Vertiv introduces remote power panel for AI racks above 100 kW

Vertiv introduced the PowerStation 3100 RPP, a remote power panel for high-performance computing (HPC) and AI racks that each draw more than 100 kW, on 13 November 2026 in Columbus, Ohio, and says it is on sale now in North America.

Vertiv says the panel pairs molded case circuit breakers with a custom busbar and comes in 600 A, 800 A, 1,000 A and 1,200 A versions that share one hardware platform. It puts that at three to five times as much capacity as conventional remote power panels built on panelboards. The company says the panel ships as a complete assembly listed to UL 891 and can serve rack designs fed entirely by AC or by DC.

Vertiv says carrying 415 V or 480 V to the rack over four-wire designs can raise the fault current available there, and that the panel's breakers are rated higher for short-circuit withstand and interruption to cope with it. It says the spread of direct liquid cooling means a single rack's power must be isolated when coolant leaks. Each branch breaker has a built-in remote shunt trip for that purpose, Vertiv says, so a site's leak detection can cut power to one rack without switching off neighbouring racks or the whole pod. The shunt trip sits inside the breaker and takes up no extra space, according to the company.

Operators can set each branch breaker's trip unit to 60 A, 100 A or 150 A without changing the breaker frame, Vertiv says, so the panel can follow changes in rack power without new breakers. The company says built-in metering shows power use and power quality, and that monitoring of breaker accessories gives each circuit's breaker position and trip state in real time. It says the enclosure is serviced from the front only and suits installation in tight spaces, and that standard configurations can be repeated from one deployment to the next to make installation, commissioning and maintenance simpler.

Vertiv says the panel is the last step of power distribution ahead of the rack in the power path it designs for AI and HPC sites. It can be installed alone or with Vertiv's SmartRun, which joins thermal and power management in one pre-configured system, or its OneCore factory-built data centre, the company says. Kyle Keeper, senior vice president of Vertiv's Power Business Unit, says new GPU generations are pushing rack power up, and that the panel is a standardised, pre-configured design that follows Vertiv's AI reference designs.