By 2050, the demand for electricity will increase by 125%—and the world isn’t prepared to keep up with it.

For the next eight years, 81,000 electricians are expected to retire annually in the U.S. And with a lack of people pursuing careers in electricity, there’s no one to pass their knowledge on to. As a result, the current two-year lead times for wire cables will likely stretch even longer.

That’s where Fault Managed Power (FMP) solutions come in, designed to ease the strain on an industry that’s already stretched too thin.

Suitable for manufacturing, transportation, and data centers, FMP solutions deliver reliable, low-voltage transmission over long distances. Cameron Connect, which sources its VoltServer FMP cable through manufacturing partner Marmon IEI, brings these advantages to its partners in these three industries.

Here are a few things companies working in these areas should know about FMP solutions, from how they work to the potential benefits they have to offer in each industry.

How Does FMP Work?

Traditional electrical infrastructure is expensive, difficult to install, and can be dangerous. Powering remote locations like Wi-Fi antennas and cameras is especially challenging and costly.

Rather than relying on alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) power alone, FMP solutions send small bursts of digital electricity 500 times per second—between each one, the system runs a safety check. If someone touches a wire or something else goes wrong, the power cuts off in milliseconds. This makes electrocution and fires much less likely.

Utilizing digital electricity is the main thing FMP solutions do differently than traditional power sources. As a result, they help reduce labor, equipment, and maintenance costs while making it easier to coordinate across multiple crews.

FMP plays a different role in each industry it serves. This piece will focus on the markets Cameron Connect works with specifically and how FMP solutions impact those clients. These markets include manufacturing, transportation hubs, and data centers.

Market 1: Manufacturing

FMP offers distinct advantages in manufacturing environments. Instead of routing everything through one central server, FMP lets companies place small networking hubs throughout the facility. This keeps industrial devices connected without long cable runs or extra infrastructure.

FMP also reduces the setup time and costs of getting a network up and running, as it has fewer components to install and requires less specialized labor.

Here are a few instances where FMP delivers safe and reliable power to streamline processes in the manufacturing industry:

• Quality assurance: Machine-learning (ML) sensors installed throughout the facility can flag maintenance problems before they happen.
• Manufacturing process: FMP powers AI robots and the charging stations that keep them running.
• Supply chain: AI-powered inventory, demand forecasting, and transportation logistics.

FMP brings these same advantages to transportation networks, where power needs to reach sprawling and hard-to-access infrastructure.

Market 2: Transportation Networks

From railway stations to terminal technologies, FMP supports smarter and more sustainable transportation hubs. These include:

• Railway stations: Signaling systems, rail yards, ticketing systems, and tunnel infrastructure.
• Airport terminals: Emergency response, parking and rental facility security, and communication between passengers.
• Roadway infrastructure: Tolling systems, roadside emergency communication, and traffic management systems.

VoltServer worked with several industry partners to develop an FMP solution for a large municipal transportation agency that had an extensive network of tunnels, stations, and rail tracks in an urban environment. The FMP technology could transmit power up to 2 kilometers, which surpassed the limitations of traditional AC distribution methods.

With this extended reach, power was reliably delivered to the farthest, most remote areas of the rail system. This helped operations run more smoothly and improved communication.

Where traditional infrastructure hit its limits, FMP kept going.

Market 3: Data Centers

With AI integration challenges and rising power demand, FMP helps operators use space and materials more efficiently, distribute power evenly, and keep up with rising demand. FMP also supports energy control and monitoring to reduce operating costs.

While they’re the most common power source in data centers, AC setups often waste energy during voltage and frequency conversions. This makes it challenging to maintain peak performance—their large cables also take up more space than an FMP solution.

DC isn’t the preferred power source for many data centers due to safety concerns, until FMP addressed those concerns directly.

Previously, DC power struggled to maintain high voltages and needed bulky hardware to protect operators from faults. But when FMP entered the picture, it combined real-time fault management with digitally controlled distribution to improve safety and efficiency in data centers.

Here are a few advantages of using FMP-DC power solutions in data centers:

• Accelerated sustainability and efficiency: Distributes power and data in the same volume, increases density, and reduces physical materials.
• Improves DC power safety: Distributes high-voltage DC power over long distances to better support server systems.
• Supports scale and maintenance: Grows with demand, eliminating the need to overbuild from the very beginning.

The industries Cameron Connect serves can’t wait on two-year lead times or shrinking labor pools. FMP shortens timelines, reduces costs, and grows with demand, so the infrastructure built today doesn’t become a liability tomorrow.