ABB to power new AI data centres with Nvidia

ABB develops new AI data centres with US tech giant Nvidia Keystone-SDA

Swiss technology group ABB will collaborate with US computer chip manufacturer Nvidia to jointly develop new power supply solutions for future data centres.

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The partnership will focus on the development and deployment of “state-of-the-art power supply solutions”, ABB announced. These are required for a “highly efficient, scalable power supply for future AI workloads”.

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The research and development projects support Nvidia’s planned introduction of an 800 VDC power supply architecture for 1-megawatt server cabinets. ABB did not provide any financial details of the partnership.

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Following the publication of the media release, the share price of the Swiss group temporarily jumped – reaching a daily high of CHF59.40 (+1.9%). In the meantime, it has come back somewhat and is up 0.9%. Prior to the news, ABB shares had been more or less stable at the close of the previous day.

Translated from German with DeepL/mga

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