Those appear to be servo drives, probably driving DC servos?
I'm not sure I've ever seen a multi axis servo drive. You'll always need one drive per motor.
High end stepper drives are also almost always one drive per motor.
Multi axis drives tend to be lower powered hobby level drives.
The reason for the 3 power supplies is because those drives can handle 30 amps per drive, so it's easier to use 3 smaller drives than 1 large 100 amp power supply.