Vertiv Accelerates AI Infrastructure Evolution in Alignment with NVIDIA 800 VDC Power ..............
Vertiv , a global provider of critical digital infrastructure, confirmed
its strategic alignment with NVIDIA's announcement of an AI roadmap to deploy
800 VDC power architectures for the next generation of AI-centric data centers.
Paving the way for future-ready designs, Vertiv's 800 VDC power portfolio is
scheduled for release in the second half of 2026 — ahead of NVIDIA Kyber and
NVIDIA Rubin Ultra platform rollouts.
Vertiv aligns with the NVIDIA AI roadmap to stay one GPU generation
ahead, enabling customers to deploy their power and cooling infrastructure in
sync with NVIDIA's next-generation compute platforms. Vertiv provides
end-to-end power, cooling, integrated infrastructure and services to support AI
factories and other data center deployments.
As rack power requirements in AI environments scale beyond 300
kilowatts, 800 VDC enables more efficient, centralized power delivery by
reducing copper usage, current, and thermal losses. Vertiv's upcoming portfolio
will feature centralized rectifiers, high-efficiency DC busways, rack-level
DC-DC converters, and DC-compatible backup systems, expanding its broad,
end-to-end power management portfolio that already includes a robust AC power
train.
"As GPUs evolve to support increasingly complex AI applications at
giga-watt scale, power and cooling providers need to be equally innovative to
provide energy-efficient and high-density solutions for the AI factories. While
the 800 VDC portfolio is new, DC power isn't a new direction for us, it's a
continuation of what we've already done at scale," said Scott Armul, executive
vice president of global portfolio and business units at Vertiv. "We've
spent decades deploying higher-voltage DC architectures across global telecom,
industrial, and data center applications. We're entering this transition from a
position of strength and bringing real-world experience to meet the demands of
the AI factory."
Vertiv's experience in DC power spans more than two decades of ±400 VDC
deployments, broadened by strategic acquisitions during the early 2000's. These
solutions support critical loads in global telecom networks, integrated
microgrids, and mission-critical facilities. This foundation establishes Vertiv
as a trusted leader in the safe design, deployment, and operation of
higher-voltage DC architectures, with proven scale, portfolio, and long-term
serviceability.
Designed for homogeneous AI zones in hyperscale environments, Vertiv's
800 VDC portfolio is a key pillar of its "unit of compute" strategy —
a systems-level design engineered to enable all infrastructure components — to
interoperate as one modular and scalable system, matching infrastructure
demands of next-generation GPUs. Vertiv's support for both AC and DC
architectures is a strategic differentiator in the evolving AI data center
landscape.
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