Evaluating the Opportunity for DC Power in the Data
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Data centers adopted many things from telecoms, most notably the ubiquitous 19-inch rack, which was standardized by AT&T way back in 1922. Now, those racks hold electronic systems whose guts - the chips inside the servers – fundamentally all run on DC power. But data centers distribute power by AC.
As AI workloads continue to drive up data center power demands, both AC and 400V DC rack power distribution present compelling solutions for improving efficiency and scalability. While AC infrastructure remains dominant, its inefficiencies are becoming more apparent, particularly in high-power-density AI data centers.
Data centers are increasingly adopting 400V DC rack power distribution as an alternative to traditional AC systems, driven by the need for improved efficiency, reliability and cost-effectiveness.
Component makers are going along with the idea. For instance, power supply firm Advanced Energy welcomed the inclusion of 48V power shelves: "Traditionally, data center racks have used 12V power shelves, but higher performance compute and storage platforms demand more power, which results in very high current.