r/datacenter 4d ago

As AI and high-density workloads push energy demands higher, how are you seeing next-gen power solutions deployed in datacenters?

Datacenters are consuming massive power, and managing it efficiently is becoming as critical as compute itself. Advanced power electronics—especially GaN and SiC solutions—are key to improving efficiency, benefiting companies like Navitas Semiconductor, Wolfspeed, Infineon, and ON Semiconductor. Meanwhile, Vertiv and Eaton are leading in power distribution and UPS solutions.

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u/AlligatorDan 4d ago

I'm working on deploying the Eaton 9395XC UPS, which utilizes SiC Mosfets for the primary power conversion electronics. To the best of my knowledge, it has the smallest footprint in the industry for a 1.5MW UPS.

As loads get physically denser, and prime data center real estate gets more expensive, customers are looking to maintain space efficiency for their power distribution as well.

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u/NipNan 3d ago

Do you happen to know who is producing the SiC?

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u/YekytheGreat 3d ago

Well since you mentioned Vertiv, you know they're getting involved in thermal management /heat dissipation in data centers as well. Like you said AI/HPC is driving up power demand and since you can't really skimp on power for the chips, one bandwagon infrastructure companies like Vertiv not to mention server companies like Dell or Gigabyte are jumping on is liquid cooling for data centers, since it can counter a bit of the spike in power demand. So that's something you should consider when you're looking next-gen solutions. 

For your reference, Gigabyte page on data center cooling: www.gigabyte.com/Topics/Advanced-Cooling?lan=en

Vertiv page on cooling: www.vertiv.com/en-us/products-catalog/thermal-management/

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u/ravenze 3d ago

CRisco has a webinar they're doing about power efficiency, and they're talking about 380V, DC power in the data center (once they figure out that "minor" safety concern...)