When Thomas Edison developed the first practical incandescent lamp in the 1880s, the merits of alternating current (AC) electric power and direct current (DC) power distribution were debated. It was ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "European DC Power Distribution Market, Forecast to 2025" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. With the rising penetration of energy-consuming ...

Darnell Group's Jeff Shepard reports from Tokyo on he first-annual DC Building Power Japan (DCBPJ) conference, covers, homes, office buildings, homes, and data centers. The first-annual DC Building ...

The global market value for DC power-based building technologies will grow from $609.1 million in 2013 to $9.7 billion in 2020. The use of direct current (DC) power in buildings is expanding, driven ...

Following my last post about the problems of using DC power distribution in today’s data centers, I contacted Neil Rasmussen, chief technology officer at American Power Conversion. While others have ...

Low-voltage direct-current distribution is being considered globally as a replacement for alternating-current distribution to provide a stable power supply for digital consumer electronics devices and ...

West Kingston, R.I. – American Power Conversion Corp. here has launched a power plant and Valere Power Inc. (Richardson, Texas) has introduced a power plant system that each extends the bar for system ...

Part 2 provides an analysis of the factors that affect energy savings. Various types of DC power distribution are examined as alternatives to AC distribution for data centers and network rooms. A ...

Anyone who is familiar with the early history of the utility industry in the U.S. knows that a battle raged over whether the electric grid should be Direct Current ...

Early data centers were powered by masses of cables under the raised floor. To make the system easier to modify and maintain, and get rid of the skeins of cables that blocked airflow, the cables to ...