Vertiv, a global leader in critical digital infrastructure, and Caterpillar Inc., a global leader in power systems, announced on November 18, 2025, the signing of a strategic collaboration to develop advanced energy-optimization solutions for data centers. This initiative will integrate Vertiv's power distribution and cooling portfolio with Caterpillar's and its subsidiary Solar Turbines' product and expertise in power generation and CCHP (Combined Cooling, Heat and Power) to deliver pre-designed architectures that simplify deployment, accelerate time-to-power, and optimize performance for data center operations.

Integrated Solution Framework

The collaboration directly addresses the growing demand for on-site energy solutions that deliver reliable power and cooling. Together, the companies will offer a fully integrated solution with validated interfaces and performance, enabling customers to accelerate design, installation, and deployment. Caterpillar and Solar Turbines will supply power generation solutions, such as natural gas turbines and reciprocating engines, to deliver dependable, scalable electric power and thermal energy for CCHP.

Vertiv will provide a complete portfolio of power and cooling solutions and services, packaged as modular, pre-designed blocks, to shorten design cycles and standardize deployment. The initiative offers a coordinated, customer-first approach to solution design and implementation through pre-designed, modular reference architectures.

Customer Benefits and Performance Advantages

The collaboration delivers three key customer advantages. First, it accelerates time-to-power by leveraging predesigned, modular reference architectures to reduce deployment time. Second, it lowers PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness), enabling improved energy efficiency and carbon footprint because the system is optimized end-to-end: power, cooling, distribution, and dynamic load management, compared to traditional design.

Third, it provides global lifecycle support, as the offering is backed by the trusted, global service and support networks of both Vertiv and Caterpillar.

The pre-engineered, interoperability-tested building blocks allow customers to execute design, build, and deploy concurrently, with predictable system performance. This approach enables coordinated integration and addresses energy constraints while deploying optimized AI centers.

Strategic Vision and Market Response

Gio Albertazzi, CEO of Vertiv, stated that the collaboration with Caterpillar and Solar Turbines is a cornerstone of their Bring Your Own Power & Cooling (BYOP&C) strategy and aligns seamlessly with their grid-to-chip framework by offering resilient, on-site power-generation solutions. He noted that this is optimal for customers looking to reduce or eliminate grid dependence and that, by combining complementary technologies, portfolios, and expertise, they are enabling coordinated integration.

Jason Kaiser, group president of Caterpillar Power & Energy, emphasized that as AI-driven workloads continue to accelerate, the demand for robust and scalable power infrastructure and cooling is becoming increasingly critical. He stated that their collaboration with Vertiv will enable them to deliver integrated, on-site energy solutions that lower PUE and meet customers' evolving needs.

Company Backgrounds and Technical Capabilities

Vertiv brings together hardware, software, analytics, and ongoing services to enable its customers' vital applications to run continuously, perform optimally, and grow as their business needs evolve. The company solves challenges facing today's data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling, and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extend from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, Vertiv does business in more than 130 countries.

Solar Turbines Incorporated, headquartered in San Diego, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc. Solar manufactures the world's most widely used family of mid-sized industrial gas turbines from the 1 – 39 MW range. More than 15,000 Solar units are operating in 100 countries worldwide, with primary applications including electric power generation, oil and natural gas production, and natural gas transmission.

The Vertiv and Caterpillar Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) represents a pivotal step in further refining this ecosystem, enabling customers to overcome energy constraints and deploy optimized AI centers.

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