Tech 2025: 800V Power System Fuels AI Infrastructure Growth

As decentralized energy moves from concept to commercial reality, this week’s stories explore how smarter grids, cleaner fuels, and compact reactors are redefining the boundaries of industrial power. From AI-ready microgrids to next-gen nuclear and digital decarbonization, the energy landscape is shifting fast, and manufacturing sits at the center of that change.

We start with a major step in powering the data economy. A new on-site microgrid solution is bringing ultra-efficient, 800-volt direct current power directly to chip infrastructure, a first-of-its-kind approach that could reshape how future AI campuses manage energy intensity and resilience.

Meanwhile, a leading cloud provider is proving that scaling AI doesn’t have to mean higher emissions. By combining smart cooling, renewable integration, and AI-driven efficiency modeling, it’s redefining what sustainable data infrastructure looks like at global scale. Can data centers truly grow greener while workloads skyrocket?

Turning north, a new study in Canada is exploring how advanced reactors could anchor a low-carbon industrial future. With plans to repurpose existing thermal sites, this collaboration marks an early step toward making nuclear heat and power a practical part of regional manufacturing ecosystems.

Across the border, another major technology firm is charting a different course, designing its own modular reactor to meet surging data and logistics demands. It’s a bold move that underscores how digital giants are beginning to think like utilities.

In materials manufacturing, aluminum producers are turning to automation and process optimization to cut both costs and carbon. As energy markets tighten, could intelligent operations become the next frontier in industrial competitiveness?

And finally, a new energy services venture has emerged from the mining sector, signaling a strategic pivot toward nuclear technology. The move highlights how traditional resource players are positioning themselves for the next phase of clean energy infrastructure.

Together, these stories reveal a manufacturing sector on the verge of reinvention, one where innovation in power systems, digital control, and advanced materials is steadily transforming ambition into implementation. The question now isn’t whether industries will decentralize their energy, but how seamlessly they can do it.

We hope this week’s roundup sparks fresh thinking as you navigate the energy transition – follow us on LinkedIn for daily updates and breaking news. In the meantime, here’s to another energizing week!

• 800V Systems Empower the Future of AI Computing

• Google Taps Clean Energy to Drive AI Expansion

• Westinghouse, Energy Alberta Team Up on AP1000 Reactors