Server Power Supply Load Testing: Key Points and Application Solutions

Dec-04-2025

Power Electronics

In recent years, rapid advances in artificial intelligence have been driving increasing demand for AI servers. To operate reliably, AI servers require a stable power supply. For high-performance AI servers, the server power system must deliver sufficient and stable power to the CPU, GPU, or AI accelerator.

However if each PSU requires 3A/µs, the total SR requirement becomes 108A/µs, and certain test limitations begin to emerge. This application note uses a practical example to highlight key points in the test process, and proposes methods to improve the test setup.

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Chroma offers a wide range of testing instruments and automated test solutions tailored to the needs of the server power and BBU industry. These include AC power sources, bidirectional DC power supplies, electronic loads, and power meters - supporting both input and output testing as well as dynamic simulation requirements. Our solutions cover comprehensive testing of server power supply units (PSUs), power shelves, power racks, BBU bidirectional DC-DC converters, battery modules, and motherboard low-voltage high-current DC-DC converters.

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