Power and Cooling Cost compared with Server/Hardware Cost

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Has anyone done, or is aware of any, calculations to compare the cost of power and cooling compared to the cost of hardware (servers) in a typical data center? This is to compute a true total cost of ownership of self-hosting servers. Of course real TCO includes: hardware_cost + power + cooling + rental + human_cost + maintenance

Is there any study that says something like (TCO - hardware_cost) = 40% of hardware_cost in 3 years?

Any pointers will be appreciated.

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