Schneider Electric announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to help further optimize data center infrastructure and help to pave the way for additional advancements in edge artificial intelligence (AI) and digital twin technologies.
Schneider Electric will leverage its expertise and experience in data center infrastructure and NVIDIA’s advanced AI technologies to introduce publicly available AI data center reference designs. These designs are set to help redefine the benchmarks for AI deployment and operation within data center ecosystems, marking new significant milestones in the industry's evolution.
With AI applications gaining traction across most industries, while also demanding more resources than traditional computing, the need for processing power is surging exponentially. The rise of AI has spurred notable transformations and complexities in data center design and operation, with data center operators working to more swiftly construct and operate energy-stable facilities that are both energy-efficient and scalable.
Cutting-Edge Data Center Reference Designs
In the first phase of this collaboration, Schneider Electric will introduce data center reference designs tailored for NVIDIA accelerated computing clusters and built for data processing, engineering simulation, electronic design automation, computer-aided drug design, and generative AI. Special focus will be on enabling high-power distribution, liquid-cooling systems, and controls designed to ensure simpler commissioning and more reliable operations for the extreme-density cluster. Through the collaboration, Schneider Electric aims to provide data center owners and operators with the tools and resources necessary to more seamlessly integrate new and evolving AI solutions into their infrastructure, enhancing deployment efficiency, and ensuring more reliable life-cycle operation.
Addressing the evolving demands of AI workloads, the reference designs will offer a framework for implementing NVIDIA’s accelerated computing platform within data centers, while further optimizing performance, scalability, and overall sustainability. Partners, engineers, and data center leaders can utilize these reference designs for existing data center rooms that must support new deployments of high-density AI servers and new data center builds that are fully optimized for a liquid-cooled AI cluster.
Future Roadmap
In addition to the data center reference designs, AVEVA, a subsidiary of Schneider Electric, will connect its digital twin platform to NVIDIA Omniverse, delivering a unified environment for virtual simulation and collaboration. This integration will help to enable more seamless collaboration between designers, engineers, and stakeholders, accelerating the design and deployment of complex systems, while helping to reduce time-to-market and costs.
In collaboration with NVIDIA, Schneider Electric plans to explore new use cases and applications across industries and further its vision of driving positive change and helping to shape the future of the technology.
