New Schneider–Nvidia alliance backs Europe’s AI factory push

By Staff Report June 23, 2025 1:03 pm IST

Schneider Electric and Nvidia have partnered to develop sustainable, AI-ready infrastructure, supporting Europe’s push to build next-gen AI factories.

Schneider Electric, a global leader in digital energy management and automation, today announced a strategic alliance with NVIDIA to address the growing demand for sustainable, AI-ready infrastructure. The news was made during the NVIDIA GTC Paris.

The collaboration is centred on cooperative R&D activities in power, cooling, controls, and high-density rack systems to enable the next generation of AI factories in Europe and elsewhere. It supports the European Union’s “InvestAI” project, which aims to raise €200 billion in AI investments, as well as the “AI Continent Action Plan”, which aims to establish 13 AI factories and up to five AI gigafactories across Europe.

Olivier Blum, CEO of Schneider Electric, stated, “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. Together, we’ve seen tremendous success in deploying next-generation power and liquid cooling solutions for AI data centres.”

Jensen Huang, creator and CEO of NVIDIA, commented, “AI is the defining technology of our time—the most transformative force reshaping our world. Together with Schneider Electric, we are building AI factories: the essential infrastructure that brings AI to every company, industry, and society.”

Schneider Electric introduced new AI-ready data centre solutions, including the EcoStruxure™ Pod and Rack Infrastructure and an Open Compute Project-inspired rack system that supports the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 platform. These solutions are based on NVIDIA’s MGX modular architecture, demonstrating Schneider’s integration into the NVIDIA HGX and MGX ecosystems.

In addition, Schneider and NVIDIA collaborated on reference designs for electrical and liquid cooling systems, and Schneider is now a certified CDU provider for NVIDIA. These designs also incorporate Motivair solutions, which Schneider Electric bought in March 2025.

The reinforced alliance intends to speed the implementation of scalable, AI-optimised infrastructure, thereby boosting global advances in artificial intelligence.