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SST · Solid-State Transformer

Solid-state transformer/power-electronics conversion from medium voltage toward a rack DC bus. About 98% is a named 400 kW prototype result; about 99% is a target, not a general shipping-product efficiency. Preserve topology, load point, voltage, and measurement boundary.

Power-electronics conversion integrating transformer isolation and voltage conversion; compare efficiency only for a named topology, rating, load point, voltage range, and measurement boundary.

Also written as: Solid-State Transformer

Current numbers

~87% SST/800 VDC (analyst model) vs ~82% AC (guide fixture)end-to-end electrical-chain efficiency, 800VDC/SST chain vs a typical AC path (utility-to-VRM) — a system gain only co-design capturesas of 2026-05-26 · register ↗
~87%SemiAnalysis’s modeled SST/800 VDC architecture; compare with Chapter 4.1’s separate assumed AC ledgeras of 2026-05-26 · register ↗
NEC 2029 (code); UL listing pending800 VDC code and listing timeline: full code support targets NEC 2029, and no data-center SST had completed UL certification as of May 2026 (SemiAnalysis)as of 2026-05-26 · register ↗

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