{"title":"PDUs \u0026 Power","description":"\u003ch2\u003ePower Is the One Thing You Can't Afford to Get Wrong\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvery other infrastructure failure has a recovery path. A failed drive can be rebuilt from redundancy. A failed NIC can be replaced. A failed switch can be bypassed. But a power event — an overloaded circuit, an unmonitored PDU that trips at 3am, a power distribution design that can't support the load of a fully populated GPU rack — takes down everything simultaneously, with no warning and no graceful degradation. In an AI training environment where a single job can run for days or weeks, an unplanned power interruption doesn't just cause downtime. It destroys work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is why power distribution deserves the same engineering rigor as compute, networking, and storage. DVUN's PDUs \u0026amp; Power collection is built for teams who understand this. We stock intelligent rack PDUs with per-outlet power monitoring, remote switching, and high-amperage configurations designed for the real power demands of GPU-dense AI deployments — not the 5kW per rack assumptions that most enterprise PDUs are designed around.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat Separates an Intelligent PDU from a Power Strip\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePer-Outlet Power Monitoring:\u003c\/strong\u003e Real-time current, voltage, and power factor measurement at every outlet. Know exactly how much power each server is drawing, identify imbalanced loads before they become problems, and get alerts when consumption approaches circuit limits.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRemote Outlet Switching:\u003c\/strong\u003e Power cycle individual servers remotely without physical access to the rack. Critical for managing hung systems in remote or co-location environments where physical access is expensive or slow.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHigh-Amperage Configurations:\u003c\/strong\u003e 32A, 48A, and 60A per-phase PDUs for racks with multiple high-power GPU servers. Standard 16A PDUs are simply insufficient for modern AI rack densities.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e3-Phase Power Distribution:\u003c\/strong\u003e Balanced 3-phase configurations that distribute load evenly across phases and maximize the usable power capacity of your facility's electrical infrastructure.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEnvironmental Monitoring:\u003c\/strong\u003e Integrated temperature and humidity sensors on select models for rack-level environmental visibility without additional sensor hardware.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNetwork Management:\u003c\/strong\u003e SNMP, Modbus, and REST API management interfaces for integration with your existing data center infrastructure management (DCIM) platform.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003ePower Planning for AI Rack Deployments\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA fully populated 10x GPU server rack with networking and storage can draw 80–150kW of power. Planning your PDU configuration starts with your rack's total power budget, then works backward to determine the number of PDUs, the amperage per PDU, and the circuit configuration required to deliver that power safely with adequate headroom. DVUN's team can help you work through this calculation before you order — preventing the costly mistake of discovering your power infrastructure is undersized after the hardware is installed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor complete rack power infrastructure, pair with our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/racks-enclosures\"\u003eRacks \u0026amp; Enclosures\u003c\/a\u003e for the physical enclosure and our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/cable-management\"\u003eCable Management\u003c\/a\u003e for organized power cable routing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003ePDU Specifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInput voltage: 100–240V single-phase, 200–415V 3-phase\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInput amperage: 16A, 32A, 48A, 60A per phase\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOutlet types: C13, C19, NEMA 5-20R, NEMA L6-30R and custom configurations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOutlet counts: 12 to 48 outlets per PDU\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMonitoring: per-outlet current (0.1A resolution), voltage, power factor, kWh\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSwitching: per-outlet remote switching on managed models\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eManagement: SNMP v1\/v2c\/v3, Modbus TCP, REST API, HTTPS web interface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForm factor: 0U vertical mount, 1U horizontal mount\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eMonitor Everything. Control Anything. Lose Nothing.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntelligent power distribution isn't a luxury for AI infrastructure — it's the operational foundation that makes everything else manageable. DVUN's PDUs \u0026amp; Power collection gives you the visibility and control to run your AI infrastructure confidently, at any scale. \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/request-a-quote\"\u003eRequest a quote\u003c\/a\u003e for multi-rack power distribution designs, or contact our team for a power planning consultation.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/0525\/9582\/collections\/pdus.png?v=1782104907","url":"https:\/\/dvun.com\/collections\/pdus-power.oembed","provider":"DVUN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}