----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin Stange" <[email protected]> > > > People are still feeding their gear with AC? Save on PS inefficiency, > > and feed direct 12/5vDC to the servers. Save space, save power, > > save cooling. > > If you're already in a datacenter, getting 208V AC from an existing AC > infrastructure is a lot easier, cheaper, and sometimes more plausible > than building a DC plant. If you have your own facility, it's a > different story, but if you do colo, you probably have more customers > expecting AC than DC, so you'll at least need to maintain both > infrastructure.
It *is* Friday night, Kevin. :-) He said 12/5VDC, not -48. Cheers, -- jra
