Vertiv Strengthens EMEA Power and Cooling Manufacturing Capacity to Help Customers Reduce Time-to-Token and Accelerate AI Deployment
Posted by: user_amy 28th September 2026
Vertiv (NYSE: VRT), a global leader in critical digital infrastructure, announced a major expansion of its Nové Mesto nad Váhom campus in Slovakia, reinforcing the company’s commitment to supporting growing customer demand across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
The investment represents another significant milestone in Vertiv’s long-term regional and global growth strategy, following recent expansion initiatives across its manufacturing facilities in Ireland, Italy, Croatia, Malaysia, Mexico, and the United States. Together, these investments are expected to strengthen Vertiv’s ability to support customers as demand for critical digital infrastructure continues to accelerate across cloud, enterprise, colocation, and AI-driven environments.
Over the next 18 to 24 months, Vertiv plans to add approximately 22,000 square meters of new manufacturing space at the Nové Mesto nad Váhom campus. The expansion will increase production capacity for power, switchgear, and thermal management technologies, including advanced liquid cooling and power solutions designed for high-density AI and high-performance computing applications.
Beyond increasing manufacturing capacity, the project aims to further develop Nové Mesto nad Váhom into a highly integrated manufacturing and technology campus, bringing together engineering expertise, operational excellence, and production capabilities within a unified ecosystem. This approach is expected to improve responsiveness to customised requests, accelerate delivery capabilities, and further strengthen the resilience of Vertiv’s EMEA supply chain.
“As AI and other critical digital applications increase in the region, we continue to invest in our manufacturing capabilities across EMEA,” said Paul Ryan, president of Vertiv in EMEA. “The expansion of Nové Mesto nad Váhom will enhance our ability to support customers deploying increasingly critical digital infrastructure while further strengthening our capabilities for next-generation AI and high-performance computing applications. As organisations accelerate AI adoption, speed of deployment has become a critical competitive advantage. Reducing time-to-token, the time required to move from infrastructure deployment to business value generated by AI workloads, is becoming a key priority for customers. This investment further strengthens Vertiv’s ability to help bring critical power and cooling capacity online faster and at scale.”
The project is also expected to create hundreds of new employment opportunities between 2027 to 2029 across manufacturing, engineering, operations, supply chain, quality, technical, and leadership functions. The investment reflects Vertiv’s long-term commitment to developing the talent, skills, and expertise required to support the future of critical digital infrastructure.
To support this growth, Vertiv focuses on providing employees with continuous learning, professional development, and long-term career opportunities. The company is also developing initiatives that support talent attraction, workforce mobility, and broader community development in the region.
“We envision Nové Mesto nad Váhom as a world-class manufacturing campus where people, technology, and innovation come together to serve some of the most technically advanced customers and demanding applications in the market,” said Chris Hales, VP operations EMEA, Vertiv. “This investment will strengthen our industrial capabilities while creating an environment where talent can grow, innovation can flourish, and operational excellence can thrive.”
The Nové Mesto nad Váhom expansion further reinforces Vertiv’s position as a strategic partner for hyperscale and cloud providers, colocation operators, neocloud, enterprise data centres, and other mission-critical applications. It underscores the company’s long-term commitment to strengthening its manufacturing footprint across EMEA while helping customers deploy the power and thermal infrastructure required for the next generation of digital services, AI factories, and high-density computing.
For more information about Vertiv’s portfolio of power and thermal management products, infrastructure solutions, IT systems and services for critical digital applications, visit Vertiv.com.
