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Notes from the Field: The 800 VDC Transition Is Splitting Into Separate Clocks

Ben Bajarin · September 17, 2026

At the AI Infrastructure Summit, we spoke on background with AI infrastructure builders, colocation operators and hyperscale engineering teams working through next-generation rack power. Two points came up consistently. Native 800 VDC remains the direction of travel, but its arrival inside the compute tray is likely to trail the first visible high-voltage deployments.

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Notes from the Field: The 800 VDC Transition Is Splitting Into Separate Clocks

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