Bechtel to scale up NVIDIA simulation tool for factories
Bechtel has announced it will modularise the NVIDIA Omniverse blueprint to accelerate how multi-generation, gigawatt scale AI infrastructure is designed and built.
The NVIDIA Omniverse blueprint is a “simulation-first” tool enabling optimisation of AI factory design and operations. By turning the blueprint designs into a scalable, repeatable format, new AI capacity can be delivered faster across the globe, Bechtel said.
Bechtel aims to cut data centre build times and speed customers’ path to the operational “first revenue token” milestone — the point when a facility successfully processes its first production piece of data. The company said it was “applying innovation to modular construction and drawing on decades of data-driven megaproject delivery”.
Bechtel is streamlining design and construction, “which in the data centre sector has long been a complex, multi-contractor process. The is offering data centre delivery using an integrated engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning model. This end-to-end integration allows Bechtel to deliver every element of an AI factory, from power generation and water treatment to data centres and supporting infrastructure, quickly and reliably, the company said.
“Bechtel and NVIDIA teams are catalysts for transformative innovation in the delivery of AI factories,” said Catherine Hunt Ryan, president of Bechtel manufacturing & technology. “By combining NVIDIA’s hardware optimisation with Bechtel’s record of executing complex megaprojects, we can deliver AI infrastructure that’s faster to build, more reliable to operate, and ready to scale globally.”
The NVIDIA Omniverse blueprint is a “simulation-first” tool enabling optimisation of AI factory design and operations. By turning the blueprint designs into a scalable, repeatable format, new AI capacity can be delivered faster across the globe, Bechtel said.
Bechtel aims to cut data centre build times and speed customers’ path to the operational “first revenue token” milestone — the point when a facility successfully processes its first production piece of data. The company said it was “applying innovation to modular construction and drawing on decades of data-driven megaproject delivery”.
Bechtel is streamlining design and construction, “which in the data centre sector has long been a complex, multi-contractor process. The is offering data centre delivery using an integrated engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning model. This end-to-end integration allows Bechtel to deliver every element of an AI factory, from power generation and water treatment to data centres and supporting infrastructure, quickly and reliably, the company said.
“Bechtel and NVIDIA teams are catalysts for transformative innovation in the delivery of AI factories,” said Catherine Hunt Ryan, president of Bechtel manufacturing & technology. “By combining NVIDIA’s hardware optimisation with Bechtel’s record of executing complex megaprojects, we can deliver AI infrastructure that’s faster to build, more reliable to operate, and ready to scale globally.”
