Vertiv has identified artificial intelligence (AI), digital twins, and advanced liquid cooling technologies

 Vertiv has identified artificial intelligence (AI), digital twins, and advanced liquid cooling technologies as the primary forces redefining the design, deployment, and operation of next-generation data centers, according to its newly released Vertiv™ Frontiers report.

The report examines how accelerating AI adoption, combined with increasing compute density and rapid deployment requirements, is fundamentally transforming global data center infrastructure—trends that are becoming increasingly relevant for the UAE and wider Middle East, where large-scale digital transformation and AI investments are underway.

AI Workloads Driving Structural Change

Vertiv notes that AI and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads are placing unprecedented demands on power and thermal management systems. Traditional hybrid AC/DC power architectures are reaching their operational limits as rack densities increase, prompting a gradual shift toward higher-voltage DC power systems that offer improved efficiency, reduced conversion losses, and greater scalability.

“The data center industry is rapidly evolving to address the density and speed requirements of AI-driven facilities,” said Scott Armul, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Vertiv. He emphasized that advanced power architectures and liquid cooling solutions are becoming critical enablers of gigawatt-scale AI deployments.

"The data center industry is continuing to rapidly evolve how it designs, builds, operates and services data centers, in response to the density and speed of deployment demands of AI factories," said Vertiv chief product and technology officer, Scott Armul. "We see cross-technology forces, including extreme densification, driving transformative trends such as higher voltage DC power architectures and advanced liquid cooling that are important to deliver the gigawatt scaling that is critical for AI innovation. On-site energy generation and digital twin technology are also expected to help to advance the scale and speed of AI adoption." Global digital infrastructure leader Vertiv has released its latest Vertiv™ Frontiers report, detailing the technology trends and macro forces shaping the evolution of data centers, particularly in response to the rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI). The report highlights innovations in power, cooling, energy autonomy, and digital twin technology, which are enabling data centers to meet the demands of AI workloads.

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Scott Armul, Vertiv’s Chief Product and Technology Officer, noted that the industry is evolving rapidly to meet the “density and speed of deployment demands of AI factories.” He highlighted transformative trends including higher-voltage DC power architectures, advanced liquid cooling, on-site energy generation, and digital twin technology, all of which are critical for supporting gigawatt-scale AI deployments.

“The data centre industry is rapidly evolving how it designs, builds, operates and services facilities in response to the density and speed of deployment demands of AI,” Armul said.

“Extreme densification is driving transformative trends such as higher-voltage DC power architectures and advanced liquid cooling, which are critical to achieving the gigawatt-scale capacity needed for AI innovation.”

By Advik Gupta