Vertiv has introduced what it calls the first converged physical‑infrastructure digital twin for NVIDIA Omniverse DSX. The move should enable the company to play a larger role in how AI factories are planned, validated and deployed at scale.
Built into Vertiv SmartRun and integrated directly with NVIDIA’s DSX Blueprint workflows, the new capability allows data centre power, cooling, controls, and deployment systems to be designed and simulated as a single, interdependent model before any physical build begins.
It targets a growing pain point for enterprises racing to support denser, faster‑evolving AI compute. Traditional document‑based planning and siloed engineering handoffs are increasingly too slow for multi‑generation AI roadmaps.
Vertiv’s model‑based approach captures configuration rules and system dependencies in a virtual environment to reduce late‑stage redesigns, lower integration risk and improve confidence in infrastructure readiness.
“To deliver more tokens per second per megawatt, customers need power, cooling, controls, and deployment workflows to be designed as one interdependent system. The Vertiv SmartRun digital twin helps encode Vertiv’s infrastructure expertise into configurable, simulation-ready building blocks that support faster, more confident AI factory planning,” said Scott Armul, chief Product and Technology Officer of Vertiv.
“AI factories require full-stack co-design across compute and physical infrastructure. NVIDIA Omniverse DSX Blueprint helps the ecosystem build, simulate, and optimise gigawatt-scale AI factory digital twins using OpenUSD, SimReady assets, and power, thermal, and operational simulations. Bringing Vertiv SmartRun into this workflow can help customers evaluate infrastructure choices earlier and prepare for multiple generations of accelerated computing,” said Vladimir Troy, Vice President of AI Infrastructure at NVIDIA.
The SmartRun digital twin is the first phase of Vertiv’s broader AI‑factory digital‑twin roadmap, which aims to maintain continuity from early design through commissioning and lifecycle optimisation.
At Computex 2026 running till today, Vertiv is demonstrating both the physical SmartRun system and its digital counterpart, built using Dassault Systèmes’ model‑based engineering tools and connected to Omniverse DSX. This establishes a shared digital foundation for configuration, simulation and future optimisation across the AI‑infrastructure lifecycle.
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