
Collapsing 30 Feet of Power Infrastructure Into Four with DG Matrix
From Inevitable by an MCJ podcast
May 27, 2026 · 50 min
About this episode
Haroon Inam discusses DG Matrix's innovations in power infrastructure and the future of energy delivery for AI workloads.
Haroon Inam is Co-founder and CEO of DG Matrix, a company that makes the world's most compact Power Router, aggregating distributed energy for GenAI datacenters, microgrids, fleet electrification, and associated systems. As AI workloads drive unprecedented electricity demand and legacy grid infrastructure struggles to keep pace, DG Matrix has commercialized the world’s first multi-port solid-state transformer to meet the energy needs. In this episode, Inam explains why transformer bottlenecks, distributed generation, and 800V DC architectures are reshaping the future of power delivery for AI infrastructure. He discusses DG Matrix’s product strategy, manufacturing scale-up plans, and the role of software-defined power systems in next-generation data centers. Finally, Inam shares his take on the future of distributed microgrids and “cellular power” and how to scale power electronics manufacturing. DG Matrix recently closed a $60 million Series A led by Engine Ventures that MCJ is proud to have participated in.
People in this episode
Guest: Haroon Inam
Topics covered
- power infrastructure
- distributed energy
- AI datacenters
- microgrids
- power delivery
- solid-state transformer
Keywords
- power router
- distributed generation
- 800V DC
- transformer bottlenecks
- data centers
- microgrids
- cellular power
- power electronics
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: DG Matrix, Engine Ventures, MCJ
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