A power distribution unit is an appliance fitted with multiple output terminals designed to disperse electrical energy, particularly to computer racks of network hardware and peripherals located in a data center. Data centers increasingly face challenges in managing and protecting electrical power output. Since there is a large presence of data centers of big tech companies in developed countries such as the U.S. and Canada, the demand for power distribution units is likely to grow rapidly in the near future. On the contrary, emerging economies such as China and India are exhibiting promising signs in the regional power distribution unit market. This is typically due to rising awareness regarding cloud computing in the aforementioned countries.
Power distribution units are usually incorporated within the infrastructure of a data center as part of a complete electricity management system. This includes a centralized control terminal and several load cells, each supplying power to individual computers. Despite these advantages, there are major challenges related to PDUs, especially in complex wiring systems. Besides, space constraints in old data centers issues related to the integration of old power distribution units with data management software platforms could potentially impede growth of the power distribution unit market... Read more