Schneider Electric said the first reference design provides a unified framework for power and liquid cooling management

In sum – what to know:

Reference frameworks – Schneider Electric has released two validated designs with Nvidia, integrating power management, liquid cooling, and operational controls to accelerate AI data center deployment.

Nvidia supports – The second design targets AI factories of up to 142 kW per rack, using Nvidia’s Blackwell architecture and offering configurations for both ANSI and IEC standards.

Bridging OT/IT systems – A “plug-and-play” controls blueprint connects power and cooling infrastructure with Nvidia Mission Control, enabling real-time monitoring, redundancy management, and AI factory digital twins.

Schneider Electric has introduced two new reference designs developed with U.S. chip maker Nvidia to accelerate the deployment of AI-ready data center infrastructure – enhancing power, cooling, and control integration for high-density AI clusters.

Schneider Electric said the first reference design provides a unified framework for power and liquid cooling management, including interoperability with Nvidia Mission Control for AI factory operations and orchestration. It supports seamless control across Schneider’s data center systems for Nvidia Grace Blackwell hardware, integrating Motivair liquid cooling and standardized control interfaces for large-scale deployments.

The second design outlines technical guidance for AI factories based on Nvidia’s GB300 NVL72 platform, supporting rack densities up to 142 kW. It details configurations across four key areas — facility power, cooling, IT space, and lifecycle software — and is available under both ANSI and IEC standards.

Jim Simonelli, senior vice president and CTO at Schneider Electric, said: “Our latest reference designs, featuring integrated power management and liquid cooling controls, are future-ready, scalable, and co-engineered with Nvidia for real-world applications.”

Scott Wallace, director of data center engineering at Nvidia, added: “We are entering a new era of accelerated computing, where integrated intelligence across power, cooling and operations will redefine data center architectures. With its latest controls reference design, Schneider Electric connects critical infrastructure data with Nvidia Mission Control, delivering a rigorously validated blueprint that enables AI factory digital twins.”

The company also highlighted that both designs aim to reduce complexity for operators deploying large-scale AI systems. The controls reference design uses a “plug-and-play” architecture based on MQTT protocol to link operational technology (OT) with information technology (IT), ensuring redundancy, power quality monitoring, and real-time performance management, it added.

Schneider said the reference designs extend its ongoing collaboration with Nvidia and complement nine previous blueprints for AI facilities, including prefabricated modules, retrofit data centers, and Nvidia GB200 and GB300 NVL72-based clusters.

Last month, Schneider Electric, unveiled its portfolio of end-to-end liquid cooling solutions for hyperscale, colocation and high-density data center environments.

The portfolio comprises data center physical infrastructure, including CDUs, RDHx, HDUs, dynamic cold plates, chillers, as well as software and services.