Vertiv Codevelops with NVIDIA Complete Power and Cooling Blueprint for NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 Platform
Vertiv, a
global provider of critical digital infrastructure, announced that it is
releasing a complete 7MW reference
architecture of the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 platform, co-developed with NVIDIA,
that will enable customers to transform traditional data center architectures
into AI factories capable of powering AI applications across the
enterprise.
The reference
architecture will accelerate the deployment of the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72
liquid-cooled rack-scale platform and supports up to 132kW per rack. The
architecture takes an end-to-end approach to infrastructure
design to optimize deployment speed, performance, resiliency,
cost, energy efficiency and scalability for current- and future-generation data
centers.
“We are proud
to deepen our collaboration with NVIDIA to enable AI-driven data centers of
today and tomorrow,” said Giordano (Gio) Albertazzi, CEO of Vertiv.
“As a leader in critical power and cooling infrastructure, Vertiv is uniquely
positioned to support the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 platform. Our portfolio of
high-performance power and cooling solutions, combined with our global scale,
will enable customers to deploy AI data centers faster, more efficiently and
with greater flexibility to address densification, dynamic workloads, retrofits
and enable future-ready designs.”
“New data
centers are built for accelerated computing and generative AI with
architectures that are significantly more complex than those for
general-purpose computing,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of
NVIDIA. “With Vertiv's world-class cooling and power technologies, NVIDIA
can realize our vision to reinvent computing and build a new industry of AI
factories that produce digital intelligence to benefit every company and
industry.”
With Vertiv™
power and cooling infrastructure matched to, and closely coupled with, the
NVIDIA Blackwell platform, the reference architecture simplifies and
accelerates deployment of AI workloads in new and existing data centers while
reducing risk and enabling standardization across sites. The architecture’s
complete critical power infrastructure is designed to significantly reduce
stranded power by aligning AI clusters to data center capacity blocks. The
hybrid liquid- and air-cooling infrastructure leverages the interdependent
impact of the two approaches to efficiently manage high-density heat removal.
In addition, the design includes guidance for optional Open Compute
Project-inspired systems, such as DC power shelves.
The reference
architecture is part of the Vertiv™ 360AI portfolio of reference designs for
retrofit and greenfield data centers, designed to help customers navigate
integrated solutions for power and cooling for AI and other high-performance
computing applications. Key benefits of the co-developed reference architecture
for the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 design include:
- Rapid
Deployment and Retrofit: Enabling
the use of preconfigured modules and factory integration, VertivTM MegaModTM CoolChip
delivers turnkey AI critical infrastructure up to 50% faster than onsite
builds.
- Space-Saving
Power Management: Using
Vertiv’s advanced power technologies, including Vertiv™ Trinergy™
uninterruptible power supply system (UPS) and Vertiv™ EnergyCore lithium
battery cabinet, the design delivers industry-leading reliability and
energy-efficient power management in ~40% less space compared to legacy
offerings.
- Energy-Efficient
Cooling: Integrating
liquid and low-GWP (Global Warming Potential) air cooling technologies at
scale - including Vertiv™ AFC chiller, Vertiv™ Liebert® CW chilled
water-based room cooling system and Vertiv™ XDU coolant distribution units
- offers up to 20% lower annual cooling costs compared to fixed
screw solutions.
- Dynamic
Workload Management: Integrated
load averaging via lithium-ion battery and next generation UPS provides
support for dynamic GPU workloads.
- Installation
and Operations Services: With
an industry-leading scale, scope, and reach of ~4,000 field service engineers
globally, Vertiv is the trusted lifecycle service partner and complex
system-level expert for retrofit and newbuild.
As enterprises
embrace AI at an unprecedented pace, Vertiv is reshaping the future of critical
power and cooling to support accelerated computing, with the most complete
portfolio of critical digital infrastructure that enables AI-ready
infrastructure capable of managing the unique requirements of AI and other
accelerated compute applications.
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