NVIDIA is teaming up with many companies to create a new kind of data center designed for artificial intelligence. At the recent AI Infrastructure Summit in Silicon Valley, NVIDIA shared their plan to transform regular data centers into advanced AI factories. These AI factories will be able to handle huge amounts of computer processing by working smarter and more efficiently.
To help others build their own AI factories, NVIDIA is making detailed reference designs and blueprints available. These guides show how to put together high performance infrastructure using tools like the NVIDIA Omniverse Blueprint. The focus is on good energy use and making everything work well together. NVIDIA is collaborating with companies across many fields such as building design, electricity, cooling systems, and software.
Key partners like Jacobs make sure the physical building and the computer systems work smoothly together. Other partners like Schneider Electric, Siemens Energy, and GE Vernova assist with energy and power needs, while Cadence and others focus on design and simulation. They are all working together to create facilities that are efficient and reliable for the demands of modern AI.
A big part of this transformation is the use of digital twins. A digital twin is a virtual model of the AI factory that includes everything from computers to cooling systems and power supplies. With these digital twins, designers can test and improve the AI factory before building it for real. After construction, these digital models can help run and manage the facility more effectively.
Using simulation tools and the OpenUSD framework, NVIDIA allows everyone involved to accurately plan and design each part of the factory. This teamwork makes it easier to optimize everything, ensuring the factory runs smoothly once it is built. It also helps connect the factory to power grids, water systems, and transportation networks.
NVIDIA’s blueprint also lets partners use their own tools to build and test models of AI factories. By next year, the plan is for partners to plug into this system for real time collaboration and control, all the way from early design to daily operation.
With these efforts, NVIDIA and its partners are changing data centers from isolated buildings into smart and flexible AI factories that can grow and adapt in the future.
Original article and image: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/ai-factories-reference-design/
