GTC Berlin: NVIDIA unveils DSX POD, the containerized Vera Rubin AI factory, and a safe-agent architecture
In one sentence At the October 21 GTC Berlin keynote NVIDIA presented DSX POD, a reference design for prebuilt containerized Vera Rubin data centers installable in 14 days, and the OpenShell Reference Architecture for running AI agents in a sandbox. Vera Rubin is declared in full production.
At its European conference in Berlin NVIDIA showed how it wants to shorten the time needed to build large AI computing centers. The idea is the DSX POD: instead of assembling servers on site for months, partners assemble and test them in the factory inside containers, which are then shipped and connected. Once power and cooling are ready, installation drops from six months to 14 days.
NVIDIA will not sell these containers directly: it is a reference design that companies such as Dell, HPE, Gigabyte and others will build, with first deliveries expected in early 2027.
The second announcement relevant to anyone working with AI agents is about security: OpenShell is an open-source environment that sits between the agent and the systems it can touch, isolating it at kernel level and granting only the minimum permissions needed. NVIDIA published a complete reference architecture for using it in enterprises.
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DSX POD, Vera Rubin NVL72, OpenShell, BlueField-4
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