Infineon and Nvidia to develop gallium nitride power conversion tech for 800VDC data center racks

Our take – ONQU

For UK organisations running critical data systems, the power behind their servers is changing. Infineon and Nvidia have agreed to develop gallium nitride power conversion technology for 800VDC data centre racks, supporting the wider move to 800VDC. The story does not set out timings, so UK teams should treat it as a signal to watch rather than an immediate change.

For IT leaders and infrastructure teams, power design is part of resilience. Any change in how racks are supplied affects load handling, maintenance windows and the risk of an outage, so it should be reviewed alongside wider continuity plans rather than treated as a purely hardware decision.

At ONQU, we see the practical question as one of planning. Before power or rack changes reach your estate, check how they affect your database support arrangements, change schedules and recovery procedures. Hardware shifts often expose dependencies that are easier to address early.

For healthcare organisations running electronic patient records, continuity matters most. Ask suppliers how their roadmaps account for power changes, and confirm your support partner has tested recovery steps against your current environment. We help teams keep critical systems running around the clock across the UK.