Vertiv has announced significant progress in its collaboration with NVIDIA, aiming to enhance the infrastructure designs for future AI factories. On October 13, 2025, the company revealed its advancements in 800 VDC power architectures, transitioning from conceptual design to engineering readiness. This initiative is part of a broader strategy to support NVIDIA’s planned rollout of the Rubin Ultra platforms in 2027.
Transforming Power Infrastructure
The data center industry faces a pivotal challenge as traditional 54 VDC in-rack distribution struggles to meet the increasing demands of megawatt-scale computing. Vertiv and NVIDIA are responding with scalable 800 VDC systems that integrate energy storage, forming a robust foundation for AI factories optimized for synchronous AI and high-performance computing workloads. Vertiv is finalizing component specifications for its platform designs, which include centralized rectifiers, high-efficiency DC busways, and rack-level DC-DC converters tailored to meet the substantial power requirements of future NVIDIA computing systems.
Scott Armul, executive vice president of global portfolio and business units at Vertiv, emphasized the impact of larger AI workloads on data center design. He stated, “Our systems-level expertise in both AC and DC-based power data center architectures positions us uniquely to address the unprecedented power demands of AI workloads.” The development of the Vertiv 800 VDC platform is a direct response to these evolving requirements, leveraging the company’s extensive experience to create next-generation solutions.
Strategic Partnerships and Future Readiness
The partnership between Vertiv and NVIDIA is crucial for developing the efficient power architecture necessary to fully realize next-generation AI infrastructure. Dion Harris, senior director of HPC, Cloud and AI Infrastructure at NVIDIA, noted, “Powering the next generation of megawatt-scale AI factories requires a fundamental shift in power architectures.” This collaborative effort aims to provide a scalable and efficient power foundation that can support the increasing computational demands of AI technologies.
Vertiv’s 800 VDC power portfolio builds on decades of experience in DC architectures for various applications. The company is currently engaged in the early design phases of several large AI factory projects, where its reference designs and product specifications are undergoing performance testing and validation to ensure they can meet real-world, gigawatt-scale demands.
Vertiv’s commitment to service excellence extends to its global service model, which is vital for the successful adoption of 800 VDC systems. The company’s ability to service complex environments is a key differentiator in the market. With over 4,000 field service engineers, Vertiv provides the operational confidence needed for mission-critical AI deployments.
Armul added, “We are engineering a holistic, scalable system where infrastructure parts interoperate as one – demonstrating Vertiv’s role as a systems-level partner, moving from vision to readiness and enabling the infrastructure necessary to power future-ready AI factories.”
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