by Karl A. Homburg, PE

Data Center power systems present unique challenges for the application of electrical equipment. Challenges such as multiple operating modes must be carefully implemented to achieve the desired system performance under normal and abnormal conditions. This whitepaper describes the challenges often encountered by system study engineers in a typical data center, profiles common pitfalls that must be avoided, and addresses the ways in which a well-performed system study is crucial to the successful performance of a data center power system.