Bechtel has announced a groundbreaking initiative to modularize the NVIDIA Omniverse DSX gigawatt-scale AI factory blueprint, a move designed to dramatically accelerate the global rollout of artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. The collaboration aims to speed up the design and construction of next-generation data centers and AI factories, reducing time-to-market for customers worldwide.
Bechtel plans to showcase its modularized AI factory concept at NVIDIA GTC 2025 in Washington, D.C., highlighting how advanced design and construction methodologies can transform large-scale AI infrastructure delivery.
Through this approach, Bechtel seeks to cut data center build times and help customers achieve their “first revenue token” milestone — when a new facility begins processing its first production data — more rapidly than ever before.
“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 optimization with Bechtel’s experience executing complex megaprojects, we can deliver AI infrastructure that’s faster to build, more reliable to operate, and ready to scale globally.”
The company is redefining data center delivery through a fully integrated engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning (EPCC) model. This end-to-end approach ensures speed, cost predictability, and high reliability—key priorities for customers investing billions in AI capacity.
Bechtel’s modular design strategy will allow scalable replication of NVIDIA’s AI factory blueprints, supporting multi-gigawatt, multi-billion-dollar deployments in record time. The company’s integrated project execution capabilities enable the seamless delivery of every element—from power generation and cooling systems to core data center operations—under one coordinated framework.
“Customers are scaling up AI capital projects faster than ever,” Hunt Ryan added. “They need partners who understand both the technology and the immense infrastructure that powers it. Bechtel’s model brings speed and certainty to this rapidly evolving sector.”
Bechtel’s expertise extends across semiconductors, data centers, pharmaceuticals, and battery manufacturing, helping clients expand advanced manufacturing capacity and meet growing global demand.
