nVent vs Vertiv
nVent and Vertiv are both placed on 7 of the same AI data center parts in this catalog, spanning layers 4, 5. nVent appears on 9 parts in total and Vertiv on 22.
At a glance
| nVent | Vertiv | |
|---|---|---|
| Ownership | public | public |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom | Westerville, United States |
| Primary listing | NVT | VRT |
| Market cap | 20.3B USD | 74.8B USD |
| Parts placed | 9 | 22 |
| Layers covered | 3 | 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
- 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.
- Rack manifolds — The manifold (sometimes called a CDM) that distributes coolant from the CDU supply line to each cold plate in a rack and collects the return flow, usually mounted vertically at the rear or side of the rack.
- Coolant distribution units — The unit that separates the IT-side (technology) coolant loop from the facility water loop, exchanging heat between them and pumping and filtering the technology-side flow — sized from in-rack and in-row units up to multi-megawatt facility-class units.
- 3 more in the table below.
The 7 parts both make
| Part | nVent | Vertiv |
|---|---|---|
| Enclosures Layer 4 — Servers, racks & integration | manufacturer inferred | manufacturer inferred |
| Rack PDUs Layer 4 — Servers, racks & integration | manufacturer inferred | manufacturer inferred |
| Rack manifolds Layer 5 — Liquid cooling (IT-side: chip to CDU) | manufacturer disclosed | manufacturer inferred |
| Coolant distribution units Layer 5 — Liquid cooling (IT-side: chip to CDU) | manufacturer inferred | manufacturer inferred |
| Rear-door heat exchangers Layer 5 — Liquid cooling (IT-side: chip to CDU) | manufacturer inferred | manufacturer inferred |
| Leak detection, flow & pressure sensing Layer 5 — Liquid cooling (IT-side: chip to CDU) | manufacturer inferred | manufacturer inferred |
| Rack/row cooling controls & software Layer 5 — Liquid cooling (IT-side: chip to CDU) | manufacturer inferred | manufacturer inferred |
Only nVent
- Circuit protection, fuses, surge, grounding layer 7
- Tray and supports layer 7
Only Vertiv
- Power shelves & PSUs layer 4
- Direct-to-chip cold plates 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
- MV switchgear, E-houses, power skids layer 7
- Busway / busbar trunking layer 7
- Floor PDUs, RPPs, static transfer switches, ATS layer 7
- UPS (static, modular, rotary/DRUPS) & UPS power semis layer 7
- and 5 more on Vertiv's page.
Named in the same machines
- Nvidia GB300 NVL72 rack teardown
Questions
- Do nVent and Vertiv compete?
- In this catalog they are both placed on 7 of the same parts, across 2 layers: Enclosures, Rack PDUs, Rack manifolds, Coolant distribution units and 3 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, nVent or Vertiv?
- nVent has 9 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.