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OEM · Original Equipment Manufacturer

A systems vendor that turns chipmakers' reference designs into deployable servers and racks; the integration, support, and warranty point between silicon and operators.

Also written as: OEMs

Current numbers

~600 kWRubin Ultra / Kyber roadmap power on 800 VDC (H2 2027) — owner structural contingency pending OEM logistics loadsas of H2 2027 roadmap (GTC 2025); 2028 reported July 2026 · register ↗
2.3 kW TDP support per Rubin GPU (Pegatron)Pegatron's published TDP for each Rubin GPU in its RA4803-72N3 rack; an OEM rating, not measured drawas of 2026-10 · register ↗
~25–50 µmFull-flow TCS filtration (follow the rack OEM's requirement); side-stream polishing can be sub-micron, 0.2 µm on Deschutes-design unitsas of 2026-09 · register ↗

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