With access to power at a premium, data center power efficiency has come under the microscope. According to Gartner, more than 40 percent of existing AI data centers will face operational constraints within the next two years, putting profitability and competitiveness at risk as operators face the choice of limiting expansion or restricting workloads. The pressure is on to make every watt count.
While advanced AI accelerators use more power per chip than prior generations, they’ve also gotten better at using it, with significant gains in performance per watt for large-scale AI operations. Such hard-won efficiency gains need equal attention throughout the data center infrastructure. Keeping AI workloads humming requires reliable power availability all the way to the chip, which means that every pathway shuttling energy from the grid throughout the facility requires scrutiny, as does every system using it.
The Critical Power Supplement
Data centers face the energy dilemma
17 Mar 2026
