Trane and Eaton combine to benefit data centres
17th August 2026
USA: Trane Technologies has announced a collaboration with intelligent power management company Eaton to help accelerate AI-factory deployment, enhance efficiency and lower costs.
The two companies are introducing what they claim is a first-of-its kind reference design that replaces a traditionally slow, manual and siloed design process with a unified, intelligent system for power and cooling for next-generation data centres.
By advancing medium-voltage designs for higher-power-density AI factories, the companies claim to be able to achieve combined energy efficiency gains of up to 15%, compared to conventional, low-voltage designs. It is also said to be capable of cutting copper use by as much as 80% and reduce installation costs by up to 30%, while enabling faster deployment and reducing complexity.
The new reference design is included in both the Trane Continuum Rubin DSX and Eaton Beam Rubin DSX platforms, built in alignment with the NVIDIA DSX platforms, with Eaton’s technology helping provide power distribution for the Trane platform.
The companies approach breaks down traditional systems-in-silos architectures, enabling power distribution and cooling systems to exchange leading indicators, respond more dynamically to needs and enhance data centre performance.
The Eaton and Trane Technologies reference design is built to work with the NVIDIA Omniverse DSX Blueprint for AI data centres. The combined approach is said to establish a more consistent, predictable method for planning and delivering electrical, thermal and digital control infrastructure required for AI‑driven environments.
The coordinated architecture simplifies setup, reduces risk during deployment, and improves overall performance for today’s technologies. It is also designed to evolve as emerging liquid cooling technologies and direct current architectures become mainstream.
“AI factories demand tightly coordinated power, cooling and compute infrastructure to operate efficiently at scale. By aligning with the NVIDIA Omniverse DSX Blueprint, Trane Technologies and Eaton are helping customers reduce complexity and accelerate deployment of next-generation AI data centres,” said Vladimir Troy, NVIDIA’s vice president of AI Infrastructure.
