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A Smart Grid that Includes Data Center UPS Units: A Potential ‘Win-Win-Win Solution’

By Paul Gillin - December 18, 2020 4 Comments

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The grid that provides most of the electrical power in the U.S. was designed in the 1890s. A Smart Grid that includes data center UPS units has the potential to be a win-win-win solution for all parties.

Tagged With: data center sustainability, Energy, smart grid, sustainability

AWS Designs In-Rack Micro UPS Units For a More Efficient Cloud

By Rich Miller - December 11, 2020 2 Comments

Amazon Senior VP of Infrastructure Peter DeSantis shares an image of a Mac Mini server running within an AWS data center during this week's re;Invent 2020 conference. (Image: AWS)

Amazon Web Services has begun designing its own rack-level Micro UPS units for its data centers, eliminating a centralized UPS in a move that will dramatically improve the power efficiency of its cloud computing operations.

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Put your UPS to Work Generating New Revenue

By Voices of the Industry - August 24, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Ed Spears, Product Marketing Manager, Eaton Critical Power Solutions Division, explores how to make your uninterruptible power supply – or UPS system – to work creating new revenue for your data center.

Tagged With: Eaton, Lithium-Ion Batteries, Uninterruptible Power Supplies, UPS

Lithium-ion UPS Adoption is Far More Than a Passing Fad

By Voices of the Industry - July 9, 2020 2 Comments

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Ed Spears, Product Marketing Manager, Eaton Critical Power Solutions Division, highlights the benefits and changing reputation of lithium-ion UPS batteries in the data center and colocation industry. 

Tagged With: Data Center Power, Eaton, Lithium-Ion Batteries

The IoT Extends to Space: Satellite Startups Connect Remote Devices

By Doug Mohney - March 27, 2020 1 Comment

An illustration of a compact nano-satellite from Hiber, which is creating a space-based IoT network. (Image: Hiber)

More than 20 new companies are using constellations of low-cost low-flying “nanosatellites” to collect data from devices, pursuing a future in which space-based networks connect the Internet of Things (IoT).

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Lithium-ion Battery Solutions for UPS Applications in Remote Facilities & Edge Data Centers

By Sarah Rubenoff - March 23, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Lithium-ion batteries may have. been a common source of power for various consumer devices for years, but the they now being adopted, as well, for use with Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) applications, “as a means of ensuring uptime for mission-critical infrastructure in data centers.” A new white paper from Vertiv pointed out that for companies looking to deploy distributed computing and edge networks, lithium-ion batteries are well suited for use with IT deployments in remote locations.

Tagged With: Edge Data Centers, Lithium-Ion Batteries, remote data centers, Uninterruptible Power Supplies, UPS Energy Storage, Vertiv

The Advantages of Using Lithium-Ion Batteries as A Backup Power Source in Single-Phase UPS Applications for Data Centers

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If your company has a need to establish localized IT resources, you may be thinking of investing in and deploying multiple IT footprints in remote locations, as part of a distributed computing or edge network. In the past five years, lithium-ion batteries have come into use as a stored energy source in traditional data centers. Download the new white paper in which Vertiv looks at how these types of batteries can also be used to support single-phase UPS systems in remote mission-critical environments and edge data centers.

Tagged With: backup power source, Lithium-Ion Batteries, UPS power supply, Vertiv

UPS as a ‘Significant Investment’ in Power Protection for Data Centers

By Sarah Rubenoff - January 8, 2020 Leave a Comment

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A new report from Vertiv highlights the critical role of the battery within single-phase UPS systems and discusses the options for ensuring power and business continuity, especially as IT networks increase in size and complexity and/or become more dispersed.

Tagged With: Data Center Power, UPS, UPS Energy Storage, Vertiv

Single-Phase UPS Lifecycle Management: Protecting IT Availability

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With an uninterruptible power supply (UPS), you have made a significant investment in power protection for your operations, so it doesn’t make sense to risk that investment on batteries that may not work when needed most. This white paper from Vertiv highlights the critical role of the battery within single-phase UPS systems and discusses the options for ensuring power and business continuity, especially as IT networks increase in size and complexity and/or become more dispersed.

Tagged With: Data Center Power, energy storage, UPS systems, Vertiv

AI Startups See Opportunities to Disrupt Medical Imaging

By Kayla Matthews - August 9, 2019 2 Comments

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Startups are investing heavily in new applications for artificial intelligence in medical imaging, in the hope that algorithms can bring new capabilities to diagnoses and patient care.

Tagged With: Artificial Intelligence, Health Care

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5 Ways to Mitigate Supply Chain Unpredictability and Labor Shortages in Data Center Construction

5 Ways to Mitigate Supply Chain Unpredictability and Labor Shortages in Data Center Construction Blake Weaver, Data Center Specialist at ProLift Rigging offers a list of ways to overcome supply chain challenges and labor shortages in data center construction. 

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Northern Virginia Data Center Market: The Focal Point for Cloud Growth

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Successful Cloud Service Providers and Managed Service Providers need to be out in front of everything in their managed data center spaces – ensuring uptime, bandwidth, and operational/cost efficiency today, with the flexibility and scalability to adapt and expand on the fly. Physical layer and  infrastructure is the foundation on which those services are built. Get the new data center ebook from Siemon that explores pro tips and best practices for physical layer strategies for cloud and managed service providers, from zone cabling in the colocation data center to high speed interconnects in the data center.

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