Behind Vertiv, Nvidia & iGenius' Collab for Chip Deployment
Vertiv is collaborating with global leader Nvidia and AI innovator iGenius to introduce Colosseum, one of the most substantial Nvidia DGX AI supercomputers ever created.
It uses the Nvidia Grace Blackwell superchips and plans to set up in Italy by 2025, aiming to transform the digital environment with a pioneering sovereign AI data centre for regulated sectors.The supercomputer will combine powerful computing abilities with energy efficiency and ensure data sovereignty, aligning with critical security requirements.
“Harnessing the power of NVIDIA's cutting-edge accelerated computing and Vertiv's innovative infrastructure expertise, Colosseum stands as a testament to the transformative potential of sovereign AI,” says Uljan Sharka, CEO of iGenius.
“We’re demonstrating how modular systems and software-specific infrastructure enable a new era of mission-critical AI.”
Introducing Colosseum
Colosseum, a state-of-the-art NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD, is the outcome of an enduring collaboration between Vertiv and Nvidia.
Positioned strategically in southern Italy, it is designed to meet regional governmental needs, marking a major breakthrough in the European AI realm.
The supercomputer is engineered to fulfil the demands of industries like finance and healthcare that follow stringent regulations.
Colosseum's design is modular, ensuring optimal efficiency, utilising Vertiv’s 360AI reference architecture infrastructure platform for effective data centre power and cooling.
This state-of-the-art facility is designed for the Nvidia GB200 NVL72, which was co-developed with Nvidia and launched in late 2024.
It merges Nvidia's cutting-edge computing capabilities with the Nvidia Omniverse Blueprint to optimise AI design and operations, positioning iGenius to deploy one of the fastest hyperscale AI supercomputers — supporting sovereign AI infrastructure.
“The unit of compute is no longer the chip — it’s the system, the AI Factory,” says Karsten Winther, President of Vertiv, EMEA.
“Through our collaboration with NVIDIA and visionary AI player iGenius, we are proving the efficiency and system-level maturity of delivering the data centre as a unit of compute, unlocking rapid adoption of AI-native power and cooling infrastructure as a catalyst for AI at scale.”
Accelerating deployment
Vertiv has broadened its reference design library on its AI Hub with a newly co-developed data centre power and cooling design for the NVIDIA GB300 NVL72.
To remain competitive, Vertiv aims to aid customers by facilitating infrastructure planning in advance, developing designs tailored to rising rack power densities for AI factories at scale.
Co-designed as a digital twin featuring Nvidia Omniverse technologies, Colosseum enables seamless collaboration among the three enterprises, accelerating system-level decisions, and allowing engineers to swiftly test and refine designs.
- Reduce deployment time by up to 50% compared to traditional data centre builds
- 3D design enables predictive modelling of thermal load, electrical flow and site layout for 132kW liquid-cooled racks
“AI is reshaping the data centre landscape, demanding new levels of scale, efficiency and adaptability for global AI factories,” comments Charlie Boyle, Vice President of DGX platforms at Nvidia.
“With physically-based digital twins enabled by NVIDIA Omniverse technologies and Vertiv’s modular design for the iGenius DGX SuperPOD data centre, Colosseum sets a new standard for building supercomputers for the era of AI.”
Establishing standards for AI facilities
Vertiv’s innovative AI-ready prefabricated modular data centre solutions include comprehensive power, cooling, management, monitoring, service and maintenance features.
This integrated approach supports up to 132kW per rack initially, with potential capacity expansion, offering unparalleled scalability and energy efficiency while revolutionizing data centre construction and deployment.
“The future of sovereign AI is no longer theoretical — it’s being built now.”
This method not only provides an efficient way to build data centres, but the prefabricated model allows for quick replication, speeding up market entry.
Colosseum will utilise Nvidia Mission Control for data centre operations integration and Vertiv Unify to streamline building management for AI factories.
- Real-time orchestration across power, cooling and compute
- Digital twin synchronisation for closed-loop optimisation
- AI-ready capabilities that support autonomous decision-making
“Colosseum is more than a data centre. It’s the template for scalable, repeatable, sovereign AI factories,” Vertiv says in its press release. “By combining cloud-scale density, local data control and modular deployment, it signals the next phase of AI: where inference must be secure, fast, compliant and distributed.
“This is not a one-off project — it’s a reference point. iGenius is building a blueprint with Colosseum designed to be repeated globally, with Vertiv and NVIDIA aligned on future platform support, including DGX GB300 systems and beyond.
“The future of sovereign AI is no longer theoretical — it’s being built now.”
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