Vertiv rolls out 7MW data center reference architecture with power & cooling for NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 platform
Digital Edge Bureau 05 Nov, 2024 0 comment(s)Vertiv comes out with 7 MW data center design with proper and optimized power and cooling solution for NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 rack-scale platform
Vertiv, the global player in the power conditioning & cooling solutions space, has come out with 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 embodiments 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. The architecture takes an end-to-end approach to infrastructure design to optimize deployment speed, performance, resiliency, cost, energy efficiency and scalability for current- and future-generation data centers.
“We’re proud to deepen our collaboration with NVIDIA to enable AI-driven data centers of today and tomorrow,” says Giordano (Gio) Albertazzi, CEO, Vertiv. “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,” adds Albertazzi.
Giordano (Gio) Albertazzi
CEO
Vertiv
Jensen Huang, Founder & CEO, NVIDIA, comments, “New data centers are built for accelerated computing and generative AI 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,” elaborate Huang.
With Vertiv power and cooling infrastructure matched to, and closely coupled with, the NVIDIA Blackwell GPU 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.
The reference architecture is part of the Vertiv 360AI portfolio of reference designs for retrofit and greenfield data centers, designed to help customers navigate integrated solutions for power and cooling for AI and other high-performance computing applications.
As enterprises embrace AI at an unprecedented pace, Vertiv is reshaping the future of critical power and cooling to support accelerated computing, with the most complete portfolio of critical digital infrastructure that enables AI-ready infrastructure capable of managing the unique requirements of AI and other accelerated compute applications.
Key benefits:
Rapid Deployment and Retrofit: Enabling the use of preconfigured modules and factory integration, Vertiv MegaMod CoolChip delivers turnkey AI critical infrastructure up to 50 percent 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.
Energy-Efficient Cooling: Integrating liquid and low-GWP (Global Warming Potential) 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 percent lower annual cooling costs compared to fixed screw solutions.