Vertiv and Nvidia Advance 800 VDC for AI Data Centres

Vertiv has announced a major milestone in its collaboration with Nvidia, marking a key step towards engineering readiness for its 800 VDC power platform – an infrastructure designed to support the next generation of AI factories and high-performance data centres.

Building on a strategic alignment announced in May 2025, Vertiv has accelerated its ‘unit of compute’ strategy, moving from conceptual design to mature engineering development. 

The new 800 VDC power portfolio is set for release in the second half of 2026, with deployment timed to coincide with the rollout of Nvidia’s Rubin Ultra platforms in 2027.

Meeting AI’s power and performance demands

The data centre industry is facing a critical turning point as traditional 54 VDC in-rack distribution systems, designed for kilowatt-scale racks, are no longer sufficient for the megawatt-scale requirements of AI-driven workloads.

Vertiv and Nvidia are collaborating to create scalable 800 VDC systems that integrate energy storage and provide the foundation for AI factories optimised for synchronous, high-performance computing environments.

Vertiv is finalising specifications for its comprehensive 800 VDC platform, including centralised rectifiers, high-efficiency DC busways and rack-level DC-DC converters – all engineered to deliver the megawatt-scale capacity required for future Nvidia compute environments.

Scott Armul, Executive Vice President of Global Portfolio and Business Units at Vertiv, says the scale and complexity of AI workloads are transforming the fundamentals of data centre design.

“Larger AI workloads are reshaping every aspect of data centre design,” Scott says.

“Our systems-level expertise in both AC and DC-based power data centre architectures positions us uniquely to address the unprecedented power demands of AI workloads. 

“With the development of our Vertiv 800 VDC platform designs, we're translating our extensive experience into next-generation solutions that will support the massive compute densities required for AI factories.”

Redefining power infrastructure for AI

As AI infrastructure grows in size and energy intensity, both companies are focusing on scalable and efficient power distribution that reduces conversion losses and improves system-wide performance.

Dion Harris, Senior Director of HPC, Cloud and AI Infrastructure at Nvidia, says this collaboration marks a significant evolution in how data centre power is conceived.

“Powering the next generation of megawatt-scale AI factories requires a fundamental shift in power architectures,” Dion says.

“Nvidia and Vertiv are working closely together to develop the scalable and efficient power foundation needed to unlock the full potential of next-generation AI infrastructure.”

Vertiv’s 800 VDC platform draws on the company’s decades of experience in DC power systems, developed originally for telecom and industrial applications. That legacy now underpins a new generation of solutions designed for hyperscale and AI-driven data centres, where efficiency, density and reliability are paramount.

From concept to readiness

Vertiv is already engaged in the early design phases of several large-scale AI factory projects, using its 800 VDC reference architecture as the basis of design.

These implementations are being tested against real-world, gigawatt-scale requirements, demonstrating the scalability and resilience of Vertiv’s approach.

The company’s 800 VDC ecosystem will allow operators to manage higher power densities across data hall environments, enabling faster deployment of AI workloads and reducing operational bottlenecks.

This platform-level design maturity also extends to Vertiv’s service model, ensuring that future AI data centres can be safely deployed and maintained at scale.

Service maturity for next-generation power

Vertiv’s global network of more than 4,000 field engineers will play a central role in supporting this next phase of data centre evolution.

The company’s expertise in maintaining both AC and DC systems provides customers with confidence that these high-voltage DC environments can be managed safely and efficiently.

Scott says Vertiv’s holistic approach ensures interoperability across the full infrastructure stack, reflecting the company’s position as a systems-level partner to some of the world’s largest technology firms.

“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,” he explains.

Powering the AI era

With the 800 VDC platform, Vertiv and Nvidia are addressing one of the most pressing challenges in the AI era: how to deliver the power density, efficiency and reliability needed for AI factories that operate at unprecedented scales.

As the data centre industry prepares for an AI-driven future, this collaboration positions both companies at the forefront of redefining how power infrastructure supports global compute growth – advancing from concept to real-world readiness in under two years.