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Digital Realty Deepens NVIDIA Collaboration to Design AI‑Optimized Data Centers in Virginia

The work focuses on digital twins, liquid cooling, power efficiency at the Manassas campus.

Overview

  • Digital Realty announced an expanded partnership with NVIDIA centered on the company’s Manassas, Northern Virginia campus, home to NVIDIA’s AI Factory Research Center.
  • The collaboration targets Omniverse DSX blueprints for digital‑twin design, advanced liquid cooling implementations, and new power‑management approaches for gigascale AI.
  • Digital Realty says its Northern Virginia facilities are configured for high‑density power, sophisticated cooling systems, and robust connectivity suited to modern AI workloads.
  • The company operates about 2.8 GW of capacity, is building roughly 750 MW more, and holds land for up to 7.5 GW, alongside a global footprint of 300+ data centers in 50+ metros.
  • UBS projects global AI spending of about $375 billion this year and $600 billion in 2026, and Digital Realty’s CEO has called the AI buildout a full‑fledged technology race.