How AVK’s Modular PowerPods Tackle Complex Grid Challenges

As demands for data centres and AI infrastructure accelerate, operators are under increasing pressure to deploy power infrastructure faster. But with growing complexities and grid challenges, this is making that task difficult. 

To help address this concern, AVK have launched PowerPods, consolidating critical electrical infrastructure into one fully-integrated, pre-engineered and transportable unit ready to connect and deploy upon arrival. 

This launch further positions AVK as a full energy partner for data centre operators by realising its end-to-end power chain offering.

Unlike many power solution providers who specialise in individual components, AVK is uniquely positioned to design, deliver and support the entire data centre power ecosystem, from generation through to distribution and maintenance.

Balancing scale and speed 

With new demands for the digital infrastructure with hyperscale operators requiring large-scale power to be deployed quickly and with resilience, AVK’s PowerPods offer a completely integrated design to deliver on this, which means that data centre operators can benefit from reduced complexity and disruption, as well as simpler delivery of a solution that meets their needs from the beginning. 

Capable of being delivered as bespoke units to meet the application-specific requirements of individual customers, PowerPods feature true technology-agnostic flexibility, which means customers are not locked into a single solution. 

This true flexibility, a key advantage, also ensures that customers can deploy the most appropriate solution for their facility today while maintaining the flexibility to adapt as future requirements evolve. This level of adaptability is a key reason why large data centre operators will continue to choose AVK.

Because they are optimised for growth and designed for modularity and scale, PowerPods can be used by data centre operators on existing projects in a way that enables them to deploy power flexibly, ensuring bespoke electrical infrastructure for each data centre, as well as facilitating rapid expansion and improving capital efficiency.

Accelerated deployment rooted in industry expertise 

PowerPods are available for deployment today, providing customers with a fast-track route to critical power infrastructure at a time when long lead times continue to impact the market. 

“The launch of the AVK PowerPods reinforces our position as one of the few businesses capable of designing, delivering and supporting the entire data centre power ecosystem – at scale, with true flexibility and with the engineering depth that critical infrastructure demands,” says Ben Pritchard, CEO, AVK. “Large data centres need partners who genuinely understand the full energy picture – and we now own the full power train.

“PowerPods complete our proposition to the market. They bring together our extensive critical power expertise with our technology-agnostic model to deliver a complete power train solution that makes us a reliable, long-term energy partner for data centre operators.

“With our ready-to-deploy PowerPods model, we are perfectly positioned to support the next wave of hyperscale data centres and AI infrastructure.”

The launch builds on AVK's long-standing expertise in critical power systems. With more than three decades of experience in UPS technology, standby generation, controls and service, the company has developed a reputation for delivering reliable power solutions to some of the world's most demanding digital infrastructure environments.