ON Semiconductor (ONSEMI) announced a deep collaboration with NVIDIA to jointly promote the transformation of AI data centers toward an 800VDC power supply architecture. This will comprehensively upgrade data center energy efficiency and power density, and lay the technical foundation for achieving sustainable operational goals.
With the continuous advancement of AI applications and generative models, data center power loads and energy demands are increasing. Traditional power distribution architectures are increasingly unable to cope with the large-scale power output required for high-performance computing. The 800VDC power supply system introduced by ON Semiconductor in collaboration with NVIDIA will significantly reduce transmission losses, improve energy efficiency, and simultaneously reduce system size and increase overall operating density.
The key to 800VDC power supply systems lies in how to efficiently distribute this massive amount of power. ON Semiconductor, through its intelligent power product portfolio, spans the entire power supply chain, from high-voltage AC/DC conversion at the substation to precision voltage regulation at the processor level. These solutions offer high-efficiency, high-density power conversion solutions, making them a key enabler of the power supply architecture for next-generation AI data centers.
In terms of technological strength, ON Semiconductor combines its long-term R&D achievements in silicon and silicon carbide technologies to provide a modular design that integrates intelligent monitoring and control for solid-state transformers, power supply units, 800VDC power distribution, and ultimately CPU/GPU core power supply links. This design not only has high scalability but can also be flexibly integrated into AI computing environments of different scales.
As businesses increasingly prioritize sustainability and overall energy management, ON Semiconductor's collaboration with NVIDIA will enable AI infrastructure upgrades to move beyond a focus on computing performance to include energy management, optimizing both long-term operating costs and carbon footprint. As more companies deploy power-intensive AI models and services, 800VDC power architecture is expected to become a core standard for next-generation data centers.
This collaboration also highlights the critical value of semiconductor power technology in the innovation of AI infrastructure and is expected to accelerate the overall industry's move towards a more efficient, smarter, and more sustainable computing future.
