Nvidia and Schneider Electric have announced a strategic partnership to co-develop infrastructure that will power the AI factories of the future. The collaboration was unveiled this week at Nvidia’s GTC event in Paris, France.
The companies aim to advance research and development of critical tools such as power, cooling, and control systems designed to support next-generation AI manufacturing facilities. This partnership aligns with the European Union’s “InvestAI” initiative, which plans to invest over $230 billion in artificial intelligence. It also supports the EU’s AI Continent Action Plan, targeting the creation of at least 13 AI factories and five large AI gigafactories across Europe.
Olivier Blum, CEO of Schneider Electric, emphasized the close collaboration between the two firms: “Schneider Electric and Nvidia are not just partners, our teams are…co-developing the infrastructure needed to power the next wave of AI factories globally.” He highlighted their success in deploying advanced power and liquid cooling solutions tailored for AI data centers.
Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, called AI “the defining technology of our time” and noted that their joint effort with Schneider Electric is focused on building the essential infrastructure to bring AI capabilities to every industry and society worldwide.
As part of the announcement, Schneider Electric introduced a new range of AI-ready data center solutions. These include the EcoStruxure Pod, a prefabricated modular data center designed to accelerate global AI data center deployments, and a new rack system inspired by the Open Compute Project, optimized for Nvidia’s GB200 NVL72 platform and MGX modular architecture.
The partnership builds on previous collaborations, such as the launch of the world’s first digital twin for large-scale electrical systems in AI factories, developed together with ETAP and powered by Nvidia’s Omniverse Blueprint platform.
In a joint statement, Nvidia and Schneider Electric pledged to continue accelerating infrastructure development, fast-tracking new product rollouts and reference designs to help build the AI factories of tomorrow.
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