Power ConversionEfficiency
Today most datacenters have an inefficient power conversion methodology.
Power isconverted in multiple steps, for example:
HighVoltage is converted to 380V DC
380V DCis used as the input voltage for the UPS (batteries)
380V DCis now converted to 208V AC since servers work on AC power
Insidethe server, the power is converted again from AC to DC (between 5V and 12V)
All thesesteps, especially the last per server conversion results in energy loss up to30%!