Racks drawing 132 kW today and pushing towards 1 MW tomorrow are redefining how data centres think about resilience. Cooling can no longer rely on thermal ride-through, which means UPS systems must now safeguard pumps, CDUs and controls as well as IT loads. The result: cooling and power are converging into one integrated design challenge.

In this new trend report, we explore what this shift means in practice – from GPU-driven load spikes and lithium-ion fire risk to silicon-carbide inverters, modular UPS frames and the choice between centralised and rack-level architectures. Featuring insights from Kohler Uninterruptible Power, Schneider Electric, Verne, Kao Data, LiquidStack and more, the report maps how the UPS is evolving into an active enabler of liquid cooling and AI-era density. 

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