Vertiv has announced a major step forward in its collaboration with NVIDIA—bringing its 800 VDC power architecture from concept to engineering readiness. This milestone marks a pivotal moment in the race to build the next generation of AI factories—massive data centers designed to handle the explosive demands of artificial intelligence.
Following their strategic alignment announced in May 2025, Vertiv has accelerated its “unit of compute” strategy, refining complete system-level designs to support NVIDIA’s upcoming Rubin Ultra platforms, slated for rollout in 2027. Vertiv’s 800 VDC portfolio is expected to launch commercially in the second half of 2026.
Traditional 54 VDC rack distribution—built for kilowatt-scale computing—is no longer enough. Today’s AI and high-performance computing workloads are measured in megawatts. To meet these unprecedented demands, Vertiv and NVIDIA are developing scalable Vertiv 800 VDC systems integrated with advanced energy storage—laying the electrical foundation for synchronized, large-scale AI operations.
The platform design features centralized rectifiers, high-efficiency DC busways, and rack-level DC-DC converters, all engineered to support megawatt-scale racks. This approach not only boosts efficiency but also reduces power loss and complexity—key factors as data centers evolve into AI-driven powerhouses.
“Larger AI workloads are reshaping every aspect of data center design,” said Scott Armul, executive vice president, Global Portfolio and Business Units at Vertiv. “Our deep expertise in AC and DC power architectures allows us to bridge today’s systems with tomorrow’s AI factories. The 800 VDC platform is our blueprint for that future.”
For NVIDIA, this partnership is equally transformative. “Powering the next generation of megawatt-scale AI factories requires a fundamental shift in power architectures,” said Dion Harris, senior director for HPC, Cloud and AI Infrastructure at NVIDIA. “Together, NVIDIA and Vertiv are designing the scalable, efficient power foundation that will unleash the full potential of next-generation AI infrastructure.”
Vertiv’s 800 VDC initiative builds on decades of experience with DC systems across telecom and industrial applications. The company is already working with multiple hyperscale and enterprise clients in the early design stages of AI factory projects worldwide—using its 800 VDC reference architecture as a scalable model to meet real-world, gigawatt-level demand
Vertiv’s readiness goes beyond product design. With more than 4,000 field service engineers worldwide, the company is also building the service ecosystem required to safely support 800 VDC environments.
“Safety, reliability, and serviceability are critical to AI factory adoption,” Armul added. “We’re engineering a holistic, scalable system where every component—from rectifiers to converters to service protocols—works seamlessly together. This is Vertiv moving from vision to readiness.”
As AI scales to power everything from robotics to climate modeling to next-generation data analytics, the need for efficient, high-voltage infrastructure becomes mission-critical. Vertiv’s collaboration with NVIDIA demonstrates how power innovation is now inseparable from AI progress.
With the 800 VDC platform nearing launch readiness, Vertiv isn’t just responding to the future—it’s building it.
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