At NVIDIA GTC in Washington, D.C. (October 27-29, 2025), NVIDIA announced a major initiative with partners across the technology industry to build America's AI infrastructure and create a blueprint to power the next industrial revolution. Digital Realty is proud to play a role in this effort, building on our existing strategic collaboration with NVIDIA.

Our collaboration on the NVIDIA Omniverse DSX Blueprint and Virginia AI Factory Research Center is setting new standards for gigawatt-scale AI infrastructure, and I’m excited to share more about these initiatives.

Three ways Digital Realty is advancing AI infrastructure with NVIDIA

Our collaboration with NVIDIA spans multiple strategic initiatives, all working together towards the goal of accelerating AI deployment and establishing new industry standards around AI:

1. The Virginia AI Factory Research Center
Digital Realty is hosting the NVIDIA AI Factory Research Center in our Northern Virginia campus, powered by the NVIDIA Vera Rubin platform. This facility serves as both a production deployment and a research environment where NVIDIA and partners can test, validate, and refine approaches to large-scale AI infrastructure.

The center features:

Advanced liquid cooling capable of supporting increasing power densities
Grid-flexible power management systems that optimise both performance and sustainability
Infrastructure designed to accommodate multiple generations of AI hardware
Network architectures optimized for AI workload requirements

2. The NVIDIA Omniverse DSX Blueprint for gigawatt-scale AI factories
Beyond the Virginia facility, Digital Realty is collaborating with NVIDIA and partners on NVIDIA Omniverse DSX—a comprehensive blueprint for multi-generation, gigawatt-scale AI factory buildouts using NVIDIA Omniverse digital twins. This work is focused on how to build AI infrastructure that can evolve as technology advances.

The Omniverse DSX Blueprint integrates:

Autonomous control systems for continuous optimisation
Modular infrastructure that can be deployed rapidly
Digital twin technology for virtual planning and optimisation
Multi-generation hardware support to protect infrastructure investments

This isn't just about building bigger data centres: it's about creating a new category of infrastructure—AI factories—designed specifically for the unique requirements of large-scale AI workloads.

3. Grid-flexible power innovation
In collaboration with NVIDIA and Emerald AI, Digital Realty is developing first-of-its-kind grid-flexible power management at our newest Northern Virginia facility. This groundbreaking approach to managing energy more efficiently aims to allow AI infrastructure to respond dynamically to grid conditions while maintaining the performance and reliability that AI workloads demand.

Our upcoming announcement with Emerald AI will demonstrate how infrastructure providers can work with utilities and technology partners to work towards making AI computing more sustainable and grid-friendly without compromising on capability.

Why this matters

The infrastructure requirements for AI are fundamentally different from traditional data centre workloads. AI factories require:

Higher power density: Individual racks consuming hundreds of kilowatts – 10-20x the density of traditional workloads
Advanced cooling: Liquid cooling systems capable of handling extreme thermal loads
Network optimisation: Ultra-low latency connections between compute resource
Future-proof IT infrastructure: Ability to accommodate rapidly-evolving hardware without costly retrofits
Scale: Capacity measured in hundreds of megawatts to gigawatts

Meeting these requirements demands deep collaboration between infrastructure providers and technology leaders. That's why our work with NVIDIA is so important, and why we're committed to working together to establish industry standards that benefit everyone.

The broader story: three pillars of collaboration at GTC D.C.
Our work with NVIDIA, announced at GTC, represents three interconnected initiatives:

NVIDIA and Digital Realty’s collaboration on the Omniverse DSX Blueprint and Virginia AI Factory Research Center
Emerald AI's flexible power announcement: Showcases grid-responsive AI infrastructure at a Digital Realty Northern Virginia facility in collaboration with NVIDIA and Emerald AI
Digital Realty's announcement: Highlights our expanded collaboration with NVIDIA on next-generation AI infrastructure design and deployment.

Together, these announcements are a part of a comprehensive story about how Digital Realty is working with technology leaders to build the foundation for AI's future.

Looking ahead

The work we're doing with NVIDIA is just the beginning. As AI continues to advance, infrastructure requirements will likewise continue to evolve. By collaborating on reference architectures, testing new approaches, and sharing what we learn with the broader industry, the expert teams at Digital Realty help ensure that infrastructure doesn't become a limiting factor in AI's potential to transform industries and improve lives.

As CTO, I’m excited to be part of this journey and grateful for partners like NVIDIA who share our commitment to innovation, collaboration, and excellence.

Learn more about NVIDIA's announcements at GTC D.C. by watching Jensen Huang's keynote address.

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