Vertiv announced that it is releasing a complete 7MW reference architecture of the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 platform, co-developed with NVIDIA. This architecture 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 support up to 132kW per rack. It 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 critical power and cooling infrastructure leader, 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 the deployment of AI workloads in new and existing data centers while reducing risk and enabling standardization across sites.
The architecture’s critical 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 manage high-density heat removal efficiently.
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 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 supports 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 new builds.
As enterprises embrace AI at an unprecedented pace, Vertiv is reshaping the future of critical power and cooling to support accelerated computing. With a complete portfolio of critical digital infrastructure, Vertiv enables AI-ready infrastructure capable of managing the unique requirements of AI and other accelerated compute applications.
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