Most projects get forced into a false choice: run Alternating Current (AC) power farther than it’s efficient to go, or push Power over Ethernet (PoE) past the low-voltage range it was built for. But the technology isn’t the problem—it’s the missing layer between them. That layer is Digital Electricity (DE).

Together, these three technologies form a relay: AC provides the dependable power source, DE distributes it, and PoE delivers the final, device-ready connection. Redesigning the pathway this way lets existing technology reach farther, scale faster, and skip the cost of new wiring.

How DE Changes the Power Delivery Game

• Which projects are economically viable: When the cost of extending power kills a project, DE makes the pathway cheaper. Removing the cost of a power run can be the difference between a device staying in scope and getting cut.
• How early power enters the technology design: DE architecture works better in reverse. When the power pathway is designed alongside the technology from the start, the two are optimized together.
• How electric and low-voltage scopes coordinate: Electrical and low-voltage trades are typically designed and bid separately, with little coordination between them. DE sits across that boundary, so both trades have to work from the same plan instead of handing off a finished electrical scope for low-voltage to work around.
• Where backup power and control reside: In a conventional setup, backup power and control typically live at the edge, duplicated at every device. DE centralizes power distribution, so backup power and control can live at a single upstream point instead.
• How distributed systems scale across facilities and portfolios: Since DE architecture doesn’t depend on site-specific AC infrastructure, the same design can be deployed across multiple facilities in a portfolio that requires much less rework.

Every piece of tech doesn’t need to be replaced, but every piece that works should be connected.

One Cable, More Than a Mile of Power

DCPacket runs on Fault Managed Power (FMP), the technology behind DE that allows a single low-voltage cable to safely carry higher power over long distances, with continuous fault detection built in. Here’s what that looks like on the ground:

A single Class 4 16 AWG 4-pair run—no thicker than standard network cabling—can run more than a mile away from the power source and still power construction cameras, gate readers, lighting, and edge devices across an entire construction site. Every device on that run is actively monitored, fault managed, and relocatable as the job expands.

“The distance is huge because everybody is trying to figure out how to get power farther while doing it more efficiently,” says Todd Croteau, VP of Business and Partner Development at DCPacket. “This is the missing middle between AC and PoE.”

Knowing FMP can do this is one thing; building it into real projects is DCPacket’s job.

Making the Technology Deployable

DCPacket is how that DE layer gets deployed. It doesn’t replace AC or PoE, it combines them through a power infrastructure designed for distributed technology. As a result, projects don’t have to be reduced, delayed, or abandoned because the power pathway costs more than the technology it supports.

DCPacket is what makes those shifts practical, not just theoretical. It changes the economics by acting earlier: bringing the pathway into the design phase, engineering the right architecture, coordinating the ecosystem, and carrying it through installation and commissioning.

The technology makes a meaningful difference in the following scenarios:

• Stalled projects where the conventional power source is preventing approval.
• Value-engineering events where the technology scope is about to be removed.
• Portfolio repeatability where the same remote-load problem repeats across sites.
• Early design where power architecture shapes the basis of design.

When power is designed in from the start instead of patched in after, the technology doesn’t just get installed; it gets to scale.

Supply Chain: Cameron Connect x DCPacket

Earlier this year, Cameron Connect partnered with DCPacket to supply cable for its FMP deployments. For DCPacket, the partnership strengthens the supply chain for the specialized, limited energy cable required in FMP distribution, ensuring on-time deliveries. For Cameron Connect, the partnership helps the company establish itself as a trusted supply partner in the FMP landscape.

To put faces to names, Cameron Connect and DCPacket will share a booth at the BICSI Conference in Las Vegas from Aug. 30 to Sept. 2. Attendees can see DCPacket’s product portfolio in action at booth 504—representatives from both companies will be there to answer questions and talk through deployment details.

Whether you attend BICSI or not, the question is the same: how much farther could your next project go if power wasn’t the limit?