Schneider Electric expands prefabricated power portfolio
Author: Joe Peck
Global energy technology company Schneider Electric has launched a range of standardised Prefabricated Power Modules and Power Skids for hyperscale, neocloud, and colocation data centres supporting AI and high-performance computing workloads.
Powered by the company’s Galaxy VXL UPS technology, the prefabricated power modules provide up to 2.5MW of capacity per module. Standard configurations are available at 2MW, 2.25MW, and 2.5MW, allowing multiple units to be deployed as repeatable power blocks across larger data centre campuses.
The systems are based on Schneider Electric’s reference designs with NVIDIA, including integrated power management and liquid cooling controls for the GB300 NVL72 platform. They are intended to support AI training clusters and other GPU-intensive workloads.
Standardised systems target faster deployment
Schneider Electric says traditional customised prefabricated power systems can require lead times of 12–14 months. Its standardised approach is intended to simplify specification, design, and manufacturing, with production possible in as little as six months.
The modules combine UPS, switchgear, cooling systems, lithium-ion batteries, busway, and power distribution within a factory-tested enclosure. The power skids provide similar electrical infrastructure in an open format for indoor deployment.
Tarunjeet Sarao, SVP Data Center Systems at Schneider Electric, says, “Today’s data centre operators are under immense pressure to deploy AI-ready infrastructure faster, more efficiently, and at greater scale.
“By standardising our prefabricated power systems and incorporating our leading Galaxy VXL UPS technology, we are enabling hyperscale, neocloud, and colocation providers to deploy scalable, high-density power infrastructure in months rather than years.”
The modules and skids are engineered, manufactured, and tested at Schneider Electric’s facility in Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona. The products are available immediately in Europe, with North American availability planned later this year, followed by other international markets and APAC.
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