NVIDIA extends certification into power and cooling, widening its AI factory ecosystem
NVIDIA has extended qualification to energy storage and cooling hardware it does not make; first vendors are named, and further categories are expected.
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NVIDIA's DSX Ready qualification program went live today, covering battery energy storage systems (BESS) and cooling distribution units (CDU) that sit alongside DSX AI factory racks — two classes of hardware NVIDIA does not make itself.
The first qualified CDU vendors are LG Electronics, LiquidStack and Vertiv; the first qualified BESS vendors are Hitachi Energy, LG Energy Solution and Tesla. CDU vendors may self-qualify against NVIDIA's specifications with final NVIDIA approval, while BESS vendors must run qualification tests and submit data for NVIDIA review.
NVIDIA is not disclosing what, if anything, it charges for participation, and says more equipment categories will follow. Qualification is not deployment; read this as an ecosystem gatekeeping signal, not a capacity fact.