According to Server Technology, a provider of data center power distribution solutions, while the norm used to be for data center managers to adopt 42U racks, now 50U and larger racks are becoming ubiquitous.

"You always hear about the 42U rack,"" Steve Hammond, product manager at Server Technology, told TMCnet. "Historically, it's been the common height for a rack because that's a rack that you can fit through a conventional door you might find in an office."

"You are still going to find racks that are at that height in those computer rooms that you find at the back of offices, but in the data center environment you are going to find taller racks and because of that, taller PDUs," Hammond said, noting that customers are requesting Server Technology to design products that can fit into racks as large as 60U nowadays. "... The big question is why customers are going taller--the reason is they can fit more gear in the rack in that vertical space. They can build up easier than they can build out."

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