Nvidia Extends DSX Qualification to Tesla Batteries and Vertiv Cooling

A battery system and a liquid-cooling unit now sit on Nvidia’s first list of qualified building blocks for AI factories, putting Tesla and Vertiv inside a program aimed at easing the design of power-hungry data centers.

Nvidia introduced DSX Ready on September 21, covering battery energy storage systems and cooling distribution units. The company said the program checks partner products against requirements in its DSX AI-factory reference design. Tesla’s Megapack 2XL is among the qualified storage offerings; Vertiv’s qualified product is its 2.3-megawatt CoolChip coolant distribution unit.

The distinction matters. Nvidia is not just selling accelerators: its DSX platform aims to coordinate computing, networking, power, cooling and facility operations as one system. By tying individual infrastructure products to that architecture, the company gives data-center builders a shortlist to evaluate and suppliers a path to show their equipment fits Nvidia’s design.

That could help cut friction in projects where compute capacity is only useful if electrical systems can handle the load and cooling can remove the heat. Batteries can support power management when demand fluctuates or the grid is constrained. Coolant distribution units circulate liquid through systems designed to move heat away from densely packed computing equipment.

Tesla’s qualification puts its energy-storage business in front of another potential customer group beyond utility-scale projects. Vertiv, whose business already centers on data-center infrastructure, gets a product-specific signal in a market where liquid cooling is increasingly important to high-density computing. Neither announcement, on its own, identifies a customer order or a deployment.

Nvidia’s program also has clear limits. For battery systems, suppliers conduct required tests and submit supporting data for Nvidia’s review. Cooling-unit providers use a self-qualification suite. Nvidia says qualification does not replace site-level engineering or establish that an entire facility will be stable; builders still have to assess how equipment fits the site, grid connection and operating plan.

The first cohort also includes battery solutions from Hitachi Energy and LG Energy Solution, plus cooling units from LG Electronics and LiquidStack. Nvidia said it plans to add categories over time. The commercial test will be whether builders treat DSX Ready as a useful procurement filter, rather than simply another compatibility badge.