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Taking Your Data Center to Next Level With Lithium-Ion Power
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Taking Your Data Center to Next Level With Lithium-Ion PowerTaking Your Data Center to Next Level With Lithium-Ion Power

It's been quite some time since Uninterrupted Power Systems (UPS) have undergone a substantial upgrade, but lithium-ion batteries are changing that. Once expensive to use, prices continue to fall for the batteries as the life cycle lengthens to around seven years for UPSes.

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