You must select a server for your data center, which is being moved to Odessa, Texas.

An HPE ProLiant DL$360$ server costs $$2499$ and consumes $500$ watts at peak.

A Dell PowerEdge R$7415$ Server costs $$2379$ and consumes $500$ watts at peak.

The HPE will be $40\%$ utilized on average and the Dell will be $45\%$ utilized.

The servers run $24$ hours a day, seven days a week.

Ignore the time value of money and assume a three$-$year life.

You are in Texas and air conditioning is essential. Air conditioning the room containing the server costs about $$1\mathrm{.}17$ per hour in May through September, about $$0\mathrm{.}87$ in March, October, and November, and $$0\mathrm{.}35$ per hour in January, February, and December. Assume the HPE server uses $97$ percent of the air conditioning and the Dell requires all of it$.$

The average commercial cost$/$kWh is $$0\mathrm{.}087.$

Which server has a cheaper TCO, HPE or Dell?

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