Husker engineer aims to make data centers more energy efficient
News ClipNebraska Today·NE·3/16/2026
A University of Nebraska-Lincoln researcher is developing an energy-efficient power module called LincolnPak that could improve the energy efficiency of data centers by reducing power conversion losses. The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded the researcher a $1.8 million grant to further develop the technology.
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On the outskirts of America’s booming digital economy, where anonymous warehouses hum with the computations that power artificial intelligence, an invisible problem is growing louder: supplying these data centers with the increasingly large volume of energy they require.With his latest project, University of Nebraska–Lincoln researcher Jun Wang is working to create a solution with wide-ranging positive impacts for those businesses and surrounding communities.