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Solar for SME datacenters in Africa.
How many panels, how many batteries, what budget? Size your solar mini-datacenter in 1 minute. Indicative results for budget framing.
Indicative overall budget
€25,445
Excluding local taxes and container freight. Margin ±15%.
Sizing
- Daily consumption
- 48 kWh/j
- Peak panel power
- 8.7 kWc
- Number of 400 Wc panels
- 22 panels
- Usable battery capacity
- 24 kWh
- Nominal battery capacity (80% DoD)
- 30 kWh
- Pylontech US3000C 3.5 kWh modules
- 9 modules
- Recommended inverter
- 3 kW
Budget breakdown
- Solar panels
- €6,160
- Battery modules
- €10,800
- Hybrid inverter
- €2,100
- Charge controller
- €800
- Wiring + protections
- €2,545
- Installation + testing
- €3,040
Custom site study + sourcing + container freight?
Request a solar studyWhy solar?
Frequent outages in West Africa (4-12h/day). Solar = service continuity + diesel savings + lower maintenance.
Hybrid recommended
Solar + batteries + diesel generator backup for the rainy season. Optimal architecture = 80% solar, 20% backup.
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Detailed method + case studies in our blog guide.