Schneider Electric, a global leader in energy management and automation, has unveiled new AI-focused data centre reference designs co-engineered with NVIDIA, aimed at accelerating deployment timelines and supporting AI-ready infrastructure adoption. These designs provide data centre operators with a validated framework for integrating next-generation power and cooling systems to optimize AI factory operations.
The first reference design introduces the industry’s only integrated power management and liquid cooling control framework, incorporating Schneider Electric’s Motivair liquid cooling technologies. It ensures seamless interoperability with NVIDIA Mission Control software, facilitating efficient cluster and workload management. The second design supports AI infrastructures up to 142 kW per rack with NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 systems, offering guidelines across facility power, cooling, IT space, and lifecycle software under both ANSI and IEC standards.
“Schneider Electric is streamlining the process of designing, deploying, and operating advanced AI infrastructure with its new reference designs,” said Jim Simonelli, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Schneider Electric. “Our latest reference designs, featuring integrated power management and liquid cooling controls, are future-ready, scalable, and co-engineered with NVIDIA for real-world applications, enabling data centre operators to keep pace with surging demand for AI.”
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“We are entering a new era of accelerated computing, where integrated intelligence across power, cooling and operations will redefine data centre architectures,” said Scott Wallace, Director of Data Centre Engineering at NVIDIA. “With its latest controls reference design, Schneider Electric connects critical infrastructure data with NVIDIA Mission Control, delivering a rigorously validated blueprint that enables AI factory digital twins and empowers operators to optimise advanced accelerated computing infrastructure.”
These reference designs offer plug-and-play interoperability between OT and IT systems, enabling precise, real-time management of critical power and cooling resources. By leveraging Schneider Electric’s digital twins and CFD models, operators can simulate unique scenarios to optimize performance, efficiency, and reliability. The release strengthens Schneider Electric’s collaboration with NVIDIA and builds on existing AI reference designs for high-performance, energy-efficient data centres worldwide.