DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - Rack Level
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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Infineon and Eaton partner on silicon-carbide-based solid-state transformers to support 800VDC power architectures
Infineon SiC power devices will be deployed in Eaton’s MVSST 2.0 platform
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Eaton to acquire COL Group
Industrial firm buys Italian switchgear maker for €810m
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Submer launches Corenix to offer modular data center infrastructure
New unit to provide custom modules for customers
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Schneider Electric and Equinix trial software-defined switchgear for data centers
Could cut the amount of cabling in data halls, and speed up deployment times
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Vertiv expands data center kit manufacturing capacity in Slovakia
Will add 22,000 sqm to power and cooling factory
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Generac signs $8bn back up generator deal with Amazon
Initial deliveries over next two years will total $2.4bn
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Google, Nvidia, and Emerald AI found the AI Energy Management Alliance to support demand response capabilities within the data center sector
Joined by a range of launch partners, including Anthropic and RWE
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Onsemi unveils its Embedded Power Platform architecture to increase power density
Works by using the silicon wafer as an embedded package
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Schneider Electric debuts 2.5MW power modules for AI data centers
Prefab modules can cut installation time, vendor says
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FlexSysAI launches grid-flexibility pilot with ResetData, CSIRO, University of Queensland
Will test AI orchestration platform at ResetData data center
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SGC Energy partners with Vertiv to deploy PowerNexus at planned AI data center in Gunsan, South Korea
Expected to be energized in 2028
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Flex acquires data center power conversion manufacturer EPC Power in $4.4bn deal
EPC is a developer of 800V data center power architectures
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GE Vernova announces medium-voltage UPS for data center sector
Expects to begin shipping units by mid-2027
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Navitas Semiconductor acquires power management firm Claros for $232.8m
Claros develops tech designed to power high-speed AI chipsets
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Emerald AI raises $150m in Series A funding to scale commercial deployments
Follows the completion of its fifth demonstration project
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Trane and Eaton tout integrated designs for AI data center power and cooling systems
Vendors promise big savings for digital infrastructure operators
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Bridge DC launches prefabricated data center power module
Container contains transformers, power distribution, UPS, and cooling infrastructure
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Electrovaya launches stationary energy storage system for data center market
Announces commercial agreement with Amazon
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Redaptive and Recurve launch platform to unlock grid capacity for data centers
Will be based on Recurve's Flex software program
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Empromptu launches AI software to reduce GPU power spikes
Dubbed Grid Guard
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Amazon, Duke Energy accused of evading Clean Air Act at under-development data center in Hamlet, North Carolina
Generators permitted for one year
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Trump expands Ratepayer Protection Pledge with 200-plus new signatories
Including utility heavyweights Southern Company, PPL Corp, NextEra Energy, Duke Energy, and American Electric Power
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AMD and Schneider Electric launch reference standards for Helios AI rack
Will help developers incorporate rack into AI data centers
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DG Matrix, Skeleton Technologies partner on 800V DC power systems for AI data centers
Will see the firms integrate their systems
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LS Electric, LG Uplus ink MoU to develop DC based power infrastructure for AI data center sector
Will focus on Nvidia’s Vera Rubin platform
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Crusoe to deploy 5GW of ON.energy's AI UPS systems across data center portfolio
Deployments to continue into 2027
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Everllence launches 2.4MW backup generation unit for data center market
Units to be manufactured in Europe
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SLB partners with Liberty Energy on data center power infrastructure
Will focus on behind-the-meter power systems