Stadler: Microgrid power costs reach 3-4¢/kWh including capex over 20 years
Michael Stadler · Frontier Forum: Future-proofing data center power infrastructure · Apr 7, 2025 · at 11:15
Michael Stadler, CTO of Xendee, discusses the financial modeling results for on-site data center microgrids and long-term energy cost projections.
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“We really get down to three, four cents, including all the capital that we installed there, and we model actually escalation on the electricity side by 10% every year, and natural gas also going up by five percent every year. But still, at the end of the analysis in 20 years, we are still at these low levels, because as Hadeep says we can control the cost through these technologies, and we can hedge our Ourselves against this high electricity prices, demand charges, and costs for upgrading the system. So just want to point out this three to four cents is not only because we're considering the operational cost. This includes also capital costs”
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