Busway and Busbars | Legrand United Kingdom

The key point is understanding where the costs actually lie.  

If you look only at upfront costs, a traditional PDU and whip solution might seem cheaper. However, when you factor in installation, labor, cable management, and the cost of future modifications, busways almost always come out ahead.  

Busways offer faster deployment and greater flexibility. If you need to make changes in a traditional setup, you have to remove and reinstall cables, which requires significant labor and downtime. With busways, you simply change the tap-offs, making modifications much more cost-effective in the long run.

A lot of clients initially focus only on CapEx—the upfront capital expenditure—without considering OpEx, the operational costs over time. We’ve conducted cost comparisons for 40kW and 80kW deployments and found that busways are between 15% and 30% cheaper than PDUs and whips when considering total cost of ownership.