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Europe's largest interconnection market; municipal heat-reuse mandates apply.
Supply as reported: Grid; renewable certificates
A photoreal aerial of this facility as specified: halls, towers, substation and supply, placed in the landscape SAM measured.
Pulls a satellite view of the site and asks Segment Anything 3.1 for buildings, surface water, solar arrays and open land. The masks become hectares and distances, which replace the country priors for land and water in every estimate of this site, labelled as measured.
No energy mix tested makes Hyperscale campus Hesse both financeable and acceptable to the community. The plan below is the least-bad configuration and still fails at least one floor.
| Metric | This mix | Baseline |
|---|---|---|
| Build cost | $40.6B | $40.6B |
| Months to live | 52 | 52 |
| Blended power | $0.180/kWh | $0.180/kWh |
| Utilization | 71% | 71% |
| EBITDA / yr | $11.3B | $11.3B |
| Payback | 3.6 yrs | 3.6 yrs |
| IRR | 11.1% | 11.1% |
| CO₂ / yr | 2,961,915 t | 2,961,915 t |
| Carbon intensity | 350 g/kWh | 350 g/kWh |
| Water / yr | 20,278,465 m³ | 20,278,465 m³ |
| Grid draw vs headroom | 378% | 378% |
| Land | 159 ha | 159 ha |
| Permanent jobs | 880 | 880 |
| Nuisance index | 35 | 35 |
| Industrial power | $0.180/kWh |
| Grid carbon | 350 g/kWh |
| Interconnect lead | 24 months |
| Grid headroom | 300 MW |
| Grid reliability | 98% |
| Construction trades | 12,000 @ $52/h |
| Land index | 3.60× |
| Sentiment | 46 / 100 |
| Climate · water | temperate · low stress |
| Solar · wind | 0.50 · 0.60 |
| Geothermal · flare gas | no · no |
| People within 5 km | unknown |
| Name | Mix | Score | Payback | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline as reportedbaseline | 100% grid | 54 | 3.6 yrs | No go |
| Supply mix | 50% small · 30% solar · 20% wind |
| IT load | 960 MW |
| Hardware | B200 · 80 kW racks |
| Crew · automation | 2,500 · 20% |
| Plan scores | 61 · E 53 · Env 72 · C 59 |
| Live in · payback | 52 mo · 4.5 yrs |
| Clears the floors | no |
| Mix | Viable | Score | Payback | IRR | CO₂ kt/yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renewables + SMR 50% small · 30% solar · 20% wind | no | 61 | 4.5 yrs | 6% | 117 |
| Gas + solar 50% on-site · 50% solar | no | 60 | 4.2 yrs | 7% | 1,730 |
| Hydro PPA + grid 60% hydro · 40% grid | no | 58 | 3.6 yrs | 11% | 1,260 |
| SMR long-term 70% small · 30% grid | no | 57 | 3.8 yrs | 10% | 945 |
| As proposed (100% grid) 100% grid | no | 54 | 3.6 yrs | 11% | 2,962 |
| Gas bridge 70% on-site · 30% grid | no | 52 | 3.4 yrs | 13% | 3,347 |
| Grid + wind 60% grid · 40% wind | no | 52 | 4.0 yrs | 8% | 1,726 |
| Solar + wind + grid backup 40% solar · 30% grid · 30% wind | no | 52 | 4.6 yrs | 5% | 905 |
| Grid + solar 60% grid · 40% solar | no | 51 | 4.2 yrs | 7% | 1,750 |