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by walrus01 1598 days ago
It's very easy to run out of cumulative watts of grid power feed, cooling capacity and generator/UPS/power backup capacity in a facility before you run out of floor space in a datacenter.

Even with what is now a "small" 5kW thermal power budget per 44U cabinet, measuring 24 inches wide x 48 inches deep, you can easily exceed that 5kW long before you physically fill the cabinet with servers.