Crusoe, the AI factory company, has announced that its Crusoe Spark modular AI data center platform will support the newly announced NVIDIA DSX POD reference design, a blueprint for modular infrastructure for the NVIDIA Vera Rubin Platform. Crusoe welcomes the reference design as a foundation for factory-integrated Vera Rubin deployments, building on the benefits of the modular approach it has championed since 2020.
Crusoe Spark will support the NVIDIA DSX POD reference design, a blueprint for modular infrastructure for the NVIDIA Vera Rubin Platform.
Crusoe has built and operated modular AI factories since 2020.
Production of Crusoe Spark is powered by in-house engineering and domestic manufacturing, including the 352,000-square-foot Crusoe Spark Factory in Brighton, Colorado.
Crusoe says it is the first provider to unite in-house modular data center manufacturing with its Crusoe Cloud AI cloud platform end-to-end.
Crusoe also unveiled Crusoe Spark Liquid, its sixth-generation modular AI factory engineered for ultra-high-density systems like NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72.
Crusoe says it can deliver productive AI capacity in as little as three months.
"Modular isn't a new strategy or pivot for us. It's been in our DNA since our founding," said Bryan Schramm, Head of Spark for Crusoe. "We've spent six years building, operating, and refining modular data centers in some of the most demanding environments on Earth. NVIDIA DSX POD establishes an important standard for the industry, and Crusoe brings nearly a decade of operational field experience, a 352,000-square-foot domestic factory floor, and active cloud customers running live workloads in production. As a result, Crusoe can deliver productive AI capacity in as little as three months."
"Modular AI factories are essential to meeting the global demand for accelerated computing, and partners like Crusoe are leading the way," said Charlie Boyle, vice president of DGX Systems at NVIDIA. "With the NVIDIA DSX POD reference design, Crusoe applies its expertise in building modular AI factories to help customers bring production inference online faster with Vera Rubin infrastructure designed to deliver the lowest token cost at scale."
To meet the surging demand for AI-powered innovation, modular infrastructure provides a fast, flexible path to deploy productive compute capacity and complement large-scale facility builds. Crusoe was an early pioneer in this modular approach, deploying compact data centers to remote locations. In 2022, Crusoe expanded its footprint for Crusoe Cloud and acquired electrical manufacturing specialist Easter-Owens Electric to bring manufacturing in-house. Crusoe formalized this platform as Crusoe Spark in 2025, and recently announced it will mass produce them at its new 352,000-square-foot Crusoe Spark Factory in Brighton, Colorado.
Because Crusoe vertically integrates hardware design, domestic factory production, field operations, and cloud software, it carries capacity seamlessly from the manufacturing floor to live AI workloads. Crusoe recently demonstrated this performance parity to achieve NVIDIA Exemplar Cloud performance inside a modular AI factory. Customers can access NVIDIA Vera Rubin capacity through Crusoe Cloud, deploy dedicated units via Crusoe Edge Zones, or add standardized modular capacity to existing sites. The NVIDIA OpenShell Reference Architecture builds on that foundation with an open-source runtime that helps organizations enforce policies governing AI agent access to data, tools, and networks.
About Crusoe
As the AI factory company, Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. The company provides a reliable, scalable, cost-effective, energy-first solution for AI infrastructure. By harnessing large-scale energy sources, building AI-optimized data centers, and delivering a powerful AI cloud platform, Crusoe empowers its customers and partners to build the future faster.
