DC Power Poised To Bring Savings To Datacenters

Posted by timothy on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @07:41AM from the anthropomorphism-loves-you dept.

snydeq writes "InfoWorld's Logan Harbaugh follows up his '10 IT Power-Saving Myths Debunked' to argue in favor of using DC power in the datacenter. The practice — viewed as a somewhat crackpot means for reducing wasteful conversions in the datacenter just a few short years ago — has gained traction to the point where server vendors such as HP, IBM, and Sun are making DC power supplies available in their server wares. Meanwhile, Panduit and other companies are working to bring down another barrier for DC to the datacenter: a standardized 400-VDC connector and cabling solution. And with GE working to list 600-VDC circuit breakers with the Underwriters Labs, DC's promise of reduced conversion waste could soon be commonly realized."

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The world needs love by Anonymous Coward · 2009-01-14 07:50 · Score: -1, Troll

I know this is off-topic but please forgive that. I urge you to give someone a warm embrace and tell them that you love them, and mean it. There is not enough of this in the world today.