NVIDIA DSX Ready begins with two infrastructure categories: battery energy storage systems (BESS) and cooling distribution units (CDUs). NVIDIA says the program is intended to help AI-factory builders evaluate offerings, reduce integration risk and connect partner products to its broader DSX platform, which spans compute, networking, power, cooling, facilities and software.
At launch, NVIDIA lists qualified BESS solutions from Hitachi Energy, LG Energy Solution and Tesla. The initial CDU list includes LG Electronics, LiquidStack and Vertiv. NVIDIA says it plans to add further infrastructure and software categories over time.
The two categories use different paths. BESS partners run required qualification tests and submit supporting data to NVIDIA for review and approval within a defined qualification boundary. CDU suppliers use a self-qualification suite to assess whether a specific offering meets NVIDIA’s functional requirements.
The qualification is narrower than a site approval. NVIDIA says passing does not replace site-level engineering or imply site-level stability. The announcement also does not establish independent performance measurements, operating-cost savings, grid approvals or customer deployment status for the listed systems.
For data-center builders and infrastructure suppliers, DSX Ready adds an NVIDIA-defined comparison point for power and liquid-cooling equipment. Builders still need to evaluate how each qualified product fits a particular facility, configuration, grid connection and operating plan.