APC Presents PowerStruXure Data Center Solution
American Power Conversion Corp. (APC, West Kingston, RI) presented its PowerStruXure™; a patent-pending, systematic approach to building data center physical infrastructure that allows for a "pay-as-you-grow" scenario. The new PowerStruXure allows additional capacity to be purchased and installed when needed via simple "building blocks," reducing the up-front capital investment required to undertake data center projects.
Key benefits of the new PowerStruXure architecture include optimized capital investment, adaptability to changes in the environment, increased manageability of support equipment, and faster deployment with simplified planning and engineering. The three initial core solutions that comprise PowerStruXure are a modular, scalable, N+1 redundant, uninterruptible power supply; zoned, intelligent power distribution; and a next-generation rack enclosure. The adaptability of the architecture allows for a variation between a zoned or centralized design based on the application of the project.
The PowerStruXure is currently available in North America and will be available in Europe, the Middle East and Africa in the third quarter of 2002, and in most remaining geographies in the fourth quarter of 2002.
