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brownfield retrofit cost: cooling-only vs full AI retrofit; ~2/3 of pre-2015 DCs unsuitable for frontier density

~$2M / ~$5–6M+ per MWobservedcontested

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As of2025
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Claim idbrownfield-retrofit-cost-cooling-only-vs-full

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