VRLA or Li-Ion? What’s in Your UPS Cabinet Matters More Than You Think
By Molly Gross, Principal, Power Solutions, LLC The Problem With VRLA Valve-regulated lead-acid batteries are the most widely deployed UPS battery technology — and the
What Happened in Amazon’s Northern Virginia Data Center
By Molly Gross, Principal, Power Solutions, LLC On Thursday May 7, 2026, Amazon Web Services reported what it described as a thermal event at a single Availability
The R410A Refrigerant Transition in Data Center Cooling
A 2026 Planning Guide: What’s Changing, the Affected InRow Equipment, and the Replacement Path By Margaret Gross, principal, Power Solutions LLC For most data center
Modular UPS: Built to Grow With You
By Margaret Gross, Principal, Power Solutions, LLC Most UPS Systems Are Designed to Protect a Fixed Load. IT Loads Are Not Fixed. Servers get added.
Schneider Electric’s Easy Modular Data Center All-in-One: A Complete Data Center in 12 Weeks
By Margaret Gross, Power Solutions, LLC, Principal Data center capacity requirements don’t wait for construction schedules. The organizations we work with need more capacity, they
Which Galaxy UPS Do You Actually Need? A Practical Guide for IT Directors and Facilities Managers
By Margaret Gross, Principal, Power Solutions, LLC If you’re responsible for three-phase power protection, you’ve probably heard the Galaxy VS, VL, and VX discussed as
AI Workloads Require a Different Infrastructure Model
By Margaret Gross, Principal, Power Solutions, LLC GPU-dense AI compute racks present design parameters that fall outside the assumptions built into most existing data center
Schneider Electric Galaxy VS, VL & VX at a Glance
By Molly Gross, Principal, Power Solutions, LLC Schneider Electric’s Galaxy series covers the full range of three-phase power protection, from 10 kVA deployments to 1,500 kVA hyperscale
Where Is the Best Place to Get Unbiased Advice about the Right UPS for My Facility
A Practical Guide, by Molly Gross, Principal, Power Solutions, LLC If you’ve ever searched for UPS system recommendations online, you’ve likely run into the same
All Your Power Needs – One Phone Call
By Molly Gross, Principal, Power Solutions, LLC They say you can’t be all things to all people, but at Power Solutions, LLC, we certainly try.