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Schneider Electric

Provides energy-management, electrification and industrial-automation technology, including data-center systems.

EnablerData centers
What it does

Provides energy-management, electrification and industrial-automation technology, including data-center systems.

Why it matters

It is one of the largest suppliers of the electrification and cooling infrastructure that gigawatt-scale AI data centers require.

How it makes money

Sells energy-management, electrification and automation technology, including data-center power and cooling systems.

Geography

France

AI stack position

Data centers and physical infrastructure. The buildings, land, cooling systems, backup power and electrical equipment that physically house AI computing. Every AI model has to run somewhere — these companies build and operate the real-world facilities that make that possible.

Competitors

Connections (7)

Every connection below is tied to a readable source, date, classification and statement of its limits. A company source establishes what that company stated; it does not necessarily provide independent confirmation.

Current relationships (4)

Schneider Electric co-develops AI data center reference designs with AMD
Co-develops withCurrent
Schneider Electric and AMD released a joint reference-design blueprint for deploying AMD's Helios rack architecture (Zen 6 EPYC CPUs, MI400 GPUs, Vulcano NICs) at up to 246kW per rack and 10.4MW per cluster, covering facility power, cooling, IT space and lifecycle software.

Source: 2026-07-23 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: Describes a published reference design, not a supply contract; does not establish order volumes, which data centers will use it, or financial terms.

Schneider Electric and AMD release first Helios platform reference design to accelerate AI Factory deployment ↗
Schneider Electric invested in Skild AI
Invested inCurrent
Schneider Electric was named among the strategic investors in Skild AI's reported 1.4 billion dollar funding round announced in January 2026.

Source: 2026-01-15 · reviewed 2026-09-24

Evidence: Secondary reporting (unconfirmed by primary parties) · Reported operating

Limits: Trade reporting of a funding announcement. It does not establish the amount invested, the stake acquired, or that Schneider Electric deploys Skild AI technology in its own operations or products.

Skild AI raises $1.4B, building 'omni-bodied' robot Skild Brain ↗
Schneider Electric supplies power equipment to Digital Realty
SuppliesCurrent
Schneider Electric and Digital Realty signed a $373 million supply capacity agreement under which Schneider will provide uninterruptible power supplies, low-voltage switchgear and pre-fabricated power skids to meet Digital Realty's AI-driven data center demand.

Source: 2025-11-19 · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Supply agreement signed November 2025

Limits: Contract value and equipment categories are as announced; does not establish delivery timeline, volumes actually shipped, or that this covers Digital Realty's entire global footprint (Digital Realty uses multiple vendors).

Schneider Electric and Digital Realty Announce $373M Supply Capacity Agreement to Meet Rising Data Center Demand ↗
Schneider Electric co-develops power distribution hardware with Microsoft
Co-develops withCurrent
Schneider Electric and Microsoft jointly designed a Universal Rack Power Distribution Unit (UPDU), presented at the 2017 OCP Summit, supporting multiple input power ratings so operators can deploy one PDU type at scale.

Source: 2017-03-13 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Secondary reporting of an on-record executive statement · Reported operating

Limits: Describes one specific hardware co-design shown at OCP Summit 2017; does not establish an ongoing exclusive relationship or current-day product usage at Microsoft data centers.

OCP Summit: Schneider and Microsoft team up on a distributed PDU ↗

Dated or announced (1)

Schneider Electric co-develops data-center designs with NVIDIA
Co-develops withDated / announced
Schneider Electric and NVIDIA are developing validated reference designs and blueprints for building gigawatt-scale AI data centers.

Source: 2025-06-11 · reviewed 2026-09-17

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Announced partnership

Limits: Reference-design collaboration; does not establish a specific completed data-center project or purchase volume.

Schneider Electric teams with NVIDIA to develop validated blueprints for AI factories ↗

Comparisons (2)

Vertiv competes with Schneider Electric
Competes withComparison only
Vertiv and Schneider Electric are both named as leading suppliers in the global data center power equipment market (UPS, switchgear, power distribution), with the top five vendors holding an estimated 41-43% combined market share as of September 2025.

Source: 2025-09-23 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Analytical comparison · Reported operating

Limits: Reflects third-party market segmentation, not a claim by either company; does not establish individual market share, revenue, or head-to-head rivalry on any specific deal.

Data Center Power Market - Top Companies (MarketsandMarkets Research Insight) ↗
Eaton competes with Schneider Electric
Competes withComparison only
Eaton and Schneider Electric are both named as leading suppliers in the global data center power equipment market (UPS, switchgear, power distribution), with the top five vendors holding an estimated 41-43% combined market share as of September 2025.

Source: 2025-09-23 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Analytical comparison · Reported operating

Limits: Reflects third-party market segmentation, not a claim by either company; does not establish individual market share, revenue, or head-to-head rivalry on any specific deal.

Data Center Power Market - Top Companies (MarketsandMarkets Research Insight) ↗
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