Cooling systems aren't the only thing that needs to change to enable 1 MW racks. Power supply systems are another critical component. Flex is currently working on 400 volt (V) direct current (DC) systems, and Butler said it's already eyeing 800V DC and even 1500V DC for the future.
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When Flex President Chris Butler started talking about the imminent reality of 1 megawatt (MW) racks in an interview this week, it sounded like an echo. That's because just two days before LiquidStack's Head of Strategy Angela Taylor mentioned the same thing. According to Butler, they're coming soon.
At the 2025 OCP EMEA Summit today, we discussed the power delivery transformation from 48 volts direct current (VDC) to the new +/-400 VDC, which will enable IT racks to scale from
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Google outlines new AI data center infrastructure with +/-400 VDC power and liquid cooling to handle 1MW racks and rising thermal loads.
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Google is planning for datacenter racks supporting 1 MW of IT hardware loads, plus the cooling infrastructure to cope, as AI processing continues to grow ever more energy intensive.
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At GTC and Computex 2025, NVIDIA introduced a comprehensive solution: an end-to-end 800-volt high-voltage DC (HVDC) infrastructure that will support 1-megawatt AI racks and
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Using 800 V busways and switching from 415 VAC to 800 VDC in electrical distribution enables 85% more power to be transmitted through the same conductor size. This happens because
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That means 1MW is a wild leap from the 15 kW less racks that permeate data centers today. It''s even a giant jump from the high-performance 40-100 kW rack power levels people initially
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