Infineon SiC powers Eaton solid-state transformer for 800V AI data centers

What it means for hiring

Infineon is supplying silicon carbide power devices for Eaton's MVSST 2.0, a medium-voltage solid-state transformer platform for 800 V DC AI data centres. The platform has IEC certification, cuts the number of power conversion stages compared with a conventional design, and will be deployed first in Asia-Pacific. The two companies will also look at 2.3 kV and 3.3 kV silicon carbide modules for later versions.

This is the third solid-state transformer story on our page in a fortnight, after ABB's Infinitus DC and DG Matrix's 400 kW Interport, and now Eaton with an IEC-certified product. When three of the largest power equipment makers converge on one architecture, the engineering work shifts from proving it to certifying, manufacturing and servicing it. That needs medium-voltage power electronics designers who can work with silicon carbide above 2 kV, insulation and certification engineers, and field service engineers who understand both grid equipment and power electronics. There are very few people with all of that, and the step to 3.3 kV modules will need device and packaging specialists who mostly work in rail traction today.

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