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VB-H400 · HV BBU Shelf

±400VDC backup, on the 800VDC road.

The VB-H400 is a 21-inch 2U high-voltage BBU battery backup unit: 11.6 kWh at ±400VDC, ≥97% efficiency at the bus, and a dual-bus architecture that is 800VDC ready — built for the rack power architecture the industry has already put dates on.

VB-H400 DATASHEET
DC bus±400VDC
Capacity11.6 kWh
Efficiency≥97% at bus
Form factor21" rack, 2U
Cells21700 LFP · 416S equiv.
Bus roadmap800VDC ready (dual bus)
Safety dataUL 9540A test data path
ScalingUp to 80kW-class bay
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VB-H400 high-voltage BBU shelf front view — 21-inch 2U, ±400VDC
High-voltage power aisle in a next-generation data center
Industry timeline

The 800 VDC wave has dates on it

NVIDIA has announced an 800 VDC data-center power architecture to feed Kyber racks — 576 Rubin Ultra GPUs each — landing in 2027, and showed an 800V sidecar at GTC 2025. Vertiv lists its 800VDC portfolio for the second half of 2026. And Delta already fields a 72kW 2U ±400VDC BBU — the same form-factor class as VB-H400. High-voltage backup is no longer a concept; it is a procurement line item.

REF — NVIDIA 800 VDC announcement · Vertiv 2H2026 portfolio · Delta 72kW 2U ±400VDC (public references)

Roadmap

Where backup power goes next

2025

800 VDC sidecar on the show floor

NVIDIA puts an 800V sidecar on display at GTC and announces the 800 VDC architecture for future racks.

2H 2026

Vertiv 800VDC portfolio ships

The first mainstream 800VDC data-center power products reach availability from a major vendor.

2027

Kyber racks run 800 VDC

NVIDIA's Kyber rack — 576 Rubin Ultra GPUs — is slated to run on the 800 VDC architecture.

Now

VB-H400 on ±400VDC

Our high-voltage shelf sits on the bus the transition actually starts at, with a dual-bus path to the 800 VDC step.

VB-H400 datasheet

Full specifications

ParameterVB-H400
Form factor21" rack shelf, 2U
DC bus±400VDC
Capacity11.6 kWh
Cell platform21700 LFP, 416S equivalent
Efficiency≥97% at bus
Bus architectureDual bus, 800VDC ready
Parallel scalingUp to 80kW-class bay
Safety dataUL 9540A test data path (per product)
Dimensions482.6 W × 85 H × 620 D mm (2U)
Weight18.6 kg excl. busbars
ComplianceUN 38.3 tested · IEC 62619 designed & tested · CE (DoC)
EU readinessEU Battery Regulation 2023/1542 ready
Warranty5 years

UL 9540A is a test method — VoltBridge provides test data per product, not a listing

VB-H400 shelves feeding a high-voltage rack bus in a data center

FIG.03 — VB-H400 in a high-voltage backup bay · 1024x1536

Why high voltage

Less copper, more efficiency, smaller footprint

At ±400VDC, the same power flows at far lower current and through far less copper — which is why the industry's in-row systems are converging on high-voltage backup shelves instead of growling 48V drawers.

  • ≥97% efficiency at the bus — less loss to burn at rack scale
  • 416S-equivalent LFP string packaged into 2U
  • Dual-bus design ready for the 800 VDC step
  • Bay-side scaling toward the 80kW class shown in public in-row references

Get on the bus before 2027 does.

If the rack roadmap touches 800 VDC, send us the architecture — we map where ±400VDC backup slots in today and what the 800 VDC step changes.

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