POWERING ELECTRONIC DEVICES IN A DATA CENTER

A data center power system includes an electrical power conductor that comprises a live conductor surface and is configured to carry direct current (DC) power from a power source through a human-occupiable workspace of a data center; a grounded conductor positioned in the human-occupiable workspace...

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Hauptverfasser: SAKALKAR, Varun, KAM, Pascal, KENNEDY, James, LAO, Eduardo, MALONE, Christopher Gregory, SASTRY, Jyoti
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Sprache:eng ; fin
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Zusammenfassung:A data center power system includes an electrical power conductor that comprises a live conductor surface and is configured to carry direct current (DC) power from a power source through a human-occupiable workspace of a data center; a grounded conductor positioned in the human-occupiable workspace apart from the electrical power conductor; a first electrical connector configured to mount to a data center rack that supports a plurality of electronic devices, the first electrical connector moveable to electrically contact the live conductor surface of the electrical power conductor; a second electrical conductor positioned on the rack and configured to electrically contact the grounded conductor, wherein at least a portion of the live conductor surface is exposed to the human occupiable workspace, and wherein the live conductor surface comprises a mesh or planar conductor surface, and the first electrical connector is configured to mount to a top portion of the data center rack.