LG enters NVIDIA's cooling partner network for AI data centers
LG Electronics joined the power and cooling category of the NVIDIA Partner Network on 27 September. It plans to offer chillers and coolant distribution units to customers building AI data centers around NVIDIA platforms. Earlier equipment qualifications preceded the new partner designation. The announcement did not identify a customer order or the number of units installed under the network listing.
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LG joins NVIDIA partner network
LG Electronics entered the Power and Cooling category of the NVIDIA Partner Network on 27 September. The network connects suppliers of hardware, software, infrastructure and services with customers building around NVIDIA computing platforms. Aju Press reported the listing, and Korea JoongAng Daily separately reported LG's announcement of the same partner status. LG says it will use the network to propose chillers and coolant distribution units for AI data centers. The category gives the company a route to approach projects at their planning stage; neither account identifies a customer order made through the new listing. The announcement describes a partner designation and prior equipment approvals, with no reported purchase resulting from the designation.[1], [2]
Earlier equipment qualifications
The listing follows NVIDIA's earlier qualifications for LG coolant distribution units. Aju Press identifies three capacities: 600 kilowatts, 1 megawatt and 2.6 megawatts. Its account says the smallest unit passed more than 100 NVIDIA criteria in July, including cooling performance, reliability and operation during failures. A second unit was qualified later, and the largest met requirements under DSX Ready, NVIDIA's program for power and cooling products used in its AI factory reference design. Korea JoongAng Daily also reports that LG had obtained approvals for coolant distribution units before joining the network. Such a unit circulates liquid between hot server equipment and the cooling plant. It removes heat from dense processor installations; it is a component of the cooling system, not a completed data center.[1], [2]
LG targets data centers with cooling products
LG's data center cooling range also includes chillers and cold plates that contact chips. Aju Press says the company wants to sell more of that equipment to large cloud operators and businesses leasing data center space, particularly in North America. The network entry provides a partner channel for those proposals, while the previously qualified units provide examples of equipment LG can offer. LG and NVIDIA also signed a wider cooperation agreement in August covering AI factories, robotics and vehicle technology. LG has described a separate plan for an AI factory based on NVIDIA's Vera Rubin platform. Neither that plan nor the September network entry establishes that such a factory has been built. The retained reports give no installed-capacity total, number of units delivered under the new status, or named customer order.[1], [2]
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