Schneider Electric, a pioneer in the digital evolution of energy management and automation, has unveiled innovative reference designs created in collaboration with NVIDIA. These designs dramatically shorten deployment timelines and support operators in adopting AI-ready infrastructure solutions.
The initial reference design introduces the industry’s first comprehensive framework that integrates power management with liquid cooling control systems, incorporating Schneider Electric’s Motivair liquid cooling technology. This solution facilitates smooth coordination of intricate AI infrastructure components.
It offers compatibility with NVIDIA Mission Control, NVIDIA’s AI factory operations and orchestration platform, which includes capabilities for cluster and workload management.
Additionally, this control systems reference design is compatible with Schneider Electric’s data center blueprints for NVIDIA Grace Blackwell systems, allowing operators to stay aligned with cutting-edge advancements in accelerated computing while maintaining effortless control over power and liquid cooling systems.
The second reference design targets the deployment of AI infrastructure within AI factories, supporting up to 142 kW per rack, specifically tailored for NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 racks housed in a single data hall. Designed as a framework for the next-generation NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra architecture, it covers four key technical domains: facility power, facility cooling, IT space, and lifecycle software management. This design is offered in configurations compliant with both American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standards.
As AI technology progresses, data center operators increasingly depend on reference design frameworks to address the challenges of rapid deployment and management of high-density, GPU-accelerated AI clusters.
Schneider Electric’s meticulously engineered reference designs are setting the stage for the newest AI factories, equipping data center operators to not only meet current demands but to anticipate future needs proactively.
Jim Simonelli, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Schneider Electric, emphasized, “Our new reference designs simplify the process of designing, deploying, and managing advanced AI infrastructure.”
He added, “These designs, which integrate power management and liquid cooling controls, are scalable, future-proof, and co-developed with NVIDIA to address real-world challenges, enabling data center operators to keep up with the rapidly growing AI demand.”
Scott Wallace, Director of Data Center Engineering at NVIDIA, remarked, “We are entering a transformative phase in accelerated computing, where the fusion of intelligence across power, cooling, and operational systems will revolutionize data center design.”
He further stated, “Schneider Electric’s latest controls reference design links critical infrastructure data with NVIDIA Mission Control, providing a thoroughly validated blueprint that supports AI factory digital twins and empowers operators to optimize advanced accelerated computing environments.”
This innovative controls reference design integrates edge devices and facility controls for energy management and liquid cooling across NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 and GB200 NVL72 deployments, utilizing NVIDIA Mission Control. Built on a “plug-and-play” architecture leveraging the MQTT protocol, it bridges operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) systems, enabling operators to harness data from every layer to maximize performance for the first time.
