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In enterprise data centers, hardware procurement typically accounts for only 30–40% of total cost of ownership, with the remainder comprising electricity (approximately 25%), cooling systems (approximately 15%), network bandwidth (approximately 10%), and personnel and operations (approximately 10–15%).
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