One reason is that small power UPS has a high degree of homogenization and fierce market competition. Although there are many orders, it is difficult to make money. Low power UPS with differentiated positioning and high added value is a scarce commodity in the market.
Secondly, there is a significant gap between product quality and customer requirements. For many users, business cannot tolerate a momentary interruption. For example, in various financial outlets, once there is a power outage, it will cause incalculable losses and bring a bad experience to customers.
The third is that there may be a significant gap between after-sales service and operation and maintenance costs. Some users will purchase small power UPS products at low prices, but their quality is difficult to guarantee, with frequent failures and naturally soaring repair rates. At the same time, the application scenarios of edge computing are usually small, the system deployment is simple, and most of them are not equipped with professional operation and maintenance personnel. If users purchase a low-power UPS with great difficulty in operation and maintenance, it will not only increase their own operation and maintenance costs, but also bring extra burden to partner businesses.
It is easy to see from these “pain points” that the demand for small power UPS in all links of the edge computing industry chain is no longer simply at the initial power supply level, but requires more attention to product differentiation, cost performance, environmental adaptability and maintainability while providing highly reliable power protection for various key equipment and core businesses.
Breaking the market deadlock requires leading enterprises in the upstream of the industrial chain to set an example. For a long time, many UPS manufacturers have invested their main research and development resources in medium to high power products, while small power products are often overlooked, and manufacturers with the ability and willingness to develop are rare.
As a leading global manufacturer of critical power supply equipment, APC has a profound technical foundation and accumulated experience in the field of UPS power supply.
In response to the current market situation where demand and problems coexist, APC has launched multiple series of small power UPS based on its strong research and development capabilities. These ‘little guys’ were born to address the’ pain points’.
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