Schneider Electric, an energy technology company, has signed a partnership with GreenScale to help design AI-ready data centers across the latter’s planned European campuses, as rising computing demand forces operators to rethink how facilities are built and maintained.
The companies said the collaboration will focus on reference architectures for data centers serving artificial intelligence, cloud and high-performance computing workloads. These designs will include automation, predictive analytics, condition-based maintenance and remote monitoring from the start, rather than adding them after construction.
The deal comes as AI workloads are increasing pressure on data-center operators to deliver higher power density, more reliable cooling and tighter operational control. Facilities built for conventional cloud demand are now being adapted or replaced to handle more intensive computing clusters.
“As demand for AI, Cloud and HPC accelerates in Europe, data center operators must rethink how facilities are designed and managed,” said Dan Thomas, chief executive of GreenScale.
Thomas said the partnership showed how “advanced data center architectures and digital innovation can unlock new levels of automation, efficiency and resilience.” He added that the work would help set “a new standard for intelligent design” for GreenScale’s customers.
Schneider Electric and GreenScale said the approach should reduce unnecessary maintenance, improve asset performance and lower lifecycle costs. It is also intended to give operators better visibility into equipment, allowing maintenance teams to focus on targeted interventions rather than fixed service schedules.
The companies said such systems could be particularly useful in remote or emerging regions, where fewer on-site staff, longer supply chains and higher service risks can make traditional maintenance models more difficult.
“GreenScale’s vision for its European data centers represents a new era in advanced design, where automation, efficiency, and real-time visibility are embedded from day one,” said Thierry Chamayou, vice president for cloud and service providers in Europe at Schneider Electric.
Chamayou said Schneider Electric’s role was to help create “a resilient, AI-ready infrastructure platform” that could operate efficiently in demanding environments.
The partnership will also support a unified instrumentation, monitoring and control system linking physical infrastructure with digital systems through sensors and remote tracking. GreenScale said this would help its campuses manage high-density AI clusters and cloud computing workloads across multiple locations.
The full announcement is available here.