Report: Sales Of 400 VAC Rack PDUs To Double By 2020
According to new research, that jumped to 6.3% of units shipped in 2015.
New research from IHS found that the market for three-phase 400 VAC rack PDUs for data centers grew 150% between 2013 and 2015. IHS estimates that in 2013, three-phase 400 VAC rack PDUs accounted for 2% of units shipped in the Americas. According to new research, that jumped to 6.3% of units shipped in 2015.
Power distribution voltage is a topic that is often discussed in North America. Europe, Africa, most of Asia, and some of South America distribute power in a data center at 415/240 VAC or 400/230 VAC (for simplicity, IHS refers to this range collectively as 400 VAC distribution). In North America, Central America, some regions of South America, Saudi Arabia and Japan, voltage is most commonly distributed at 208/120 VAC, where it must go through an additional step-down transformation before being distributed to the racks.