Digital Realty achieved Nvidia certification for a liquid-cooled data center facility in Japan
Digital Realty announced that its upcoming NRT14 data center in the Greater Tokyo area will be one of the first facilities in Japan to achieve the DGX-Ready Data Center certification. The facility is certified as part of the NVIDIA DGX-Ready Data Center program to host NVIDIA DGX GB200 infrastructure and other similar NVIDIA GB200 NVL72-based systems powered by the NVIDIA Grace Blackwell architecture. According to Chris Sharp, Chief Technology Officer at Digital Realty, "Achieving this certification underscores Digital Realty's ability to deliver liquid cooling for the next generation of AI-ready infrastructure. This milestone builds on years of work with NVIDIA and reflects our shared commitment to turning AI ambition into operational reality for our customers."
The NRT14 facility's certification confirms that it has met NVIDIA certification criteria, specifically the ability to run high-density AI workloads of 100 kW or more per rack, supporting greater performance and efficiency. According to NVIDIA, liquid-cooled Blackwell architectures can deliver up to 25 times greater energy efficiency than traditional air-cooled systems. Enterprises will be able to achieve faster time-to-insight, reduced operational costs, and improved performance for demanding AI and analytics workloads.
The certification was achieved by MC Digital Realty, Digital Realty's 50/50 joint venture in Japan with Mitsubishi Corporation. This milestone expands Digital Realty's collaboration with NVIDIA, following the recent announcement of the NVIDIA AI Factory Research Center hosted at its Northern Virginia campus. Extending the AI Factory partnership model to Asia Pacific gives NVIDIA and its partners access to scalable, high-density AI infrastructure across a globally consistent platform. Digital Realty now operates certified sites in over 20 countries worldwide, including six across Asia Pacific, with the company's KIX13 facility in Osaka, Japan, having been certified as an NVIDIA DGX-Ready Data Center in 2023.
Charlie Boyle, Vice President of DGX Systems at NVIDIA, stated that "Demanding AI reasoning workloads require a new class of high-density, energy-efficient infrastructure to power the global wave of AI-driven transformation. The certification of Digital Realty's liquid-cooled data center in Japan expands the reach of this foundational infrastructure for the age of AI, helping enterprises deploy and scale their most demanding workloads." Serene Nah, Managing Director and Head of Asia Pacific at Digital Realty, added that "As AI adoption accelerates globally, Asia Pacific is emerging as the epicenter of global digital transformation. This certification strengthens our AI-ready footprint in Japan and across the region, underscoring our commitment to building resilient, low-carbon infrastructure that supports customers' high performance computing needs and regional sustainability goals."