LG Electronics has been named a preferred partner in Nvidia’s official partner network for AI data center cooling, deepening ties with the US chip giant as the Korean company steps up its push into the fast-growing AI infrastructure market.
LG said Sunday that it has joined the Nvidia partner network, or NPN, as a preferred partner in the power and cooling category.
NPN is Nvidia’s global partner program encompassing hardware, software, services and infrastructure across its AI computing ecosystem. Its power and cooling partners provide systems needed to support high-density AI data centers, including cooling and power distribution equipment.
The new status is expected to expand LG’s access to global customers building Nvidia-based AI infrastructure and create more opportunities for its cooling systems to be considered from the planning and design stages of new data centers. LG’s offerings include chillers and coolant distribution units, or CDUs.
The NPN listing follows a series of product validations that have strengthened cooperation between LG and Nvidia in data center cooling.
In July, LG became the first Korean company to secure Nvidia validation for a 600-kilowatt CDU after the system met more than 100 technical requirements. Its 1-megawatt CDU subsequently completed Nvidia qualification as well.
Earlier this month, LG’s 2.6-megawatt CDU qualified as an Nvidia DSX Ready CDU, meeting reference design requirements for the chipmaker’s DSX platform, a blueprint for building and operating large-scale AI data centers. The qualification put LG among the initial suppliers of large-capacity CDUs for Nvidia-based AI infrastructure.
CDUs circulate coolant to remove heat generated by high-performance AI servers. Demand for liquid cooling has risen as increasingly power-hungry AI accelerators generate heat loads that conventional air-cooling systems alone struggle to handle efficiently.
LG entered the data center cooling business in 2011 with air- and water-cooled chillers and has since expanded its portfolio to include CDUs and cold plates, which draw heat directly from AI chips.
The company is promoting what it calls a “chip to chiller” portfolio, covering the cooling chain from chillers that produce chilled water to CDUs that distribute coolant and cold plates that cool chips directly.
With its NPN status, LG plans to pursue more megawatt-scale AI data center projects, particularly in North America, targeting hyperscalers and colocation operators.
“Joining the Nvidia partner network is a meaningful milestone that demonstrates in the global market that LG’s thermal management technology offers an optimal solution for next-generation AI data center infrastructure,” said Lee Jae-sung, head of LG Electronics' Eco Solution business.
yeeun@heraldcorp.com