Midea joins Nvidia's MGX ecosystem as a thermal-management partner
In short
Midea was included in Nvidia's MGX AI Factory thermal-management partner list unveiled at the 2026 OCP Global Summit in San Jose, according to Chinese media reports on October 15. The ecosystem is being developed around Blackwell, Vera Rubin and subsequent AI computing platforms.
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Midea has joined Nvidia's MGX ecosystem, with its name included in the thermal-management partner list for the NVIDIA MGX AI Factory initiative, Jiemian reported on October 15. Nvidia unveiled the ecosystem and partners for its next-generation Vera Rubin platform at the 2026 OCP Global Summit, which ran from October 12 to 15 in San Jose, the outlet said. Yicai and IT Home also reported Midea's inclusion in the ecosystem. [ 1 , 2 , 4 ]
The reports describe MGX as an open hardware foundation and ecosystem built around Nvidia's Blackwell, Vera Rubin and subsequent AI computing platforms. It covers server original equipment and original design manufacturers, liquid cooling, power supplies, power distribution and data-centre infrastructure. Jiemian said rising rack power density on the Vera Rubin platform and the emergence of 45°C liquid cooling as an industry standard created opportunities for ecosystem partners to participate earlier in thermal-management specification alignment, cooling-distribution-unit and cooling-source compatibility work, and system-level validation. [ 2 , 3 , 4 ]
IT Home cited people familiar with the matter who spoke to Sina Technology as saying cooperation between Midea and Nvidia mainly involved liquid cooling. Its report described early participation in technical coordination and customer introduction for next-generation AI infrastructure as a central potential benefit of membership. It also argued that helping shape a reference architecture while liquid-cooling equipment was still evolving could have longer-term significance than winning an individual project order. These were descriptions of possible benefits and cooperation areas; the supplied reports did not identify a project order or give a contract value. [ 2 , 4 ]
Why it matters
The reports describe participation as an opportunity to work on thermal-management specifications, cooling-system compatibility and system validation for next-generation AI infrastructure. They frame these as potential benefits of ecosystem membership rather than announced project orders.
Key facts
- Nvidia unveiled the MGX AI Factory ecosystem and partner list at the 2026 OCP Global Summit. [ 2 , 3 , 4 ]
- Midea appeared on the thermal-management partner list, Jiemian reported. [ 2 , 3 ]
- The summit ran from October 12 to 15 in San Jose, the reports said. [ 2 , 3 ]
- MGX spans server OEM/ODM, liquid cooling, power supplies, power distribution and data-centre infrastructure. [ 2 , 3 , 4 ]
- IT Home, citing sources speaking to Sina Technology, said cooperation mainly concerned liquid cooling. [ 4 ]