Eaton has introduced a next-generation reference architecture to accelerate 800 VDC power infrastructure in AI factories, in collaboration with NVIDIA. This design leverages Eaton’s advanced power management technologies to support the high-density computing needs of AI data centers, ensuring scalability, efficiency, and sustainability for future-proof energy solutions.
Eaton launches 800 VDC reference architecture for AI data centers.
Supports NVIDIA’s 800 VDC design for megawatt-scale power delivery.
Features supercapacitors, ORV3 busbar, and hot aisle containment.
Advances Eaton’s grid-to-chip strategy for AI infrastructure.
Optimizes energy efficiency with minimal infrastructure costs.
Showcased at Open Compute Project Global Summit, October 13-16, 2025.
The rapid growth of AI-driven data center energy demands is outpacing traditional infrastructure capabilities. Eaton’s reference architecture, developed in partnership with NVIDIA, introduces 800 VDC systems integrated with energy storage to deliver safe, efficient, megawatt-scale power for AI factories. By minimizing material and infrastructure costs, this design enhances scalability and energy optimization, enabling data centers to handle the intense requirements of modern AI workloads.
Eaton’s architecture incorporates key technologies tailored for AI infrastructure, including supercapacitors for rapid power backup, ORV3 busbar for reliable power distribution, and hot aisle containment systems to support busway and cable trays. DC connectors and other components ensure seamless integration with NVIDIA’s AI systems, providing robust protection and performance across the power chain for high-density computing environments.
Eaton’s grid-to-chip strategy delivers comprehensive power management solutions, encompassing distribution, backup, and digital technologies for AI data centers. Recent advancements include collaborations with Siemens Energy for modular data centers with on-site power generation and edge-based solutions to mitigate AI power bursting. The 800 VDC architecture represents a critical step in enabling sustainable, high-efficiency AI operations.
This partnership with NVIDIA positions Eaton as a leader in transforming data center power infrastructure. By addressing the energy challenges of AI factories, the architecture supports the transition to next-generation computing environments, showcased at the Open Compute Project Global Summit in San Jose, California, from October 13-16, 2025.
Eaton is an intelligent power management company dedicated to protecting the environment and improving the quality of life for people everywhere. We make products for the data center, utility, industrial, commercial, machine building, residential, aerospace and mobility markets. We are guided by our commitment to do business right, to operate sustainably and to help our customers manage power ─ today and well into the future. By capitalizing on the global growth trends of electrification and digitalization, we’re helping to solve the world’s most urgent power management challenges and building a more sustainable society for people today and generations to come.
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