Atom Signs MOU with Sungho Electronics for Data Center SMPS Development

From the left, Euncheol Hong, Executive Director at Seongho Electronics, and Taeksu Han, CEO of Atom. Provided by Atom

Atom, a company specializing in transformer-based charging solutions, is partnering with Sungho Electronics to actively enter the power supply (SMPS) market for data centers. This strategy is aimed at addressing the rapidly increasing power demand from data centers driven by the expansion of the artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud industries.

On May 13, Atom announced that it had signed a business cooperation memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Sungho Electronics at its headquarters in Guro-gu, Seoul, for the "joint development, production, and sales of SMPS (CRPS) for data centers." The two companies plan to soon form a working-level consultative body to further define the joint development projects and commercialization plans.

This agreement targets the CRPS (Common Redundant Power Supply) market, which is a core power supply unit for servers. CRPS is an essential device for ensuring operational stability and high-efficiency power management in data center servers, and demand for high-output and high-efficiency products has been rising rapidly with the recent growth of AI servers. As a result, the technological barriers in this field are also increasing.

Through this agreement, the two companies will establish a cooperation framework in various fields, including joint development of SMPS for data centers, collaboration on manufacturing and production infrastructure, expansion of domestic and international sales channels, and identification of new business opportunities.

Atom plans to lead the development of next-generation data center power solutions by leveraging its high-efficiency planar transformer design technology and expertise in power conversion components. Sungho Electronics will support mass production and sales stages after development, utilizing its large-scale production infrastructure and global supply chain capabilities. The two companies expect that this partnership will enable them to establish a stable value chain.

With this collaboration, Atom aims to expand its product lineup of power solutions for data centers and secure new growth engines in the high value-added market centered on AI data centers.

An Atom official stated, "We expect our technology to spread quickly in the market through collaboration with Sungho Electronics, which is competitive in the SMPS market. Based on our close cooperation, we will deliver high-efficiency and high-output power solutions to global data center customers in a timely manner."

Meanwhile, Atom is developing a single-phase 3.3kW product with the goal of obtaining KC certification by November 2026, and a three-phase 12kW product by May 2027, in order to expand its product portfolio for data center power solutions.

This agreement is significant in that Atom is combining Sungho Electronics' production and supply capabilities with its own power conversion technology to take the lead in the high-efficiency power solution market for AI data centers.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.