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title: "3DFS Wins Showcase at State of Technology Conference"
url: "https://3dfs.com/news/3dfs-wins-showcase-at-state-of-technology-conference"
description: "3DFS won the Startup Showcase at the State of Technology Conference, one of 6 North Carolina startups selected. What Software-Defined Electricity does."
updated: "2026-10-15"
---

# 3DFS Wins Showcase at State of Technology Conference

> 3DFS won the Startup Showcase at the State of Technology Conference, one of 6 North Carolina startups selected. What Software-Defined Electricity does.

3DFS was selected as one of 6 North Carolina startups leveraging elements of artificial intelligence to compete in the Startup Showcase for the State of Technology [Conference](https://www.nctech.org/events/event/2018/state-of-tech.html) and was fortunate enough to [win](https://www.wraltechwire.com/2018/05/05/electricity-management-software-startup-wins-nc-tech-showcase/).

## What Software-Defined Electricity does

The [About 3DFS](https://3dfs.com/about) page names the method Software-Defined Electricity. Software measures the current as it moves, not as an average after the fact. Harmonics, power factor, phase imbalance and impedance mismatch are corrected together, because they are one distorted current.

## Between the measurements

In April 2026, the North American SynchroPhasor Initiative released a report on measuring the oscillations of data centers. It found that the filtering inside phasor measurement units can miss or misrepresent the high-frequency oscillations that AI workloads create.

The report concludes that combined phasor and point-on-wave monitoring is the most reliable pathway for assessing oscillations from large loads. The Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity summarized it on May 28, 2026.

## Where this stands today

The [About 3DFS](https://3dfs.com/about) page keeps the company record year by year, from its formation to the two controllers in production. The [Press and Case Studies](https://3dfs.com/press-proof) page lists the awards we received and the publications that reported on our work.

The [VectorQ2](https://3dfs.com/products/vectorq2) page describes how the controller works today. It measures the three phases at once. It builds a model of what it measures.

### Related reading

- [SDE Summary](https://3dfs.com/technology/sde-summary): measure, model, correct

- [Data Centers & Compute](https://3dfs.com/solutions/data-centers-compute): efficiency and ride-through

- [Products](https://3dfs.com/products): the VectorQ series of power controllers