Vertiv cooling unit earns NVIDIA DSX Ready qualification

Vertiv said its 2.3-megawatt CoolChip coolant distribution unit has qualified under NVIDIA’s DSX Ready program for AI factory infrastructure.

The company said the model is the first coolant distribution unit, or CDU, to qualify specifically as NVIDIA DSX Ready.

The program allows AI data-center builders to identify power and cooling products that meet applicable NVIDIA DSX requirements.

“The scale of AI deployment is forcing a more integrated approach to data center infrastructure,” Vertiv chief product and technology officer Scott Armul said.

“Compute, power and cooling decisions can no longer be made independently. A constraint on any one of those systems can limit the performance and productive capacity of the entire facility,” he added.

CDUs manage the flow and temperature of liquid used to remove heat from high-density computing systems, an increasingly important requirement as AI workloads push more computing power into smaller spaces.

Vertiv said its 2.3 MW unit supports direct-to-chip cooling and rear-door heat exchanger applications and can be installed at the end of a data-center row or along the room perimeter.

The qualification forms part of NVIDIA’s broader DSX AI Factory Platform, which integrates considerations across computing, networking, power, cooling, facilities and software.

Vertiv noted that DSX Ready qualification does not replace site-specific engineering, with customers still required to assess how the equipment fits their facility design and operating requirements.