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Computing Revolution, Powered by Electricity
ShanghaiJune 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — On June 16, TÜV SÜD (hereinafter referred to as “TÜV SÜD”) successfully held the AIDC Power Equipment Infrastructure Safety and Reliability Technology Seminar. Against the backdrop of the rapid development of Artificial Intelligence Data Centers (hereinafter referred to as “AIDC”), this seminar focused on the safety challenges, compliance requirements, and technological innovation trends facing power infrastructure. It brought together multiple experts from industry organizations, equipment companies, and certification and testing fields to conduct in-depth discussions on key topics such as risk prevention and control of power supply and distribution systems, equipment durability, standard system construction, and cybersecurity for overseas expansion, helping the industry build a high-availability, high-security computing foundation.
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With the exponential growth of AIDC scale and computing power, power infrastructure is transforming from a “support system” into a critical bottleneck determining the efficiency of intelligent computing. High-density computing imposes demands on power supply continuity, power quality, system redundancy, and equipment reliability that far exceed those of traditional data centers. Moreover, several recent global AIDC incidents have exposed safety shortcomings under the trend of high voltage and increasing complexity. Against this backdrop, TÜV SÜD, in collaboration with the upstream and downstream of the industry, systematically reviewed compliance pathways and cutting-edge practices from components to systems, providing actionable technical guidance for the industry.
Xu Hailiang, Vice President of Smart Energy at TÜV SÜD Greater China, pointed out that lessons from AIDC incidents show that computing security is fundamentally constrained by the continuity and stability of power supply. The foundational safety status of the power system should be established, building a resilience assurance system centered on electricity across the entire chain—from planning and construction to operation and decommissioning—making power safety capability an “inherent attribute” of computing infrastructure.
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In subsequent thematic presentations, TÜV SÜD’s technical expert team provided a systematic interpretation of the safety and reliability of AIDC power equipment throughout its lifecycle, covering multiple dimensions including standard systems, core components, system integration, and international compliance. The discussion did not stop at interpreting individual standards but directly addressed deeper technical issues such as compliance pathways for power transmission and distribution and Solid-State Transformers (SST) under the trend of high voltage, key failure risk points in the certification of modular data centers and Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), and the hierarchical control bottlenecks of multi-source energy storage under transient power impacts.
Additionally, TÜV SÜD experts proposed a response strategy for embedding security capabilities from the design stage, targeting the increasingly prominent cybersecurity risks encountered by AIDC equipment in overseas markets. The entire presentation followed a technical logic from component tolerance to system resilience, providing actionable technical references for how computing infrastructure can transition from “passive compliance” to “active safety.” Meanwhile, several industry experts also contributed unique forward-looking insights from different perspectives.
Hua Pengwei, Chief Analyst of the Electric New Industry Sector at CITIC Securities, pointed out that the explosive growth of AI data centers is forcing power systems to evolve toward higher voltage levels, making high-voltage technology an irreversible long-term industry trend. This shift will profoundly impact power supply architecture, equipment forms, and standard systems. Companies that achieve early technical deployment and compliance preparation in high-voltage equipment will gain strategic initiative in future AIDC construction.
Experts from CITIC Securities, Jixiang Technology, and Midea Group Share Multi-Dimensional Topics
Sun Donglai, Founder, CEO, and Chairman of Jixiang Technology, stated that the surge in AI computing power is pushing data center energy consumption close to the limits of local energy networks. Through a new paradigm of “computing-electricity synergy,” utilizing energy physics AI to reschedule computing power in time and space—allocating non-real-time tasks to low-cost periods or regions and leveraging the thermal inertia of cooling systems for arbitrage—intelligent computing centers can be transformed from cost centers into profit centers. In the future, China can leverage its infrastructure advantages to establish a new global benchmark for computing costs through computing-electricity integration.
Yi Chenglin, Head of AIDC Products at Midea Group’s Clou Energy Storage, introduced that adopting an integrated “source-grid-load-storage-carbon” concept for full-chain collaborative design targeting AIDC is a key pathway to ensuring computing continuity. He shared the complete technical system built by Clou Electronics, covering power supply, storage, regulation, and cooling, which can help intelligent computing centers build a more resilient power foundation.
From component safety to system resilience, from single standards to global compliance, this seminar outlined a clear main line for the technological leap of AIDC power infrastructure. TÜV SÜD will take this as a new starting point, continuing to deepen its expertise in the smart energy and data center fields, providing independent and forward-looking technical services to empower computing infrastructure to confidently meet the new challenges of high voltage, complexity, and internationalization, realizing the industry vision of “Computing Revolution, Powered by Electricity.”
TÜV SÜD, leveraging its comprehensive testing laboratories and global expert network, offers one-stop services for AIDC power infrastructure:
- International/US standard certifications (IEC, UL, NFPA, etc.) covering the full range of power equipment including MDC, UPS, SST, low-voltage electrical equipment, energy storage, and liquid cooling;
- Compliance testing for Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC), cybersecurity, wireless communications, and multi-country market access;
- Specialized performance verification for AIDC high-power-density scenarios, including power quality, parallel redundancy, durability of liquid cooling components, and load protection coordination;
- Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), covering appearance and process inspection, performance parameter verification, protection interlocking logic, and continuous load testing, extendable to site acceptance;
- Lifecycle support: design evaluation, commissioning management, energy efficiency optimization, carbon footprint management, and technical due diligence to enhance investment certainty.