Per-site gross avoided future capital: eligible physical CAPEX × selected replacement percentage. Net benefit: avoidable future CAPEX + realizable resale + attributable operating savings − production QRF hardware, integration, migration and exit costs. Past sunk investment is not newly saved.
| Illustrative ecosystem / site | Modeled CAPEX | 25% ceiling | 50% ceiling | 75% ceiling | 100% ceiling |
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| Amazon AWS — modeled site | $10M | $2.50M | $5.00M | $7.50M | $10M |
| Microsoft Azure — modeled site | $25M | $6.25M | $12.50M | $18.75M | $25M |
| Google Cloud — modeled site | $50M | $12.50M | $25.00M | $37.50M | $50M |
| Meta AI — modeled site | $100M | $25.00M | $50.00M | $75.00M | $100M |
| OpenAI / partner compute — modeled site | $250M | $62.50M | $125.00M | $187.50M | $250M |
| Oracle OCI — modeled site | $500M | $125.00M | $250.00M | $375.00M | $500M |
| NVIDIA ecosystem — modeled site | $1,000M | $250.00M | $500.00M | $750.00M | $1,000M |
Illustrative $100M facility cost build-up: compute/accelerators $65M + memory/storage $12M + networking $8M + power/cooling $10M + allocated facility $5M = $100M. This is a transparent modeled equipment budget, not an invoice from the named companies. Apply the replacement percentage only to eligible assets.
Global expansion: one $100M site × 25% = $25M; 10 independent sites = $250M; 100 = $2.5B; 1,000 = $25B in gross future capital avoidance. At 50%, these become $50M / $500M / $5B / $50B; at the theoretical 100% ceiling, $100M / $1B / $10B / $100B. Count unique physical assets once; hyperscalers and their tenants may share infrastructure.
Download the calculation PDF (physical CAPEX model)