# Colocation Pricing by Market: Cost per kW for High-Density and
Source: https://savrn.com/ai-index/pricing/colocation
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All-in, per kW of IT per month, year 1

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Base rent

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Power

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Per rack per month

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Deployment per month

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### What makes up the price

Term average

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per kW-month

Total contract

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Power share

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of year-1 all-in

## Delivered power cost

What a 25 MW data center load at 85% load factor pays per kWh, at the highest voltage the tariff offers

### Checked against

### Power prices in SEC filings

Most filed prices come from bitcoin miners on interruptible power, net of credits for switching off. A data center that cannot curtail pays the firm rate.

## Price by rack density

### Market conditions

### Add-ons quoted on top of rent

Cross-connects

$150 to $400 per connect per month

Remote hands

$150 to $350 per hour, often 30-60 min minimum

Setup / installation

$500 to $5,000 per rack, one time

Liquid-cooling fit-out (if tenant-funded)

$1M to $3M per MW of IT

Power take-or-pay minimum

60% to 85% of contracted kW

Security deposit / letter of credit

3 to 12 months; up to $10.7M per MW in large AI leases

Sources: LA County license (2026), Iron Mountain GSA schedule, Colocation Scout, Core Scientific and IREN 8-Ks, CBRE H1 2026, AEP Ohio tariff, Bitdeer 6-K.

## Power by state

Average delivered price, all utilities, 2026 through July (EIA). Utility rows: Form EIA-861, 2024

| Largest utilities by business sales | Grid | TWh | Industrial | Commercial |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

## All markets, same deployment

## What large AI tenants pay

Filed 15-20 year leases quote a low base rent, but tenants also pay power, operating costs, cooling fit-out and credit support. These rebuild the full cost from each filing.

| Benchmark | Base rent, $/kW-mo | All-in, $/kW-mo | Basis |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

## Reference prices by market

All-in $ per kW of IT per month, year 1, landlord-delivered cooling · high-density: 50 kW x 20 racks · AI factory: 250 kW x 40 racks

| Market | Power priced from | Delivered power, per kWh | High-density colo | AI factory |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| West Texas AI campus (Abilene / Midland) * | AEP Texas (Abilene) plus ERCOT West supply | 5.54¢ | $226 | $231 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth | Oncor delivery plus ERCOT North supply | 5.09¢ | $227 | $234 |
| Columbus, OH | AEP Ohio delivery plus wholesale supply | 7.98¢ | $235 | $238 |
| Charlotte, NC * | Duke Energy Carolinas | 7.09¢ | $241 | $246 |
| North Dakota (Ellendale) * | Montana-Dakota Utilities | 8.18¢ | $248 | $252 |
| Chicago | ComEd delivery plus hourly wholesale supply | 7.50¢ | $257 | $263 |
| Atlanta | Georgia Power | 9.46¢ | $264 | $267 |
| U.S. average | All U.S. utilities | 9.03¢ | $271 | $275 |
| Los Angeles / SoCal | Southern California Edison | 13.09¢ | $280 | $279 |
| Reno, NV | NV Energy North (Sierra Pacific Power) | 7.82¢ | $274 | $280 |
| Portland / Hillsboro | Portland General Electric | 11.53¢ | $280 | $282 |
| Salt Lake City | Rocky Mountain Power | 6.84¢ | $278 | $287 |
| Northern Virginia | Dominion Energy Virginia | 9.95¢ | $291 | $296 |
| Phoenix | Arizona Public Service | 8.36¢ | $296 | $304 |
| Imperial Valley, CA * | Imperial Irrigation District | 14.36¢ | $307 | $305 |
| Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley Power (Santa Clara) | 15.93¢ | $380 | $384 |

## How the index is built

[Sources and full method](https://savrn.com/ai-index/pricing/colocation/sources)

Markets marked * use a neighboring market's rents. Power is read from published tariffs, not utility quotes. This index describes the market; it is not an offer from SAVRN.

Figures in U.S. dollars per kW of critical IT load per month unless noted. Power stacks read Oct 10, 2026.