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Data Center World
April 20-23, 2026
Walter E. Washington Convention CenterWashington, D.C.
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Enabling 1MW Data Center Racks Through Power and Liquid Cooling Innovations

Stephanie Schmidt  (Vice President Strategy & Marketing Communications Enterprise, and Cloud (CEC), Flex Ltd)
Location: Ballroom C
Date: Wednesday, April 22
Time: 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
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Track: Colocation, Hyperscale & Cloud Innovation
Session Type: Conference Session
Vault Recording: TBD
Audience Level: All Audiences
Stephanie Schmidt

As AI workloads scale, next-generation data centers require integrated solutions for power, liquid cooling, and services that can support over 1MW per IT rack.
New power architectures combine high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power distribution with modular power components capable of supplying 1.2MW in an ORv3 standard rack, including AC and DC PDUs, power shelves, and energy storage shelves. These components enable efficient, scalable delivery of high current at reduced losses.
For liquid cooling, end-of-rack coolant distribution units (CDU) manage flow and return across multiple nodes, enabling rack-level thermal design capacities exceeding 2MW.
Together, these solutions enable efficient, scalable delivery of high current at reduced losses while re-defining the thermal-electrical envelope for AI-optimized infrastructure.