Vertiv Holdings Co, a global leader in critical digital infrastructure, announced on August 26, 2025, the acquisition of Waylay NV, a Belgium-based innovator in hyperautomation and generative AI software. This strategic move strengthens Vertiv’s AI-driven monitoring and control technologies for power and cooling systems, enabling enhanced uptime, energy efficiency, and operational intelligence for customers worldwide.
Vertiv acquires Waylay NV to bolster AI-driven infrastructure solutions.
Waylay’s platform enhances real-time monitoring and predictive maintenance.
Acquisition supports high-density computing for generative AI workloads.
Waylay’s AI-driven hyperautomation reduces integration costs and downtime.
Vertiv aims to deliver scalable, intelligent infrastructure for data centers.
CEO Giordano Albertazzi emphasizes data-driven, proactive infrastructure vision.
The acquisition of Waylay NV aligns with Vertiv’s commitment to advancing AI-based digital services for power and cooling systems, critical for supporting the growing demands of data centers driven by AI workloads. "With the addition of Waylay’s technology and software-focused team, Vertiv will accelerate its vision of intelligent infrastructure — data-driven, proactive, and optimized for the world’s most demanding environments," said Vertiv CEO Giordano Albertazzi. This move positions Vertiv to deliver scalable solutions for high-performance computing environments.
Founded in 2014, Waylay has developed an AI-driven hyperautomation platform that enables workflow-based automation, system integration, and orchestration across connected assets, enterprise applications, and cloud services. Its technology supports real-time data analytics, identifies operational trends, and proposes predictive actions to minimize downtime and enhance system performance. By significantly reducing integration and deployment costs, Waylay’s platform complements Vertiv’s portfolio of power, cooling, and IT infrastructure solutions.
As AI workloads drive unprecedented growth in data center demand, intelligent and adaptive infrastructure is essential. Waylay’s technology enhances Vertiv’s capabilities in real-time monitoring, predictive maintenance, and dynamic optimization of power and thermal performance. This acquisition enables Vertiv to meet the evolving needs of critical digital operations, ensuring operational efficiency and resilience for customers across industries.
Vertiv’s end-to-end solutions, including integrated racks, power distribution units, uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), thermal management systems, and digitized monitoring services, are now further strengthened by Waylay’s AI capabilities. This integration empowers customers to optimize energy usage and increase uptime, addressing the challenges of high-density computing environments powering generative AI. For more details, visit Vertiv.com.
Vertiv’s acquisition of Waylay NV marks a significant step in its mission to lead the digital infrastructure market. By integrating advanced AI and hyperautomation, Vertiv enhances its ability to deliver intelligent, scalable solutions, positioning it at the forefront of the AI-driven data center revolution and reinforcing its commitment to operational excellence.
About Vertiv
Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to enable its customers' vital applications to run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today's data centers, communication networks and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extends from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, Vertiv does business in more than 130 countries.
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