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Nvidia said Monday it has launched NVIDIA DSX Ready, a qualification program that certifies partner power and cooling products against its DSX AI factory reference design. The company named six initial qualified partners across two categories: battery energy storage systems and cooling distribution units.

• Program launches with two categories: battery energy storage systems (BESS) and cooling distribution units (CDUs)
• Qualified BESS vendors are Hitachi Energy, LG Energy Solution and Tesla; qualified CDU vendors are LG Electronics, LiquidStack and Vertiv
• Watch for additional infrastructure and software categories, which Nvidia says will roll out “over time” with no date given

• 2 qualification categories launched: BESS and CDUs
• 6 total partners named as qualified at launch
• 3 BESS providers qualified: Hitachi Energy, LG Energy Solution, Tesla
• 3 CDU providers qualified: LG Electronics, LiquidStack, Vertiv

Nvidia announced Monday the launch of NVIDIA DSX Ready, a qualification program for partner products that meet the company’s DSX AI factory reference design requirements, according to the release posted to Nvidia’s newsroom. The program opens with two categories, battery energy storage systems and cooling distribution units, and lists six qualified partners across those categories at launch.

What The Release Says

The release states DSX Ready is built on the NVIDIA DSX AI factory platform, which it describes as unifying “compute, networking, power, cooling, facilities and software” design and operations. For BESS providers, the release says “partners run the required qualification tests and submit supporting data for NVIDIA review and approval within a defined qualification boundary.” For CDU providers, it says the path “uses the CDU self-qualification suite to determine whether a specific offering meets applicable NVIDIA functional requirements.”

The release names the qualified partners directly: Hitachi Energy, LG Energy Solution and Tesla for BESS, and LG Electronics, LiquidStack and Vertiv for CDUs. It says “additional categories across infrastructure and software will be rolled out over time,” without specifying which categories or when.

The Caveat Nvidia Built In

“Passing qualification does not replace site-level engineering or imply site-level stability.”

NVIDIA, DSX Ready release

That sentence limits what the qualification actually certifies. It confirms a product meets Nvidia’s stated functional requirements for its category, not that the product will perform correctly once installed at a specific site with its own power, water and grid conditions.

What The Document Does Not Say

The release gives no cost figure for qualification, no timeline for when additional categories will launch, and no detail on what constitutes the “defined qualification boundary” for BESS review. It also does not say whether builders using DSX reference designs will be required to select only DSX Ready-qualified products, or whether non-qualified power and cooling equipment remains an option for AI factory deployments already underway.

Analysis: A Filter Layer Between Reference Design And Procurement

DSX Ready does not change Nvidia’s compute or networking product line. It adds a qualification checkpoint between the DSX reference design, which Nvidia already published, and the power and cooling vendors that data center builders and hyperscalers actually buy from.

For BESS and CDU vendors, qualification is now a defined path to demonstrate compliance rather than a bilateral negotiation with each customer, which could shorten sales cycles with builders who standardize on DSX. For allocators and data center operators evaluating AI factory buildouts, the program narrows vendor risk on paper but the release’s own caveat, that qualification does not imply site-level stability, means engineering diligence at the facility level is unchanged. The six named partners gain a marketing distinction at launch; vendors not on the list, including any competing BESS or CDU suppliers not named, are absent from the initial cohort with no stated timeline for when or if they could be added.

The BlockWest read. DSX Ready functions as a vendor gate for the AI power and cooling supply chain that Nvidia does not manufacture itself. It formalizes which battery and liquid-cooling suppliers get referenced alongside Nvidia’s own reference design, which matters more for vendor competitive positioning than for near-term deployment economics given the release’s explicit disclaimer on site-level stability.

Nvidia has not set a date for the next DSX Ready categories, which the release says will expand “across infrastructure and software over time.” The open question for builders and vendors is when Nvidia will name those categories and whether qualification becomes a prerequisite for DSX-labeled deployments rather than an optional credential.