Schneider Electric is deepening its partnership with NVIDIA to accelerate the rollout of next-generation AI factories across Europe and beyond, unveiling new data centre solutions designed for high-density, AI-driven workloads.
Announced at NVIDIA GTC Paris, the collaboration aligns with the European Union’s €200 billion “InvestAI” initiative and the “AI Continent Action Plan,” which aims to establish 13 AI factories and up to five AI gigafactories across Europe. Together, Schneider and NVIDIA are developing AI-ready infrastructure, including advanced power and cooling systems, as well as modular rack solutions, to meet surging demand.
Next wave of AI factories
“Schneider Electric and NVIDIA are not just partners; our teams are driving advanced R&D, co-developing the infrastructure needed to power the next wave of AI factories globally,” said Olivier Blum, CEO of Schneider Electric. “This strategic partnership… allows us to further accelerate this momentum.”
Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, added: “Together with Schneider Electric, we are building AI factories: the essential infrastructure that brings AI to every company, industry, and society.”
Schneider also unveiled a new NVIDIA-enabled EcoStruxure Pod Data Centre and OCP-inspired rack to support the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 platform. These solutions integrate Schneider into NVIDIA’s HGX and MGX ecosystems for the first time.
The companies have also co-developed reference designs utilising liquid cooling technologies and digital twin simulations through NVIDIA Omniverse — a critical component for sustainable, scalable AI infrastructure.
