Every data centre project comes with its unique parameters and requirements, so it is necessary to create the best-fit data centre design for your facility to operate effectively and efficiently.
Data Centre Reference Designs provide an effective starting point for your project. Developing the right design requires stakeholder agreement on key attributes and performance characteristics.
What’s a Data Centre Reference Design?
Schneider Electric Data Centre Reference Designs are validated and documented plans representing how physical infrastructure systems are configured and laid out as well as specifying the components used. The designs cover electrical, mechanical, and IT space systems.
Design Summary PDFs are available for download on this page. Each design includes an Engineering Package containing one-lines, piping diagrams, floor layouts, and an equipment list. The Engineering Package is available upon request.
AI Reference Design with liquid cooling
Collaborating with Nvidia, Schneider Electric’s validated reference architecture for deploying modern AI clusters at scale addresses new needs for increased power densities and liquid cooling solutions to maintain optimal performance.
This full facility reference design details a design for AI racks (up to 70 kW/rack) with liquid cooling. It considers several retrofit scenarios of IT rooms with a mix of standard and AI IT clusters and a new-build IT room with a 2MW AI cluster.
If your organisation is looking to adapt existing facilities or build new facilities with AI clusters, this co-developed reference design is a key tool for your preparation.
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Access each Reference Design’s Design Summary PDF to view a detailed overview of the design and its performance characteristics. The Design Summary PDF also contains instructions on how to request the Engineering Package for that design.
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How can you benefit from Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Data Centre Reference Designs?
Schneider Electric Data Centre Reference Designs are validated and documented plans for how physical infrastructure systems are configured and laid out, as well as for describing which specific components are used. Their standardised documentation makes it easier for data centre project teams to come to an agreement on key project parameters of a data centre design such as data centre power capacity, rack power density, power and mechanical redundancy, efficiency, and cost. Data Centre Reference Designs offer a great starting point for both new and retrofit data centre projects. They simplify and accelerate the early planning phase of projects to get to the detailed design phase faster and with fewer errors and rework.