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OCP members tout DC power in the data center to meet growing AI power demands
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Open Compute Project (OCP) members are calling for more digital infrastructure firms to join their mission to make low voltage direct current (LVDC) in data centers a reality for high-density AI racks.
Key facts
- One developer of SSTs, DG Matrix, raised $60 million earlier this year, indicating the strength of interest in the technology
- In March, the group published a 170-page white paper setting out the reasons a switch to pure DC inside data halls would benefit operators, and the challenges and opportunities this presents
- Open Compute Project (OCP) members are calling for more digital infrastructure firms to join their mission to make low voltage direct current (LVDC) in data centers a reality for high-density AI racks
- Staff from companies including Google, ABB, and Siemens, have formed a working group looking at ways to standardize the supply of LVDC to data centers
Summary
Staff from companies including Google, ABB, and Siemens, have formed a working group looking at ways to standardize the supply of LVDC to data centers. In March, the group published a 170-page white paper setting out the reasons a switch to pure DC inside data halls would benefit operators, and the challenges and opportunities this presents. Several of those involved took to the stage at OCP’s EMEA conference, held in Barcelona, Spain, this week, to explain why this change needs to happen, and to call for more input from across the industry when it comes to standardization.