What Vertiv shipped in September 2026

DCD AI Week 2026: From pilot to production – Matching enterprise AI workloads to infrastructure models

Vertiv’s Martin Olsen emphasized that enterprises are shifting AI from pilot to production, requiring infrastructure tailored to workloads like simulation, copilots, and agentic workflows. Key factors…

DCD AI Week 2026: The AI data center operating model: Performance, flexibility, and future readiness

Vertiv's CTO Scott Armul and Tirias Research's Jim McGregor describe how AI workloads require data centers to operate as single computers, prioritizing tokens-per-second, liquid cooling, and 800 VDC. …

Vertiv Week 2026:Converged Infrastructure for the AI Era

Vertiv announced Vertiv Week 2026, a five-day event in Zagreb, Croatia (September 21–25, 2026) centered on converged physical infrastructure for AI workloads. The event will feature summits, master cl…

Vertiv announces agreement to acquire King Environmental Services Ltd., expanding global fluid management services

Vertiv agreed to acquire King Environmental Services Ltd. (KES), a Europe-based provider of fluid management services, to expand its global critical digital infrastructure offerings. The deal aims to …

Validating AI Factory design challenges with physical system-level testing

Vertiv argues that AI factory economics require validating entire physical systems—not just components—under real-world AI workloads. It introduces a closed-loop methodology combining virtual simulati…

Serial consoles for driving AI factories’ uptime

Vertiv argues serial console servers are essential for AI data center uptime, as BMC-based tools fail during critical outages. A single hour of GPU cluster downtime can cost up to $5M, and Vertiv posi…

The 800 VDC decision: A practical guide for AI power architecture

800 VDC is emerging as a viable power architecture for AI workloads exceeding 350–400 kW per rack, enabling extreme density where traditional low-voltage AC fails. Hyperscalers and neoclouds are leadi…

Vertiv Coolant Distribution Unit qualified as NVIDIA DSX ready for AI factory infrastructure

Vertiv announced its 2.3 MW Vertiv CoolChip CDU has qualified as a NVIDIA DSX Ready CDU, enabling seamless integration with NVIDIA's AI factory infrastructure. This qualification supports high-perform…

DCD Connect London 2026

Vertiv announced its sponsorship of DCD Connect London 2026, a two-day event (Sept 16-17, 2026) focused on Europe’s data center ecosystem. Vertiv will host a Business Lounge for networking and one-to-…

Powering AI at scale: Pioneering load testing insights with ST Telemedia and Baudouin

Vertiv, ST Telemedia Global Data Centers, and Baudouin collaborated to test how AI workloads destabilize diesel generators and validate advanced UPS features that restore stability without harming bat…

800 VDC: The next evolution of AI power architecture

Vertiv introduced 800 VDC as a solution to power delivery limits in AI racks, which now exceed 140 kW and are trending toward 600 kW. The 800 VDC sidecar architecture moves power conversion outside co…

What if cooling wasn’t a single product, but a complete thermal chain?

Vertiv’s article emphasizes the shift from single-product cooling to integrated thermal chains to address AI-driven power density increases in data centers. It highlights hybrid liquid-air cooling, he…

Vertiv announces agreement to acquire UtilityInnovation Group to accelerate time to power for AI data centers

Vertiv agreed to acquire UtilityInnovation Group (UIG) for approximately $1.45 billion in cash, with up to $1.15 billion in earnouts tied to EBITDA targets. The deal extends Vertiv upstream into micro…

Vertiv agreed to acquire UtilityInnovation Group to accelerate power delivery for AI data centers. The deal aims to integrate UtilityInnovation’s expertise in power infrastructure with Vertiv’s existi