- Document
- KFO-002
- Revision
- Rev A
- Status
- Planned
- Type
- Updated
48 V data center power, at bench scale
A small-scale model of the 48 V power architecture used to feed AI hardware in data centers.
Problem
AI hardware draws a lot of power in a small space, and delivering that power efficiently is becoming a limit of its own. Data centers are moving from 12 V to 48 V distribution: for the same power, four times the voltage means a quarter of the current, and conduction losses (I²R) drop by a factor of sixteen.
Approach
A small bench model of the chain: a 48 V bus, a converter that steps it down for the load, and careful measurements of efficiency and losses at each stage.
Plan
- Literature notes on 48 V architectures
- Converter selection and schematic
- Building and measuring at bench scale
This project starts after the first stages of the AI accelerator.
Revision history
| Rev A | Project page and plan |