""In the next couple of years, it's going to be 600 kilowatts, and then we're going to a megawatt," Tim Heidel, CEO of Veir, told TechCrunch."
""We're speaking to folks that are now trying to wrap their heads around the architecture for how you design data centers that have multi-megawatt racks.""
""The pace at which the data center community is moving, evolving, growing, scaling, and tackling challenges is far higher than the transmission community," Heidel said."
Data center rack power demands have risen from tens of kilowatts to about 200 kW and are expected to reach 600 kW and then 1 MW, pushing developers to design facilities for multi-megawatt racks. Low-voltage power cables at those scales consume too much space and generate excessive heat. Veir adapted superconducting electrical cables for inside-data-center use to carry low-voltage power with higher capacity; its first product targets 3 megawatts. A demonstration site near Veir's Massachusetts headquarters was built, pilots are planned next year, and a commercial launch is expected in 2027. Superconductors eliminate transmission loss but require deep cooling; utilities have been slow to adopt, while data centers are moving faster.
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