I know this article is primarily concern with Data Centers, but maybe we have come across another use for these 48 V (or something similar) DC sources(I see that some are skeptical of even doing the DC thing, because it may be more efficient to move to 240V), but if we did decide to create a DC infrastructure to make conversion to DC more efficient, then maybe we should think about making a widely compatible DC infrastructure (as we get $$ value from economies of scale). My thoughts are in relation to future Electric cars. I know that most will initially be designed to be charged via 120V AC which is widely available (especially in homes), but think about car "charging stations" which might be used at offices or other common places (Restaurants ?) where there might be the need to provide 48 Volts to a large number of electric cars at the same time(or we will have inefficiencies of millions of AC/DC conversions for all the new cars) for charging. Maybe an infrastructure could be built to handle both needs (datacenters and future electric cars) if we thought about things ahead of time and planned for this(initially the cars could be built to charge off of 120 VAC or something like 48V DC. Just a thought.
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I know this article is primarily concern with Data Centers, but maybe we have come across another use for these 48 V (or something similar) DC sources(I see that some are skeptical of even doing the DC thing, because it may be more efficient to move to 240V), but if we did decide to create a DC infrastructure to make conversion to DC more efficient, then maybe we should think about making a widely compatible DC infrastructure (as we get $$ value from economies of scale). My thoughts are in relation to future Electric cars. I know that most will initially be designed to be charged via 120V AC which is widely available (especially in homes), but think about car "charging stations" which might be used at offices or other common places (Restaurants ?) where there might be the need to provide 48 Volts to a large number of electric cars at the same time(or we will have inefficiencies of millions of AC/DC conversions for all the new cars) for charging. Maybe an infrastructure could be built to handle both needs (datacenters and future electric cars) if we thought about things ahead of time and planned for this(initially the cars could be built to charge off of 120 VAC or something like 48V DC. Just a thought.