
• DCIM planning and modeling value calculator
• Site electricity emission factor calculator
• Edge UPS fleet management comparison calculator
• Three phase UPS efficiency comparison calculator
• Three phase UPS modernization calculator
• Single phase UPS efficiency comparison calculator
• eConversion vs. double conversion calculator
• Data center power sizing calculator
• Data center efficiency & PUE calculator
• Data center carbon footprint calculator
• Lithium-ion vs. VRLA UPS battery TCO calculator
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Navigating TradeOff Tools A few simple principles to make life easier
Language support Reset to complete a new scenario
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Supported browsers are: Save results as a PDF
Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari
It’s possible to view the tools in your local language by either right clicking and selecting “Translate to …” or choosing the “Translate” option within your browser
To reset a tool to defaults, reload the page by right clicking and choosing the “Reload” or “Refresh” option
Use your browser’s Print functionality to save your results as a PDF. We recommend you use “landscape” layout, adjust the scale so the entire tool is visible, and check the “Background graphics” box
03WHAT TRADEOFF TOOLS ARE AVAILABLE?
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Data center capital cost calculator Determine the impact of physical infrastructure design choices on capital cost
Quickly set data center budget expectations (+/- 20%)
• Capacity
Decide priority among competing design parameters
Costs derived from actual configurations, quotes from 3rd party suppliers & partners
• Criticality • Budget • Growth plan • Efficiency
• Costs by subsystem • Costs by type (material, labor, install)
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Single-phase UPS efficiency comparison calculator
Determine impact of single-phase UPS efficiencies on energy costs and carbon footprint
Compare 2 single-phase UPS systems
Assess Schneider Electric UPSs (measured data) or define your own UPS
See efficiency, electricity cost, and carbon as a function of IT load
• Efficiency • Electricity cost • Carbon footprint
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Three-phase UPS efficiency comparison calculator
Gauge the impact of 3-phase UPS on energy costs and carbon footprint
Compare 2 three phase UPS systems
Assess Schneider Electric UPSs (measured data) or define your own UPS
Demonstrate how redundancy impacts the efficiency curve
• Efficiency • Electricity cost • Carbon footprint
See efficiency, electricity cost, and carbon as a function of IT load
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TradeOff Tools A NEW PATH TO MODELING AND PLANNING FOR YOUR DATA CENTER
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DCIM monitoring value calculator for distributed IT
Estimate the potential value of DCIM monitoring & alarming for distributed IT (EcoStruxureTM IT Expert)
Provide a framework for estimating the value of DCIM monitoring and alarming functions, based on user-defined settings
See where value comes from
Calculate ROI with subscription-based DCIM
See cashflow over a 5-year period and side-by-side breakdown of DCIM value and savings
• Downtime reduction
• Staff optimization / re-allocation
• Security & environmental incident reduction
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DCIM planning and modeling value calculator
Estimate the ROI or payback of DCIM planning and modeling software (EcoStruxure IT Advisor)
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Provide a framework for estimating the value of DCIM planning and modeling functions
See where value comes from
Understand ROI or payback period
See cashflow over 5-year period
• Staff optimization / re-allocation
• Energy and carbon savings
• Capex avoidance
• Downtime reduction
• Based on user-defined thresholds and settings
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• Perpetual-license DCIM
• Subscription-based DCIM
TradeOff Tools A NEW PATH TO MODELING AND PLANNING FOR YOUR DATA CENTER
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TradeOff Tools A NEW PATH TO MODELING AND PLANNING FOR YOUR DATA CENTER
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Single-phase Li-ion vs. VRLA UPS TCO calculator
Compare the total cost of ownership (TCO) between single-phase Li-ion and VRLA UPSs
See where and when SE or other Li-ion UPSs deliver savings over VRLA, including battery replacements, energy efficiency, and rack space
Visualize your total cost over any period up to 10 years with dynamic graphs and results table
Compare carbon emissions impact, from use-phase electricity consumption differences
See side-by-side breakdown of costs and savings
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Edge UPS fleet management comparison calculator
Compare costs of managing your own distributed UPSs vs. utilizing a 3rd party
Compare costs for managing a distributed UPS fleet
Assess annual costs & downtime for a user-defined asset age distribution
Demonstrate how key variables impact optimal approach
• Transportation & parts cost
• Staff cost
• Downtime cost
• Vendor / partner service cost
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• Staff count, time allocation, & cost
• Downtime events, recovery time, & cost of downtime
• Frequency of events requiring dispatch of service personnel
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Site electricity emission factor calculator
Understand the impact of electricity source mix on carbon emissions
Learn how electricity mix impacts emission factor
• Weighted source mix
Benchmark your electricity emission factor against other sources
See how sources contribute to:
• Scope 2 breakdown
• Emission factor by scope
• Scope 1 breakdown
• Scope 3 breakdown
• Utility-provided electricity • Onsite-generated electricity • Renewable contracts
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https://www.se.com/ww/en/work/solutions/system/s1/data-center-and-network-systems/trade-off-tools/site-electricity-emission-factor-calculator/
Prefabricated data center service contract ROI calculator
Estimate the value of monitoring & maintenance for prefabricated data centers
Provide a framework for estimating the value of monitoring and maintenance service contracts for prefabricated data centers
See where value comes from
Calculate return on investment (ROI)
See cashflow over 5-year period
• Downtime reduction
• Energy reduction
• Staff optimization / re-allocation
• Based on user-defined thresholds and settings
Compare energy- related CO2e with and without a service contract
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Prefabricated vs. traditional cost calculator
Compare financials: Key cost drivers:
• Cooling architecture
• Rack density
• Placement of prefab modules
• Build vs. lease of core & shell
• Equipment cost
• Design installation cost
• Space cost
Determine impact of design attributes on cost of prefabricated vs. traditional data centers
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eConversion vs. double conversion calculator
Demonstrate impact of operating a UPS in eConversion vs double conversion mode
eConversion provides UPS loads with UL-certified Class-1 performance at reduced energy
Evaluate the impact of operating mode
With location-specific electricity rate and CO2 emissions factor, compare:
• SE UPS in eConversion mode vs. double conversion mode OR
• SE UPS in eConversion mode vs. other UPS with user-entered efficiency data
• Efficiency (%)
• Electricity (kWh)
• Carbon (tonnes)
• Cost
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Data center lifecycle CO2e calculator
Quickly and easily estimate your carbon drivers to prioritize your reduction efforts
Estimate lifecycle CO2e for data centers up to 5 MW
See breakdown of emissions
Illustrate key drivers to help prioritize your carbon reduction efforts
Understand the impact of the electricity emission factor on overall lifecycle CO2e
Understand Carbon Usage Effectiveness (CUE)
• By scope
• From cradle to grave • Through the lens of a data center owner
• By lifecycle phase
• By lifecycle phase
• By system and subsystem
• By GHG scope 3 category
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TradeOff Tools A NEW PATH TO MODELING AND PLANNING FOR YOUR DATA CENTER
Micro data center lifecycle CO2e calculator
Quickly and easily estimate your carbon drivers to prioritize your reduction efforts
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Estimate lifecycle CO2e for micro data centers up to 100 kW
See breakdown of emissions
Illustrate the key drivers to help prioritize your carbon reduction efforts
Understand the impact of the electricity emission factor on overall lifecycle CO2e
Understand Carbon Usage Effectiveness (CUE)
• By scope
• By lifecycle phase
• By system and subsystem
• By GHG scope 3 category
• From cradle to grave
• Through the lens of a micro data center owner
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Data center efficiency & PUE calculator
Determine impact of alternative power and cooling approaches on energy cost
Estimate annualized data center efficiency of new or existing data center
See the efficiency curve of the data center
Determine efficiency impact of key design decisions
• Power usage effectiveness (PUE)
• Power consumption by subsystem
• Energy cost breakdown
• Redundancy
• Cooling / power architecture
• Percent load
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Three phase UPS modernization calculator
Estimate the opex and carbon savings of replacing an aging 3-phase UPS with a new UPS
Compare aging vs. new 3-PH UPS systems
Assess cumulative costs and NPV over 10-year life
Demonstrate implications of operating an aging, less efficient UPS
• Electricity cost
• Maintenance contract cost
• Battery replacement cost
• Spare parts replacement cost
• Carbon footprint
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Data center power sizing calculator
Determine impact of server & storage configurations on IT capacity and required input power
Define basic characteristics of a data center’s IT load
Understand the impact of GPUs for AI / HPC
Estimate data center IT load capacity
• Server quantity & mix • Mainframes • Storage
Calculate how much utility power is required to support IT load
• PUE
Demonstrate allocation on total power requirement
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Data center carbon footprint calculator
Determine impact of changes in data center efficiency on energy costs and carbon footprint
Illustrate how data center changes impact carbon emissions
Determine savings in electricity as PUE improves
Estimate equivalent number of cars removed from road
• Location • Efficiency (PUE) • Load (kW)
Demonstrate 15-year cost and carbon savings
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3-Phase Lithium-ion vs. VRLA UPS battery TCO calculator
Compare financials: Key drivers of TCO:
• Replacement period for each energy storage type
• Runtime
• Cumulative cost summary and chart illustrating cross-over point
• Breakdown of TCO costs
View TCO impact of lithium-ion vs. VRLA batteries for energy storage of static UPS
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Data center build vs. colocation TCO calculator
Determine impact of data center attributes and pricing model on TCO, cross-over point, & cash flow
Impact of data center attributes and pricing model on TCO
Compare financials:
Key assumptions:
• TCO
• Break-even (years)
• Cash flow by year
• % un-scalable infrastructure
• Maintenance, staffing
• Colocation setup/install
• Remote hands for colocation
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Data center & edge global energy forecast
Demonstrate how the edge will be a growing contributor to IT energy consumption
Provide scenarios on future energy consumption
Demonstrate the importance of implementing best practices at the edge
Leveraged 2 studies
• Core data centers
• Distributed IT
• Internal SE study “The Long-Term Impact of IT on Electricity Consumption”, Oct 2018
• IDC Data Capacity Analysis, 2019
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Data center temperature rise calculator
Understand how temperatures rise when power and cooling is lost
Examine how data center design can affect temperature when power and cooling is lost
Examine how to mitigate temperature rise when power and cooling is lost
Examine when best to switch back to primary power after power loss
Model a range of data center architectures, cooling, and power characteristics
Provide industry standard alerts and recommendations
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Data center capacity & growth planning calculator
Determine impact of power and cooling technology and growth plan strategies on design parameters
Show how uncertainty of IT growth plan impacts costs
Demonstrate how scaled build- out reduces data center TCO. Key factors include:
Compare PUE over data center life
Compare run-rate and cash flow analysis
• IT load profile
• Step size
• Redundancy
• Power & cooling architecture
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Data center InRowTM cooling containment selector
Generate optimal containment configuration
Identify dimensions and layouts that limit configuration possibilities
• Uncontained
• Hot aisle containment
• Rack air containment
• Rack air containment with front containment
Determine impact of preferences and constraints on the recommended containment approach
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Server carbon & energy allocation calculator
View impact of efficiency, load characteristics, & location on carbon and energy allocation for IT users
Assign carbon & energy costs to IT users, based on data center attributes:
See annual energy and carbon allocations on a per-server basis, driven by:
• Efficiency (PUE) • IT load • Location
Illustrate15 year allocations
• Servers • Networking • Physical infrastructure• Storage
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Cooling economizer mode PUE calculator
Determine impact of geography and cooling characteristics on PUE, energy, and CO2 emissions
Compare common cooling architectures
Determine optimal cooling economizer approach based on:
• PUE
• Energy cost
• Carbon
• Full & partial economizer hours
• Climate (ASHRAE bin data)
• Data center load
• IT operating environment (temperature & humidity)
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Rack power architecture efficiency calculator
Compare performance of conventional PSU architecture with 12V & 48V rack-level PSU architectures:
Key drivers:
• Efficiency
• Losses
• Energy cost
Compare conventional ITE-level PSU architectures with centralized rack-level PSU architectures
• PSU oversizing
• PSU redundancy
• Component efficiencies
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Data center virtualization savings calculator
Determine impact of server virtualization and data center design choices on energy & space savings
Illustrate energy savings resulting from server virtualization
Compare pre- and post- virtualization
Demonstrate where energy savings comes from:
• % energy savings
• Annual electric bill
• Efficiency (PUE)
• Space required
• Entire data center
• Physical infrastructure
• Total IT
• Servers
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Data center IT pod sizing calculator
Results based on: Calculated results include:
• Input voltage
• Input break size
• Density per rack
Understand the electrical and physical attributes of an IT pod
• Maximum pod capacity
• Rack count
• Branch breaker recommendation
• Number of breakers & positions needed
• Footprint required
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Data center cooling architecture calculator
Provide the user with the optimal cooling architecture based on key data center attributes, preferences, and constraints
Recommended cooling architectures include:
Determine optimal cooling architecture based on:
• Heat removal method
• Economizer mode
• Indoor unit location
• Air distribution
• Data center capacity and power density
• The containment and floor type
• Financial factors analyzed
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Traditional vs. OCP capital cost calculator
Compare financials: Key cost drivers:
• Capital cost summary
• Comparison at subsystem level to highlight where cost differences occur
View capital cost comparison and key drivers between traditional and Open Compute power architectures
• Data center load mix of traditional & OCP
• Traditional server power supply oversizing and cost per watt
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Flywheel vs. battery carbon footprint calculator
View carbon impact of flywheels vs. VRLA batteries for energy storage of static UPSs
Compare carbon footprint over entire lifecycle
In most countries, batteries are “greener”
Key drivers
• Location (energy source) • Battery service life
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InRowTM ancillary IT equipment cooling calculator
Determine impact of IT, cooling, & room characteristics on ability for row-based cooling to support ancillary IT loads
Determine if additional cooling is required or if the existing InRow cooling is sufficient, based on:
Ancillary IT = IT equipment not arranged in rows, such as:
• IT parameters
• Cooling parameters
• Room characteristics
• Tape libraries
• Storage equipment
• Networking gear
• Power distribution equipment
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Data center AC vs. DC efficiency calculator
Compare energy efficiency of four different power distribution architectures
Demonstrate how 415 V AC and 380 V DC have virtually same efficiency
• Legacy 208 V AC
• Best practice 208 V AC
• 415 V AC
• 380 V DC
View impact of data center efficiency of various AC and DC power distribution architectures
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Resources to guide your project decisions
01 White papers 02 Blogs
03 Executive reports 04 Infographics
05 Videos/ podcasts 06 Reference
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Key takeaways
TradeOff Tools are simple, interactive tools, based on data and science, that make it easy to vary parameters, experiment with “what if” scenarios and make tradeoffs during data center planning
Used early in the planning process, TradeOff Tools help avoid planning roadblocks by making informed and accurate decisions
TradeOff Tools help show quantifiable, tangible benefits of implementing certain technologies and justify project decisions
01 What are TradeOff Tools? 02 When should
they be used? 03 How do they help in planning a data center?
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