Schneider Electric Unveils New Data Center Solutions

Schneider Electric has announced new data centre solutions specifically designed to meet the intense demands of next-generation artificial intelligence processing cluster architectures. The company has expanded its EcoStruxure™ Data Center Solutions portfolio by introducing the pre-manufactured modular EcoStruxure Pod Data Centre solution, which combines infrastructure including liquid cooling, high-power busway and high-density NetShelter Cabinet systems.

Additionally, EcoStruxure Cabinet Solutions include detailed cabinet configurations and custom frame designs to accelerate high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence-focused data centre deployments. The new EcoStruxure Pod Data Centre and EcoStruxure Cabinet Solutions are now available for use worldwide.

Enterprises face extreme cabinet power densities when establishing artificial intelligence clusters, with density expected to exceed 1 MW. Schneider Electric's new solution series provides customers with integrated, data-driven and easily scalable white space solutions to address emerging challenges in module and cabinet design, power distribution and thermal management.

Himamshu Prasad, Senior Vice President of Schneider Electric EcoStruxure IT, Compute & Edge and Energy Storage Centre of Excellence, said: "The enormous power and density required by artificial intelligence clusters present significant constraints that demand new and specialized solutions in data centre architectures" and continued: "Customers need not only integrated infrastructure solutions capable of managing extreme thermal loads and dynamic power profiles, but also solutions that can be rapidly deployed, predictably scaled and operated efficiently and sustainably. Our innovative, next-generation EcoStruxure solutions, backed by NVIDIA technology, directly address these critical needs."

New Product Overview

• Pre-Manufactured Modular EcoStruxure Pod Data Centre: A pre-manufactured and scalable pod architecture enabling operators to deploy high-density cabinets at scale; supporting pods of 1 MW and above. The custom-designed new pod infrastructure offers flexibility while supporting liquid cooling, power busway, complex cabling with hot aisle containment, InRow and rear door heat exchanger cooling architectures. The Pre-Manufactured Modular EcoStruxure Pod Data Centre ships with all components pre-designed and assembled for rapid installation to support high-density workloads.

• EcoStruxure Cabinet Solutions: These reliable and high-density cabinet systems comply with EIA, ORV3 and NVIDIA MGX modular design standards approved by leading IT chip and server manufacturers. Configurations support a wide range of power and cooling distribution schemes, featuring in-cabinet cooling solutions equipped with Schneider Electric's Motivair liquid cooling technology and new expanded cabinet and power distribution products.

o NetShelter SX Advanced Cabinet: The new product series consists of taller, deeper and more durable cabinets to meet increasing weight, cabling and infrastructure requirements. NetShelter SX Advanced features enhanced load rating and is protected with shock-absorbing packaging to ensure safe transport of artificial intelligence servers and liquid cooling systems.

o NetShelter Cabinet PDU Advanced: These power distribution units have been updated to meet the high-current power requirements of artificial intelligence servers and are designed for efficient cabinet arrangements. NetShelter Cabinet PDU Advanced offers compact vertical and horizontal models with more dedicated circuits. Intelligent operational features provided through Schneider Electric's Network Management Card enhance security while enabling seamless integration with EcoStruxure IT.

o NetShelter Open Architecture: Developed with inspiration from the Open Compute Project (OCP), this cabinet architecture is offered as a customizable solution including open cabinet standards, power enclosure and in-cabinet busbar. Additionally, a new Schneider Electric cabinet system has been developed to support the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 system using NVIDIA MGX architecture. This system enables Schneider Electric's first integration with NVIDIA's HGX and MGX ecosystems.

Vladimir Troy, Vice President of NVIDIA Data Centre Engineering, Operations, Enterprise Software and Cloud Services, said: "Schneider Electric's innovative solutions provide the reliable and scalable infrastructure our customers need to accelerate their artificial intelligence initiatives" and continued: "Together, we are responding to the rapidly growing demands of artificial intelligence factories (from kilowatt scale to megawatt-scale cabinets); delivering future-ready solutions that maximize scalability, density and efficiency."

The new solutions and custom-designed data centre reference designs provide data centre operators and Schneider Electric's partner ecosystem with the infrastructure and knowledge needed to deploy powerful artificial intelligence clusters more rapidly and reliably. Additionally, they enable overcoming common barriers to adoption including:

• Reliable power and cooling for artificial intelligence workloads,
• Installation complexity and risks,
• Time to market and supply chain resilience,
• Skills gaps in advanced infrastructure management.

The advanced EcoStruxure products strengthen Schneider Electric's fully integrated and end-to-end artificial intelligence infrastructure solutions portfolio, encompassing advanced hardware, intelligent software, services such as EcoCare™ and EcoConsult for Data Centres and strategic partnerships with leading IT players. Schneider Electric is the preferred partner for those seeking to build efficient, resilient, scalable and artificial intelligence-optimized data centres.