Apple Nvidia Server Infrastructure Architect & Cost Modeler

Topology Parameters

Physical & Electrical

Nvidia Accelerator Model B200

Server Racks Count (42U) 16 racks

Density (GPUs / Rack) 72 GPUs

Thermal Cooling Method Liquid

Power Cost ($ / kWh) $0.08 / kWh

Target AI Workload Training

Hardware Tier Integration

Compute Capacity

1152 GPUs

16 Racks × 72 per Rack

Total Power Envelope

1.48 MW

92.5 kW / Rack average

Cooling Demand

421.5 Tons

Direct-to-Chip Liquid CDI

Capital Expenditure

$ 48.38 M

3-Year Server & Fabric HW

Annual Operational Ex

$ 1.04 M

8,760 hrs @ $0.08/kWh

LLM Compute Speed

41500000 T/s

FP8 / FP4 Effective Throughput

Datacenter Pod Matrix Layout (Interactive Node Map)

Liquid Circuit Active

NVLink 5.0 Fabric

Thermal Envelope

Energy & Facility Load PUE 1.12

IT Accelerators & Memory 82%

Cooling & Heat Exchange 12%

Networking & Fabric Switching 6%

3-Year TCO Lifecycle $51.50M

Hardware CapEx (Racks + GPUs) 94%

3-Year Power & Utility OpEx 6%

Break-even inference cost estimated at $0.012 per 1M tokens.

Engineering Baseline v2.4

Component / Metric	Specification	Cluster Aggregated
Compute Accelerators	Nvidia Blackwell B200	1,152 Units
Data Center Footprint	72 GPUs / 42U Rack	16 Physical Racks
Thermodynamics & Cooling	Direct-to-Chip Liquid Cooling	421.5 Tons (1,482 kW Heat)
Electrical Load & Rate	$0.08 / kWh Utility Tariff	1.48 MW Continuous
Financial Footprint	3-Yr Server Lifecycle	$48.38M CapEx \| $1.04M/yr OpEx

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