From Techzine, June 15:
Schneider Electric and Foxconn are partnering to develop infrastructure for AI data centers. The two companies aim to develop joint solutions designed to accelerate the construction and deployment of AI capacity. The first products resulting from the collaboration are set to go into production later this year.The partnership brings together two distinct parts of the AI supply chain. Foxconn is one of the world’s largest electronics manufacturers and supplies hardware for AI systems, among other things. Schneider Electric focuses on power supply, cooling, and energy management in data centers.
The announcement comes at a time when demand for AI infrastructure continues to grow. The emergence of larger AI models and increasingly powerful computing clusters means that data centers not only need more computing power but also require greater investments in power supply and cooling.
Reference designs for AI facilities
According to the companies, they will jointly develop reference architectures for AI data centers. This will involve exploring standard designs that can be applied globally. The partners are also investigating modular power and cooling systems and techniques to better align energy consumption with the load in AI environments.Foxconn CEO Young Liu states that the rapid development of AI requires new ways to design and deliver infrastructure. By combining Foxconn’s production capacity and AI expertise with Schneider Electric’s power supply expertise, customers should be able to deploy AI capacity more quickly.
Energy Becomes a Limiting Factor
For Schneider Electric, the focus is primarily on the increasing energy demands of AI systems. CEO Olivier Blum points out that the growth of AI directly drives demand for power and cooling. According to him, the link between IT infrastructure and energy management is therefore becoming increasingly important for operators of AI data centers....
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