Schneider Electric, Microsoft Unveil Universal Rack Power Distribution Solution based on the Open Compute Project

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ByCraig Resnick
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Schneider Electric announced it has partnered with Microsoft on the design of a Universal Rack Power Distribution Unit (UPDU), introduced at the OCP U.S. Summit 2017 in Santa Clara, California.

The co-engineered solution offers a single UPDU to help to simplify rack power system procurement, inventory management, and deployment processes for data center operators managing large, hyperscale and colocation data centers.  The UPDU's input connector allows data center operators to use a single power distribution unit across their rack system architecture, which helps to eliminate the need to employ an array of remote power distribution units (rPDUs) with differing densities and geographies.  The UPDU also supports a range of input power ratings including: 16A 3Ph 400V, 30A 3Ph 208V, 32A 3Ph 400V, 50A 3Ph 208V.

Last year, Schneider Electric unveiled a new portfolio of products and resources aimed at data center managers and Open Compute data centers.

Keywords: Universal Rack Power Distribution Unit (UPDU), Hyperscale Data Centers, Data Center Managers, Open Compute Data Centers, ARC Advisory Group.

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