Jay Cantu is product manager of Modular Infrastructure Solutions for Active Power, Inc., in Austin, TX, a manufacturer of uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems and modular infrastructure solutions. Cantu directs product development, lifecycle management, and pricing activities for Active Power’s PowerHouse™ product line, a complete modular power infrastructure platform. Cantu led the project team on the company’s first PowerHouse deployment in 2007, and since that time has supported the design and installation of more than 60 systems worldwide for a variety of applications and end users. Cantu can be reached at jcantu@activepower.com.
Think back to 2000. What did the data center look like? New, higher density server technology was trending, but adoption rates weren’t particularly impressive.