{
 "title": "Server Refresh 2026 TCO: Refresh, Defer or Extend?",
 "url": "https://www.servnetuk.com/research/server-refresh-economics-2026",
 "publisher": "Servnet Research",
 "license": "CC BY 4.0 — free to reuse with attribution",
 "collected": "2026-07-18",
 "records": [
  {
   "metric": "Average server age at replacement in IDC/Intel refresh study",
   "value": "5.8 years",
   "source": "IDC (via Intel)"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Operational cost savings per new server over three years",
   "value": "US$76,000 per server over 3 years",
   "source": "IDC (via Intel)"
  },
  {
   "metric": "TPM vs OEM late‑life support cost differential",
   "value": "30–60% cheaper TPM vs OEM from years 4–5 onward",
   "source": "Servnet"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Share of self‑hosting costs from hidden operational items",
   "value": "Up to 70% of total self‑hosting spend",
   "source": "ServerMania (via ARPHost)"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Share of total application cost from personnel in on‑premise TCO benchmarks",
   "value": "50–85% of total application costs",
   "source": "Michael Kenny (via ARPHost)"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Cloud \"tax of abstraction\" premium vs hardware",
   "value": "2x–4x underlying hardware cost at scale",
   "source": "Hivelocity"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Server consolidation energy savings",
   "value": "Up to 9,900 kWh per year reduced energy consumption",
   "source": "Intel"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Server consolidation warranty cost savings",
   "value": "Up to US$70,000 per year reduction in hardware and software warranty costs",
   "source": "Intel"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Server consolidation IT support time savings",
   "value": "Up to 200 person‑hours per year reduction in IT server support",
   "source": "Intel"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Projected savings from accelerated refresh and efficiency programme",
   "value": "US$200–250 million over 8 years",
   "source": "Intel"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Hardware refresh share of a VMware‑exit TCO example",
   "value": "US$871,000 hardware refresh within US$2,236,000 total 3‑year TCO",
   "source": "VergeIO"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Minimum ROI payback period for refreshing servers older than 6 years with refurbished systems",
   "value": "As low as 1 year payback",
   "source": "IEEE/academic (Optimizing Server Refresh Cycles)"
  }
 ]
}