Schneider Electric offers two reference designs co-engineered with NVIDIA to accelerate deployment of AI-ready infrastructure for AI factories. The controls reference design uses a plug-and-play MQTT architecture to bridge OT and IT systems, enabling operators to access and act on data from every layer.

The first reference design integrates power management and liquid cooling controls with NVIDIA Mission Control software, enabling smooth orchestration of AI clusters. It also supports Schneider’s data-center reference designs for NVIDIA Grace Blackwell systems, giving operators precise control over power and cooling to meet the demands of accelerated AI workloads.

The second reference design supports AI factories running NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 systems at up to 142 kW per rack. It delivers a complete blueprint for facility power, cooling, IT space, and lifecycle software, compatible with both ANSI and IEC standards. Using Schneider’s validated models and digital twins, operators can plan high-density AI data halls, optimize designs, and ensure efficiency, reliability, and scalability for NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra systems.

For more information about these new reference designs, as well as other data-center reference designs developed with NVIDIA, click here.

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