Google Open Sources Its 48V Data Center Rack

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Bridging the transition to (and Google’s desire for) 48-volt racks.

Google is sharing Open Rack v2.0, a proposed standard for a data center rack that runs on 48-volt power, with the Open Compute Project (OCP). The company is gathering feedback on the standard before final submission.

Google announced the contribution via a blog post today, noting that it has been collaborating with Facebook on it. If the standard is accepted, it will be Google’s first contributions to the OCP community.

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