Cummins’ Dawn Wehr explains how a shared focus on reliability, innovation, and sustainability is helping meet AI’ s rapidly growing demand for dependable power— shaping the next era of digital infrastructure and energy resilience

Dawn Wehr leads Strategy, Product Planning and Digital for the power systems business at Cummins, a 105-year-old global power company with operations in more than 190 countries. With more than 37 years of experience serving the data centre industry, Cummins provides the dependable power infrastructure that keeps digital ecosystems running across the world.“ One of our brand taglines is‘ Depend on Cummins,’ and that’ s something we live by every day,” Dawn says.“ Reliability is absolutely critical when powering data centers – there is no room for compromise. That reliability goes hand in hand with continuous innovation and a responsible path toward sustainability— because lasting progress requires all three working in balance.”

Innovation, Reliability, and Sustainability In a sector that demands uninterrupted power, one might expect innovation to be an afterthought.

For Cummins, though, new products – especially those focused on sustainability – are becoming an important part of the business strategy. For Dawn, the important thing is to ensure that these green technologies can be trusted.“ There are new challenges to solve as we integrate emerging technologies to meet the same reliability standards our customers expect,” Dawn explains.“ That’ s where our century of engineering experience becomes a real advantage.” It’ s this deep engineering foundation that allows Cummins to innovate confidently— advancing reliability standards while enabling more sustainable operations across the data center landscape.

Dawn and her team are actively exploring more sustainable alternatives to diesel, like natural gas and HVO-compatible machinery, while also producing battery energy storage systems which can be charged using renewable energy.