End-to-end critical power and cooling reference designs for NVIDIA Blackwell architectures up to 7MW – with OCP infrastructure options.
Vertiv 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.
Giordano (Gio) Albertazzi, CEO, Vertiv., said: “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.”
Jensen Huang, Founder and CEO, NVIDIA, said: “New data centers are built for accelerated computing and GenAI with architectures that are significantly more complex than those for general-purpose computing.
“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.
Key benefits of the co-developed reference architecture 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 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 a trusted lifecycle service partner and complex system-level expert for retrofit and newbuild.
