What is a Core Hour?

A core hour is one hour of CPU usage while a device is not stored (turned off). For example, if the device is on, paused, turning on, turning off, etc. then it is considered active.

The total number of core hours is calculated by multiplying the number of cores of the device by the amount of time the device is active. If a device has 4 cores and is active for 1 hour, then it will accumulate 4 core hours.

Any partial core hours are accumulated.

Devices that are not off accumulate core hours. For example, if a device is active for 30 minutes, then paused for 15 minutes, it will count as active for 0.75 hours.