Siemens and nVent to Release Joint Reference Architecture Purpose-built for NVIDIA AI Data Centres
Siemens and nVent are collaborating to develop a liquid cooling and power reference architecture, purpose-built for hyperscale AI workloads.
As AI workloads grow more intensive and distributed, data centre infrastructure strategies must balance performance, efficiency, and scalability through increasingly intelligent and adaptive systems. To support this next generation of digital infrastructure, Siemens and nVent are combining their expertise to help data centres prepare cooling and power infrastructure for global deployment and operational resilience.
The new joint architecture developed by Siemens and nVent has been created to help customers build 100 MW hyperscale AI data centres designed to house large-scale, liquid-cooled AI infrastructure like NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD with DGX GB200 systems. It presents a Tier III-capable architecture that integrates Siemens’ industrial-grade electrical and automation systems with NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD reference designs and nVent liquid cooling technology.
“We have decades of expertise supporting customers’ next-generation computing infrastructure needs,” said Sara Zawoyski, president of nVent Systems Protection. “This collaboration with Siemens underscores that commitment. The joint reference architecture will help data centre managers deploy our cutting-edge cooling infrastructure to support the AI buildout.”
“This reference architecture accelerates time-to-compute and maximizes tokens-per-watt, which is the measure of AI output per unit of energy,” said Ciaran Flanagan, Global Head of Data Centre Solutions at Siemens. “It’s a blueprint for scale: modular, fault-tolerant, and energy-efficient. Together with nVent and our broader ecosystem of partners, we’re connecting the dots across the value chain to drive innovation, interoperability, and sustainability, helping operators build future-ready data centres that unlock AI’s full potential.”
Data centres today face increasing rack-level power densities, more compute-intensive workloads, and growing demand for modularity to maintain uptime and scalability. Reference architectures play a critical role aiding data centre operators in rapid deployment and interface standardization, while providing a framework upon which infrastructure providers can innovate.
Siemens brings decades of expertise in industrial-grade electrical systems and intelligent infrastructure to the data centre sector. Its comprehensive portfolio, from medium and low voltage power distribution to advanced automation and energy management software, enables reliable, efficient, and sustainable operation of mission-critical facilities. By combining IoT-enabled hardware, AI apps, cloud-driven software, and comprehensive digital services, Siemens empowers data centre operators to accelerate transformation and scale confidently to meet the demanding infrastructure requirements of AI-driven workloads.
nVent is a leader and innovator in liquid cooling with a strong track record of solving complex cooling challenges for global cloud service providers. nVent’s industry-leading team of experts leverages its broad portfolio to help data centre managers achieve their goals. Through collaboration with leading chip manufacturers, OEMs, and hyperscalers, nVent delivers reliable, scalable liquid cooling solutions that are ready to meet the future of high-density computing.