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Wise Integration, Powernet and KEC have signed a strategic memorandum of understanding to co-develop next-generation switched-mode power supply (SMPS) solutions tailored for AI server applications in South Korea. The collaboration supports the country’s broader push to scale AI infrastructure and deploy higher-density data centers.
Under the agreement, Wise Integration will provide GaN power devices, digital-control know-how and technical support. Powernet Technologies Corporation will lead new SMPS designs built on Wise’s WiseGan® and WiseWare® technologies. KEC Corporation will oversee backend manufacturing, including module integration and system-in-package production optimized for the thermal and reliability demands of AI-server racks.
The partners expect the program to accelerate competitive AI-server power supply designs, create new business opportunities in Korea’s AI-server market and shorten time-to-market by leveraging WiseGan® and WiseWare®. The initiative extends an earlier Wise Integration–Powernet collaboration focused on compact, digitally controlled power supplies for faster, smaller and more energy-efficient equipment.
AI servers require high power, generate significant heat and depend on SMPS architectures that convert high-voltage inputs (such as 400 V) to stable 48 V rails with minimal loss. GaN devices paired with digital control enable higher switching frequencies, improved efficiency and tighter management of fast, high-current load transients—attributes well suited to these workloads.
The effort aligns with South Korea’s investments in AI-dedicated data centers, including high-performance GPU clusters and digital infrastructure that demand more efficient, compact and scalable power-conversion systems. “Korea is moving quickly to build the next generation of AI data centers, and power architecture is a critical piece of that effort. Working with Powernet and KEC lets us bring GaN-based digital control into server-grade designs at scale—delivering the efficiency, thermal performance, and responsiveness that modern AI hardware depends on,” said Ghislain Kaiser, CEO of Wise Integration.
Beyond the MoU, Wise Integration continues to broaden its GaN plus digital-control platform to support partners as switching frequencies rise, thermal budgets tighten and efficiency targets become more aggressive. The company recently introduced WiseWare® 1.0 for totem-pole PFC and LLC topologies, a fully digital controller that, while aimed today at gaming, displays and industrial systems, shares the same architecture—high-frequency GaN operation, compact form factor and digitally managed efficiency—that naturally extends to server-class designs envisioned under this Korea-focused collaboration.
Original – Wise Integration
