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Announcements & updates

What's happening as the Alliance forms — milestones, publications, and the road to the inaugural conference.

June 19, 2026

Technical whitepaper published: “An 800 VDC AI Factory”

Our first reference whitepaper sets out a DC-first, AC-boundary architecture for native-DC AI campuses — covering generation, storage, cooling and hotel loads, protection and controls, grid interconnection, and the economic case.

Download the whitepaper (PDF) →
June 18, 2026

Call for Papers open for the inaugural conference

We invite original papers on native-DC power for AI data centers across all five working groups, plus a cross-cutting track. Submission is free and open; membership is required on acceptance. Inaugural conference: June 2027.

Read the Call for Papers →
June 2026

The Direct Power Alliance forms

A neutral consortium to define an open, native-DC (800VDC) power standard for AI data centers — from generation to the rack — and to prove it with a reference architecture and an islanded pilot. The founding cohort is forming now.

Become a founding member →