If your DC had limited rack space it might start to make sense. Buying a cheaper processor means you would need more of them to accomplish the same amount of work, but also you need more space.
>If your DC had limited rack space it might start to make sense
Not just rack space. If workloads have to be on the same machine or socket (not NUMA/RDMA friendly), your only choice is to get bigger and bigger processors.
Not just rack space. If workloads have to be on the same machine or socket (not NUMA/RDMA friendly), your only choice is to get bigger and bigger processors.