- Eaton collaborates with NVIDIA to enhance AI data centers with high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power infrastructure.
- Data center capital expenditure is expected to exceed $1 trillion by 2029 to meet AI workloads.
- Eaton leverages its extensive power management portfolio to support the AI era's infrastructure demands.
Eaton Corporation (ETN, Financial), a leader in intelligent power management, has announced a strategic collaboration with NVIDIA to advance the shift to high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power infrastructure in artificial intelligence (AI) data centers. This partnership is set to design innovative power management solutions for high-density GPU deployments, such as NVIDIA's Kyber rack-scale systems featuring Rubin Ultra GPUs.
With projections indicating that data center capital expenditure will surpass $1 trillion by 2029, Eaton's expertise will play a crucial role in enabling infrastructure capable of supporting AI model training and inference workloads. As part of the NVIDIA Partner Network, Eaton is committed to designing systems that cater to the growing demands of AI workloads across the entire power ecosystem from the grid to the chip level.
Heath Monesmith, President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Eaton’s Electrical Sector, emphasized that Eaton's decades of expertise in electrical power management, coupled with its broad solution portfolio, uniquely position the company to support the evolving needs of data centers in the AI era. Eaton’s approach is to optimize both white and gray space in AI data centers through a comprehensive portfolio of intelligent power distribution systems, backup power solutions, and digital offerings.
Founded in 1911, Eaton serves a global customer base with revenues nearing $25 billion in 2024, operating in over 160 countries. For further details, Eaton's advancements can be explored on their official website.