SEATTLE — Lenovo became yet the latest dance partner of NVIDIA Corp. late Tuesday, with news of a vertical liquid cooling system that maximizes data center power for AI and research.
The PC giant’s ThinkSystem N1380 Neptune lets organizations build and run accelerated computing for generative AI while reducing data center power consumption by up to 40%.
As part of the announcement, Lenovo and NVIDIA expanded an existing partnership with Lenovo Hybrid AI Advantage with NVIDIA and unfurled the ThinkSystem SC777 V4 Neptune. The powerful new system leverages ThinkSystem N1380 Neptune to help bring NVIDIA Blackwell and the NVIDIA GB200 to the enterprise market, enabling trillion-parameter AI models in a compact design.
The collaboration comes as AI adoption soars, necessitating that data centers be re-engineered for higher thermal densities. Lenovo claims ThinkSystem N1380 Neptune and the new ThinkSystem SC777 V4 Neptune will usher in an era of data centers in which 100KW+ server racks can run without specialized data center air conditioning. An enhanced waterflow system has resulted in 100% heat removal.
“For more than a decade, Lenovo has pioneered liquid cooling innovations, with the goal of bringing the power of high-performance computing to every organization,” Lenovo CEO Yuanqing Yang said. “Through groundbreaking liquid-cooling engineering and technology integration, ThinkSystem N1380 Neptune is unlocking a new era of data center efficiency and design that will help bring NVIDIA Blackwell and trillion-parameter AI to all, while fundamentally changing how power is used in the data center.”
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, who appeared onstage with Yang to reveal the news, spoke of his goal to create billions of AI agents, which he jokingly referred to as “Little Jensens.” He said these AI co-workers, coupled with physical robots, will achieve “super-human productivity.”
Huang called Tuesday’s partnership with Lenovo an extraordinary extension of their work with the stack of a PC. “It’s like onboarding a new AI co-worker,” he said, “teaching it specific skills and information necessary for its job while safeguarding their functions.”
“If you look at the whole stack, Lenovo and NVIDIA are a perfect match,” Ken Wong, president, Solutions and Services Group, Lenovo Group, said in an interview. “We have the hardware, they have the software, and we have the services.”
Lenovo made the announcement following a string of high-profile tech CEO testimonials from Huang, Microsoft Corp.’s Satya Nadella, Meta Platforms Inc.’s Mark Zuckerberg, Intel Corp.’s Pat Gelsinger, AMD Inc.’s Lisa Su, and Qualcomm Inc.’s Cristiano Amon.
Lenovo finished the day’s festivities with news it is the official world technology partner of FIFA, host of the men’s and women’s soccer World Cups in 2026 and 2027, respectively. Yang was joined by FIFA President Gianni Infantino.
