Early data centers were powered by masses of cables under the raised floor. To make the system easier to modify and maintain, and get rid of the skeins of cables that blocked airflow, the cables to ...

Part 2 provides an analysis of the factors that affect energy savings. Various types of DC power distribution are examined as alternatives to AC distribution for data centers and network rooms. A ...

Connectors designed for high voltage DC use are being adopted for AC distribution, prompting Anderson Power Products to produce a version of its Safe-D-Grid connector for single-phase AC applications.

For a few years now, there’s been a debate over which power distribution architectures – DC or AC – are the most efficient for data centers. I know I don’t have to tell you, but for the record DC is ...

The quest to make data centers more efficient has led to some innovative power and cooling technology. One proposal has been to convert data center power architectures to DC. It turns out there are ...

While most papers claiming efficiency benefits for DC systems do not present a detailed model with underlying calculations and numbers, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory does publish a model ...