Eaton vs Vertiv
Eaton and Vertiv are both placed on 11 of the same AI data center parts in this catalog, spanning layers 4, 7, 9. Eaton appears on 21 parts in total and Vertiv on 22.
At a glance
| Eaton | Vertiv | |
|---|---|---|
| Ownership | public | public |
| Headquarters | Dublin, Ireland | Westerville, United States |
| Primary listing | ETN | VRT |
| Market cap | 142.2B USD | 74.8B USD |
| Parts placed | 21 | 22 |
| Layers covered | 4 | 6 |
| Units / subsidiaries | 0 | 0 |
| Seen in machines | 1 | 2 |
Market caps are a nightly snapshot in each listing's own currency, never converted.
What the shared parts are
- Power shelves & PSUs — The rack-mounted power shelves that convert facility AC or DC input into the regulated rail distributed to trays across the rack, built to the Open Rack V3 33 kW-class spec used in rack-scale AI systems.
- Enclosures — The rack cabinet frame itself — the enclosure that chassis and trays mount into, sold either as a standalone product or built in-house by the rack ODM.
- Rack PDUs — The power distribution units mounted in or beside a rack that meter and distribute power to individual devices, sitting between facility power and the rack's internal busbar or whips.
- MV switchgear, E-houses, power skids — Medium-voltage switchgear packaged into pre-fabricated electrical houses (E-houses) or skids that distribute power across a campus and can be factory-built and shipped as modules.
- 7 more in the table below.
The 11 parts both make
| Part | Eaton | Vertiv |
|---|---|---|
| Power shelves & PSUs Layer 4 — Servers, racks & integration | manufacturer inferred | manufacturer inferred |
| Enclosures Layer 4 — Servers, racks & integration | manufacturer inferred | manufacturer inferred |
| Rack PDUs Layer 4 — Servers, racks & integration | manufacturer inferred | manufacturer inferred |
| MV switchgear, E-houses, power skids Layer 7 — Electrical: power distribution (grid to rack) | manufacturer inferred | manufacturer inferred |
| Busway / busbar trunking Layer 7 — Electrical: power distribution (grid to rack) | manufacturer inferred | manufacturer inferred |
| Floor PDUs, RPPs, static transfer switches, ATS Layer 7 — Electrical: power distribution (grid to rack) | manufacturer inferred | manufacturer inferred |
| UPS (static, modular, rotary/DRUPS) & UPS power semis Layer 7 — Electrical: power distribution (grid to rack) | manufacturer inferred | manufacturer disclosed |
| Power smoothing / supercapacitors Layer 7 — Electrical: power distribution (grid to rack) | manufacturer inferred | manufacturer inferred |
| Metering, power quality, monitoring Layer 7 — Electrical: power distribution (grid to rack) | manufacturer inferred | manufacturer inferred |
| 800 V DC architecture & solid-state transformers Layer 7 — Electrical: power distribution (grid to rack) | manufacturer inferred | manufacturer inferred |
| Prefab / modular data centers & power/cooling skids Layer 9 — Building shell, site & construction | manufacturer inferred | manufacturer disclosed |
Only Eaton
- In-rack busbar & power whips layer 4
- Quick disconnects layer 5
- Hoses, tubing, fittings, valves layer 5
- HV switchgear, GIS, breakers, protection relays layer 7
- MV/LV transformers layer 7
- LV switchgear, switchboards, panelboards layer 7
- Circuit protection, fuses, surge, grounding layer 7
- Paralleling switchgear & generator controls layer 7
- Filtration layer 5
- Tray and supports layer 7
Only Vertiv
- Direct-to-chip cold plates layer 5
- Rack manifolds layer 5
- Coolant distribution units layer 5
- Rear-door heat exchangers layer 5
- Leak detection, flow & pressure sensing layer 5
- Rack/row cooling controls & software layer 5
- Chillers & compressors layer 6
- Dry coolers, adiabatic/evaporative units, cooling towers, fans & motors layer 6
- CRAH / CRAC / fan walls / in-row units layer 6
- Building management, controls, environmental sensors layer 6
- and 1 more on Vertiv's page.
Named in the same machines
- Nvidia GB300 NVL72 rack teardown
Questions
- Do Eaton and Vertiv compete?
- In this catalog they are both placed on 11 of the same parts, across 3 layers: Power shelves & PSUs, Enclosures, Rack PDUs, MV switchgear, E-houses, power skids and 7 more. Sharing a part does not mean selling the same product to the same buyer, so read each row's product note.
- Which has more placements, Eaton or Vertiv?
- Eaton has 21 placements and Vertiv has 22. Placement counts reflect how thoroughly each company has been catalogued as well as its real breadth, so they are not a ranking.
Generated from the catalog's part-to-company table. Each placement is tagged disclosed, reported or inferred; see sources & method. Neither company is endorsed or ranked here.