“ To be a‘ good citizen’ and a good partner, data centres need to work closely with power companies from day one”
Gerhard Salge CTO Hitachi Energy
While this high-voltage architecture can technically be supported by today’ s equipment, deploying it at the scale and density required for modern AI demands a completely new wave of innovation.
“ With today’ s available products and solutions, you can supply an 800-volt architecture,” Gerhard explains.
“ There are transformers, converters and UPS [ uninterruptible power supply ] systems available where you can connect an 800-volt system into an existing, conventional set of solutions. But where innovation is required and being evaluated is when you hit space constraints – specifically when you want to build it more dense and concentrated.”