Power Electronics News Power Corner: Vicor’s Maury Wood on vertical power delivery for AI data centers Powering processors accounts for roughly half of total AI rack power, making processor-level delivery the primary lever for reducing data center energy consumption. Vicor's Factorized Power Architecture™ uses vertical power delivery to bring 48V directly to the point-of-load, using fixed-ratio current multipliers to step down voltage without efficiency penalties. By eliminating the heavy conduction losses created by traditional multi-phase step-downs, this architecture optimizes transient response and maximizes thermal efficiency.