Claros is now working with Samsung Electronics to scale production of our IVR and ultimately ramp up delivery for future customers. Our IVR will be made in America out of the Samsung fab in Austin, Texas. This is a key step toward a successful transition to 800 VDC data centers.
Legacy data center architecture wastes a ton of electricity before it ever reaches a processor. The industry’s default solution has been to generate more power, but when every megawatt matters, being a better steward of the power available is imperative.
Our thesis has always been the opposite: stop wasting what we already have, starting at the chip and working outward. Our IVR is the first product we built on that thesis. It delivers power directly at the point of compute, cutting the distance electricity travels from inches to millimeters.
800 VDC improves efficiency to the rack, but without voltage regulation at the point of demand, much of that benefit never reaches the chip. Claros IVRs finish the job by converting power millimeters from the processor, cutting energy loss by up to 30%, and completing the 800VDC story from chip to grid. Multiply that across millions of chips in thousands of data centers, and you’re looking at a meaningful reduction in total energy consumption.
The best chip designs mean nothing if you can’t manufacture them. And right now, manufacturing capacity in the United States is one of the scarcest resources in the semiconductor industry. Foundries are booked. Lead times are long. The biggest chip companies in the world are competing for the same limited slots. For a company at our stage, a collaboration with Samsung is existential. Out of Samsung’s fabs, our IVR samples will start shipping this year, with full manufacturing in sight.
Today’s announcement with Samsung is proof that we’re building the manufacturing foundation to deliver on our mission. Every watt saved at the chip compounds across the entire data center. Less waste, less heat, less cooling, less draw, less strain on the grid. That’s the future we’re building, and now we have a clear path to put it in customers’ hands.
