SLB and NVIDIA Partner to Industrialize AI for Energy Sector

Companies to develop modular data centers and generative AI models to scale AI across energy operations

Mar. 25, 2026 at 3:00pm

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SLB, a global energy technology company, announced an expansion of its long-standing technology collaboration with NVIDIA to design and deploy critical AI infrastructure and models for the energy industry. The partnership focuses on three strategic elements: modular design for data centers, development of an 'AI Factory for Energy', and optimizing processing of large datasets and AI models across SLB's digital platforms.

Why it matters

The energy industry generates vast amounts of operational data, but decision-making has been slow and siloed. By combining NVIDIA's AI technologies with SLB's digital and AI platforms, the collaboration aims to accelerate the transformation of energy data into actionable insights, improving performance and supporting more efficient and sustainable energy systems.

The details

SLB will serve as the modular design partner for NVIDIA's DSX AI factories, using an off-site construction approach to drive quality, reliability and scalability. SLB and NVIDIA will also develop an 'AI Factory for Energy', a reference environment powered by domain-specific generative AI models and industrial-scale agentic AI, running on SLB's digital platforms. Additionally, the companies will optimize processing of large datasets and AI models across SLB's digital platforms using the latest NVIDIA AI infrastructure.

  • The expanded collaboration builds on a relationship that began in 2008, when NVIDIA accelerated computing was first used to enhance SLB's subsurface visualization and seismic imaging software.
  • In 2024, the companies announced plans to develop generative artificial intelligence solutions for the energy sector.

The players

SLB

A global energy technology company that has driven energy innovation for 100 years, with a presence in more than 100 countries.

NVIDIA

A leading technology company that develops graphics processing units (GPUs) and other AI-related hardware and software.

Demos Pafitis

SLB's chief technology officer.

Vladimir Troy

Vice president of AI Infrastructure at NVIDIA.

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What they’re saying

“The winners in AI will be companies with the best data, the deepest domain expertise and the ability to scale. By collaborating with NVIDIA to advance modular data‑center construction and harness our domain expertise and digital platforms, we're enabling the energy industry to deploy AI at scale and transform operational data into smarter decisions.”

— Demos Pafitis, Chief Technology Officer, SLB

“AI is becoming the engine of a new industrial revolution, and the energy industry is at its forefront. Building AI Factory infrastructure and domain models is needed to turn massive amounts of energy data into actionable insights and accelerate more efficient and sustainable energy systems.”

— Vladimir Troy, Vice President of AI Infrastructure, NVIDIA

What’s next

The collaboration will continue to develop and deploy the modular data center infrastructure, the 'AI Factory for Energy', and optimized processing of large datasets and AI models across SLB's digital platforms.

The takeaway

This partnership between SLB and NVIDIA represents a significant step forward in the energy industry's shift from AI experimentation to enterprise-scale deployment, leveraging advanced technologies to transform operational data into actionable insights and support more efficient and sustainable energy systems.