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Investing.com -- Vertiv Holdings Co (NYSE:VRT) stock rose 2.1% Tuesday after the critical digital infrastructure provider announced the acquisition of Waylay NV, a Belgium-based hyperautomation and generative AI software platform company.
The acquisition is part of Vertiv’s continued investment in AI-driven monitoring and control technologies for its power and cooling systems. The company expects this move to enhance its ability to help customers increase uptime, optimize energy usage, and improve operational intelligence across their critical digital infrastructure.
Founded in 2014, Waylay has developed an AI-driven hyperautomation software platform that enables workflow-based automation, system integration, and orchestration across connected assets, enterprise applications, and cloud services. The platform’s capabilities include data analytics and orchestration scenarios that operate at high speeds, reducing integration and product deployment costs.
"With the addition of Waylay’s technology and software-focused team, Vertiv will accelerate its vision of intelligent infrastructure — data-driven, proactive, and optimized for the world’s most demanding environments," said Vertiv’s CEO, Giordano Albertazzi.
The acquisition comes as AI workloads continue to drive strong growth in data center demand, increasing the need for intelligent, adaptive infrastructure. AI-based digital services are becoming essential for supporting high-density, high-performance computing environments that power generative AI.
Vertiv stock has gained nearly 23% in the past three months and approximately 54% over the past year, despite recent concerns about competition from Amazon’s AWS, which is developing its own custom cooling hardware.
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