Data-center PUE API

Computes data-center Power Usage Effectiveness, its inverse DCiE, and overhead load from total facility vs IT power, with an efficiency rating. Answers 'What is the PUE for 1800 kW total and 1200 kW IT?', 'How efficient is this data center?'.

Price$0.04per request

MethodPOST

Route/v1/climate/pue

StatusLive

MIME typeapplication/json

Rate limit120/minute

Cache0s public

puedciedata-centerefficiencypowersustainabilityinfrastructureenergy

API URLhttps://x402.hexl.dev/v1/climate/pue

Integration docs

Example request

{
  "totalFacilityKw": 1800,
  "itEquipmentKw": 1200
}

Example response

{
  "pue": 1.5,
  "dciePercent": 66.67,
  "overheadKw": 600,
  "totalFacilityKw": 1800,
  "itEquipmentKw": 1200,
  "rating": "efficient",
  "interpretation": "PUE 1.5 (efficient); 67% of power reaches IT load.",
  "formula": "PUE = total facility power / IT equipment power; DCiE = 1/PUE × 100%"
}

Input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "totalFacilityKw",
    "itEquipmentKw"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "totalFacilityKw": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Total facility power draw (kW)",
      "examples": [
        1800
      ]
    },
    "itEquipmentKw": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "IT equipment power draw (kW)",
      "examples": [
        1200
      ]
    }
  }
}

Output schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": true
}