{"id":27751,"date":"2023-08-18T16:08:36","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T16:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serverlift.com\/?p=27751"},"modified":"2025-05-02T16:41:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T16:41:11","slug":"data-center-lift-cost-vs-roi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serverlift.com\/hu\/blog\/data-center-lift-cost-vs-roi\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparing Data Center Lift Cost Versus Return On Investment"},"content":{"rendered":"

When evaluating the cost of a new data center purchase, price is often an outsized factor. Items that you know are essential and needed, even safety-related, might seem too expensive to some decision makers, especially if operational funds are already allocated. However, the investment in things such as a <\/span>safety-certified<\/span><\/a> data center lift often pays for itself in a relatively short period of time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s break down the connection between data center lift cost versus return on investment and look at reasons for purchasing dedicated server-handling devices. It always comes down to the numbers; with enough time and enough averted accidents, the ROI of a data center lift will be higher than the initial investment cost.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Server-handling lifts keep people safe.\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Data center worker safety should be of paramount importance, so it is first on our list.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Keeping workers safe must be a top priority for data centers, primarily because it\u2019s the right thing to do, but also because worker injuries can lead to other unexpected costs. Injured employees mean an unexpected labor shortage. Other employees would have to cover, resulting in more overtime pay. Additionally, a single injury might cost a data center a lot of money for Worker\u2019s Compensation claims and could potentially create a significant financial loss if the injured employee files and wins a lawsuit for a personal injury claim.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy to keep workers safe by ensuring that they have the proper equipment for lifting heavy IT equipment. When data center workers carry heavy IT equipment or use non-data center lifts to move equipment, an expensive accident is just waiting to happen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Data center managers may never know exactly how much money they\u2019ve saved by avoiding workplace accidents. But it only takes one incident to figure out how much an injury <\/span>costs<\/span><\/i> and to turn a valued employee\u2019s life upside down.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Customers with a ServerLIFT data center lift report a <\/span>100-percent accident-free<\/span><\/a> record.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Lifting IT equipment with the proper device will protect it.\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Data center accidents are not only dangerous for employees. They can also cause thousands of dollars of avoidable damage to IT equipment. Particularly bad accidents might even cause a domino effect where one rack crashes into another, and perhaps another.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Fewer employees are needed to install equipment<\/span><\/h2>\n

Without a server-handling device, two or more employees are needed to lift, transport, and install most IT equipment. It may take three or four people to rack or depopulate a single switch or loaded blade-server chassis, and rearranging multiple pieces of IT equipment would require a sizable team.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A tech at a colocation facility once lamented to us that he always has to wait until the end of his overnight shift (when he\u2019s on the site alone) to perform any critical server swaps or installs, when the day shift comes to work and can assist him.<\/span><\/p>\n

Even when multiple techs <\/span>are <\/span><\/i>onsite, a team of workers is taken away from other critical functions to move IT equipment manually and keep operations running smoothly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Purchasing a safety-certified and purpose-built server-handling device solves this problem. With the right IT equipment lift, one employee can easily and safely remove, transport, and install equipment. This frees up everyone else on the team to continue working on their tasks, even if they remain on standby for help if needed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Installing equipment takes less time.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Using a data center lift improves the efficiency of server installations significantly compared to manual alternatives. One employee is needed to install IT equipment and installation takes less time than it would for a full team to install the equipment manually.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Combine these two factors together\u2014fewer employees and less time needed for installations\u2014and the average data center will save quite a bit of money, depending on how many equipment moves and installations the facility completes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

How to Choose the Right\u00a0 Data Center Lift<\/span><\/h2>\n

Once the decision is made to purchase a server-handling device, it\u2019s important to choose the right piece of equipment to suit the situation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A few key factors matter, so it\u2019s wise to look for data center lifts that:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n