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Why would it ever? It's much more efficient to scale up the one AC mains voltage -> 12V DC supply you already have. You think in datacenters they are just stac
by stefan_ 5y ago
Why would it ever? It's much more efficient to scale up the one AC mains voltage -> 12V DC supply you already have.
You think in datacenters they are just stacking up PSUs? No, all of this stuff gets vastly more efficient and reliable if you can build just one big PSU to supply say 48V DC and distribute that everywhere.
- timw4mail 5y agoMy understanding is that most normal servers have their own PSUs, and often a hot spare. But that's not really relevant. The question was more rhetorical than serious.