Columbus, Ohio, USA, November 13th / PRNewswire / -- Vertiv Holdings Co. ( NYSE : VRT ), a global leader in critical digital infrastructure, today launched the Vertiv ™ PowerStation 3100 RPP, a high-density remote power distribution panel designed to help data center operators simplify the power distribution for AI and high-performance computing ( HPC ) racks, supporting racks with a power density of over 100kW. This solution is now available in North America.
These architectures have introduced new requirements for protection and power isolation. Providing 415V or 480V power to the rack through a four-wire design may increase the available fault current, thereby raising the short-circuit tolerance requirements at the rack level. At the same time, the adoption of direct liquid cooling has also presented a need: if a coolant leak is detected, it is necessary to isolate the power supply of a single rack. Traditional remote distribution panels are not designed to meet these requirements.
Vertiv, Senior Vice President of the Power Business Department, Kyle Keeper stated: "As the power requirements for the new generation of GPU drive frameworks increase, customers need distribution infrastructure that can support both current deployments and evolving architectures. We collaborate with our customers to select the appropriate distribution strategies for their applications, whether it's remote switchgear or bus duct solutions, and have developed a solution that provides all the required capacity while also accelerating deployment times."
Keeper added, " Vertiv PowerStation 3100 RPP is designed as a standardized, pre-configured solution to meet these requirements and is consistent with the Vertiv AI reference design. It can be deployed as an independent system or integrated with Vertiv ™, SmartRun, and Vertiv ™ OneCore."
This product is specifically designed for the power supply architecture of AI. It adopts a custom busbar architecture and molded case circuit breakers (MCCB). The Vertiv PowerStation 3100 RPP supports 600A, 800A, 1,000A, and 1,200A configurations on a single hardware platform, with a capacity that is three to five times that of traditional RPP based on distribution boards. This solution is delivered as a set of fully UL-891 certified components, and it can support both AC power distribution and DC power supply rack architectures, allowing operators to standardize the use of the same platform across different deployment types.
With the increase in rack density and the evolution of power supply architecture, this product is designed to address the key challenges in high-density power distribution:
- Enhanced fault current protection: The system uses circuit breakers with higher short-circuit tolerance and breaking ratings to manage the increased fault current exposure in four-wire systems. This not only provides greater design flexibility but also reduces the need for additional fault current mitigation measures, as well as the risk of equipment damage or service interruptions.
- Liquid cooling leakage isolation: Each branch circuit breaker is integrated with a remote tripping function, allowing the facility's leakage detection system to isolate the power supply of a single rack immediately upon detecting a leak, without the need to shut down adjacent racks or the entire cabinet unit. This feature helps to control incidents, maintain normal operating time, and protect the productivity of the AI workload. The remote tripping accessory is embedded within the circuit breaker, without taking up additional space.
- Branch circuit breakers with adjustable trip units: Operators can switch between 60A, 100A, and 150A trip unit ratings within the same circuit breaker frame, providing a future-oriented design that allows the system to adapt to changing rack power requirements without the need to replace the circuit breaker.
- Integrated metering: It provides visualization of electricity consumption and power quality, while the monitoring of circuit breaker accessories can report in real-time the location and tripping status of each circuit.
This compact cabinet supports flexible installation in spaces with limited space, featuring a maintenance access only at the front and providing flexibility in installation. The standardized configuration can be replicated across different deployments, which helps to simplify installation, debugging, and maintenance as data center capacity expands.
Vertiv ™ PowerStation 3100 RPP is the last level of power distribution equipment before the rack level in the end-to-end power supply path for AI and HPC facilities. This solution can be deployed as an independent system or integrated with Vertiv ™ SmartRun; SmartRun is an integrated infrastructure solution for Vertiv, combining power supply and thermal management into a pre-configured system; it can also be integrated with Vertiv ™ OneCore, which is a scalable, factory-prebuilt data center solution that integrates the power supply, thermal management of Vertiv, and IT infrastructure. Overall, these solutions enable operators to transition from deploying individual products to a coordinated power supply infrastructure, thereby simplifying operations and accelerating capacity deployment.
For more information on the end-to-end power supply and thermal management solutions for Vertiv PowerStation, RPP, and Vertiv, please visit Vertiv.com.
Vertiv Holdings Co. Vertiv Holdings Co. ( NYSE : VRT ) combines hardware, software, analytics, and continuous services to help customers' critical applications run continuously, maintain optimal performance, and scale as business needs grow. Vertiv addresses the most important challenges faced by today's data centers, communication networks, as well as commercial and industrial facilities through its power supply, cooling, and IT infrastructure solutions and service portfolio, with coverage ranging from the cloud to the network edge. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, the company operates in over 130 countries. For more information, as well as the latest news and content about Vertiv, please visit Vertiv.com.
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