Using superconductors to revolutionize power delivery systems.
The defining macro-trend of this technological moment is electrification. To supply electricity, we are adding new and larger generation resources, of all kinds. To consume it, we are building bigger and more power-hungry data centers, and steering transportation, industries, and buildings towards broader electrification. “All of those demands, every one of those trends, requires dramatic increases in the power density that we deliver—both across long distances, and inside facilities,” says Tim Heidel, co-founder and CEO of VEIR. Founded in 2019, VEIR is meeting that need with superconducting electric solutions that revolutionize power delivery systems for data centers, renewables, and utilities. With the ability to deliver 5-10 times more power than conventional wires, at the same voltage levels and in less physical space, the Boston-based company’s groundbreaking innovation represents a major leap in energy infrastructure.
VEIR’s solutions are currently focused on the growing needs of AI infrastructure. “The challenge of powering data centers sustainably is one of the most critical facing our industry, and our technology perfectly positions us to lead this transformation—both beyond and behind the meter,” says Heidel. Inside a data center, VEIR can replace traditional copper and busbar systems that are struggling to keep pace with the unprecedented power needs of AI applications. With VEIR systems, hyperscalers can improve data center performance by optimizing server density and proximity, while simplifying construction, enabling the project to complete faster and at lower cost.
Outside of a data center campus, VEIR can address the challenge of connecting multi-hundred-megawatt locations, by alleviating the need for conventional high voltage transmission lines, and the wide right-of-ways they require. Similarly, by enabling existing lines to carry significantly more power within the same corridor, VEIR makes it possible to break the transmission bottlenecks that increasingly constrain new renewable generation. VEIR’s superconducting systems can improve the capability of a standard 35kv distribution line from carrying 25 megawatts to more than 200 megawatts—allowing for faster deployments, farther from existing substations.
“Society has set broad goals for electrification, manufacturing growth, and energy resilience,” says Heidel. “VEIR is on a mission to deliver the power density necessary to enable data centers, renewable energy producers, and utilities to rapidly accelerate growth.”