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What superconductors make possible.
Zero electrical resistance, and the magnets inside MRI scanners and fusion devices. Better superconductors would reshape fusion, AI power, the grid, medicine, quantum computing, and transport.
Our scope includes the surrounding hardware. Not every component is superconducting; the whole system sets the material spec.
Fusion
10,000 km of superconducting tape, approximately, for one fusion device: SPARC.
Magnets strong enough to hold a star.
What the material must doTape that carries more current in higher fields, at lower cost.
AI data centers
More than double the electricity demand from data centers by 2030 versus 2024, in the IEA’s Base Case.
More power for AI, in less space.
What the material must doCompact power delivery that fits inside buildings never designed for it.
The grid
~7% of global electricity output recorded as transmission and distribution losses, including theft (2023).
More power through the corridors we already have.
What the material must doCables that carry more current, cheaper to cool.
Superconducting cables remove DC conductor resistance, but cooling and AC losses still count.
Medicine
0.7 liters of liquid helium in the sealed magnet of MAGNETOM Flow, a low-helium MRI scanner.
MRI that needs far less helium.
What the material must doMagnet wire and joints that stay stable at warmer temperatures, so scanners can run on far less helium.
Low-helium and conduction-cooled magnets can reduce refills and simplify MRI installation. Low-helium designs can still contain sealed helium.
Quantum
More wiring brings more heat for the cryostat to remove as quantum computers scale.
The wiring of tomorrow’s computers.
What the material must doSuperconducting cabling and components that scale with the qubit count.
Flight and transport
500 kW ASCEND superconducting powertrain, powered on in ground tests by Airbus in November 2023.
Superconducting power for electric flight.
What the material must doLight, powerful motors and cables.
Tell us what it must do.
Name the current, the field, and the temperature. We will work back to candidate materials and the processes to make them.