The equipment that connects, protects and disconnects a site’s electrical circuits, between the substation and the racks. Chapter 4.
From The AI Compute Race. Read the book
Where the book uses it
- Chapter 4 — One Rack
How a datacenter is actually built, from a converted factory in Memphis to a greenfield campus in Texas, and what the clock from first ground to first power really measures.
Related terms
From the glossary of The AI Compute Race.
How to cite this page
Dryburgh, Lee S. “Switchgear.” In The AI Compute Race. DRYBURGH. https://dryburgh.com/vol1/glossary/switchgear (accessed 2026-11-01).
BibTeX
@misc{dryburgh-switchgear-2026,
author = {Dryburgh, Lee S.},
title = {{Switchgear}},
howpublished = {In \emph{The AI Compute Race}, DRYBURGH},
year = {2026},
url = {https://dryburgh.com/vol1/glossary/switchgear},
note = {Accessed 2026-11-01}
}