Question for you data center design guru's
Posted by Ian Holsman
in todays NYTimes google is calling for a more simple and efficient power supply to be used.
I was just wondering why you couldn’t design a PC which just takes DC and have the transformer in the rack?
a 1U box which takes 240V in and provides 8-12 DC cords @ 12V each. (and whatever other voltages a PC takes).
that way you wouldn’t need a power supply in the machine itself, it would just connect to the DC. This would remove some heat from the machines itself.
any experts out there reading to tell me why this is a stupid idea? laptops have been doing it for a while.