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Preconfigured Systems
Integrated data center IT room solutions that reduce time and complexity to scale up or down quickly at the rack or pod level.
Solutions & Benefits
We provide integrated solutions that modernize your physical infrastructure while optimizing performance, space and availability.
We’re proud to offer the largest portfolio of physical infrastructure solutions for IT rooms or data centers, including components, services and software systems for traditional, converged, hyper converged or customized IT architectures.
> “One-stop-shop” for components, software and services
> Rules-based design tool for fast, easy configuration
> Reduce installation time and deployment risks
> Quickly scaleable up or down at rack and pod level
> Rules-based designs, thousands of existing configurations
> On-premise applications and/or cloud services that match your business needs
> Rules-based design tool for fast, easy configuration
> Reduce installation time and deployment risks
> Quickly scaleable up or down at rack and pod level
> Rules-based designs, thousands of existing configurations
> On-premise applications and/or cloud services that match your business needs
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Prefabricated Systems
Manufactured and tested in a factory, dropped in place at the point of use.
Solutions and Benefits
Our EcoStruxure Modular Data Center solutions are prefabricated, deploy quickly and offer predictable performance from day one, backed by our proven expertise so you can stop problems before they occur.
We provide building block units or all-in-one solutions in single enclosures. Suitable for new builds or to increase capacity for existing infrastructures.
With expert, operations, and advisor levels and our legendary supply chain, design, applications and engineering support.
> Pre-engineered and wired with integrated hardware and software
> Factory manufactured and tested
> Arrives onsite ready to deploy
> Multiple form factors and power ranges
> All-in-one or building block components work together
> Award-winning DCIM software suite
> Extensive library of reference designs available
> Factory manufactured and tested
> Arrives onsite ready to deploy
> Multiple form factors and power ranges
> All-in-one or building block components work together
> Award-winning DCIM software suite
> Extensive library of reference designs available
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Micro Data Centers
Self-contained, secure computing environments that are the size of a single IT rack or smaller.
Solutions and Benefits
Our EcoStruxure Micro Data Centers can be installed at an integration site and shipped complete to the point of use. Typical corporate applications include remote or branch office (ROBO) sites, on-premise public cloud stacks in local offices, private clouds, data aggregation, or local processing of IoT data.
Factory-built and tested, easily configurable with various options and shortest possible lead time, preconfigured micro data centers offer the greatest flexibility and customization. Use our online configuration tool to model your solution design (including IT equipment).
> Certified: IT vendor validated infrastructure and partnerships with IT vendors
> Fast: IT equipment can pre-installed in a Micro DataCenter Xpress and shipped to the customer site
> Compatible: Designed for the latest converged and hyperconverged IT systems
> Secure: Physically secure to prevent unauthorized access
> Manageable: Remote management delivers alerts and predictive analytics for maximum uptime through our cloud-based or on-premise solution
> Fast: IT equipment can pre-installed in a Micro DataCenter Xpress and shipped to the customer site
> Compatible: Designed for the latest converged and hyperconverged IT systems
> Secure: Physically secure to prevent unauthorized access
> Manageable: Remote management delivers alerts and predictive analytics for maximum uptime through our cloud-based or on-premise solution
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UPS
Broadest portfolio of 3-phase uninterruptible power supplies for the corporate data center.
Solutions and Benefits
As the world leader setting the standard for UPS quality, innovation, and support over the last 60+ years, we offer the widest range of high-quality solutions to match all needs and budgets, increasing power availability and system uptime in data centers.
Our Total Quality Management (TQM) and power service programs ensure the highest level of quality and services for the complete life cycle of your installations.
> Modular and scalable designs
> Flexible energy storage portfolio
> Highly adaptable and customizable
> Protection from damaging surges and spikes
> High efficiency at low, medium, and high load levels
> Ultra high availability, performance, and efficiency
> Worldwide service specialist network
> Customizable efficiency with up to three operating modes
> Flexible energy storage portfolio
> Flexible energy storage portfolio
> Highly adaptable and customizable
> Protection from damaging surges and spikes
> High efficiency at low, medium, and high load levels
> Ultra high availability, performance, and efficiency
> Worldwide service specialist network
> Customizable efficiency with up to three operating modes
> Flexible energy storage portfolio
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DCIM
Integrated management software solutions across building, power and IT rooms.
Solutions and Benefits
Our DCIM software suite provides complete visibility from the building level down to the servers. Data center managers can reduce energy consumption, protect system uptime and improve planning and operational performance throughout the data center’s entire life cycle.
Flexible reporting capabilities make it easy to communicate status and future capacity needs to data center stakeholders across the business. Management software gives access across building, power and IT rooms.
> Centralized, real-time device monitoring
> Instant fault notification of critical infrastructure events.
> Deploy cloud-based, on-premise, or combinations of each for redundancy
> Proactively manage the entire multi-vendor physical infrastructure
> Monitor any networked device from any manufacturer
> Generate user-defined reports and graphs
> Instant fault notification of critical infrastructure events.
> Deploy cloud-based, on-premise, or combinations of each for redundancy
> Proactively manage the entire multi-vendor physical infrastructure
> Monitor any networked device from any manufacturer
> Generate user-defined reports and graphs
- Cardiff University Customer Testimonial
"Schneider Electric’s data center software is really useful for us as it saves us a load of money and it’s allowed me to show the CFO and the director of IT services that the savings I’ve promised have actually materialized."
- University of Massachusetts Medical Center Customer Testimonial
"The Schneider Electric solution has had an impact on facilities, finance, and IT. Facilities gains real-time monitoring and historical data; finance gains the ability to charge customers for actual power usage; and IT gains an infrastructure management and planning solution." - David Plamondon, Data Center Operations Architect
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- Sky Customer Testimonial
"Data Center Operations is the foundation of IT at Sky and it needs to enable our business to grow."
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- Riccardo Degli Effetti, Head of Data Center Operations
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Rack Systems
Mount and secure IT equipment in data centers.
Solutions and Benefits
Today’s high-density server applications demand a rack infrastructure that can mount a mix of different IT equipment, effectively manage airflow and support high-capacity cable management in an efficient, flexible design.
Our portfolio of standard racks is extensive and we have the ability to customize racks and rack mount PDUs to exact customer specifications.
All our rack enclosure systems are engineered to optimize proper airflow and promote efficient cable management.
Plus, they allow for quick and easy access as new equipment is installed. The latest cable management innovations means we can optimize installation of any mix of IT equipment.
> Mount 2-post configurations in secure rooms
> Mount 4-post in secure cabinets
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Hyperscale
Innovative physical infrastructure solutions for today’s bare metal IT architectures.
Solutions and Benefits
Today’s mega data centers need to be put into operation quickly and cost effectively. Our modular solutions enable deployments of large scale IT quickly and easily. Our distributed power supply and battery units offer density improvements with high efficiency and availability.
Our tools and reference designs enable the conceptualization and design of all hyperscale or a mix of traditional and bare metal and help you choose. Our centralized Lithium-ion back-up solutions can help you achieve redundancy and run time desired.
HyperPod:
> Future-proof and accommodate uncertainty in deployed racks
> Standardize to simplify design and deployment
> Quickly deploy large-scale IT spaces
Lithium-ion solutions:
> Easily deploy distributed BBU solutions
> Dedicated rack support
> Diverse centralized 3-phase UPS options
> Optimized serviceability, time and costs
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Facility Power
A complete power train from medium voltage switchgear at the building entrance all the way to the IT room receptacles.
Solution
As power densities increase and IT loads become more dynamic, stress grows on the power train.
Our solutions implement fast with digitized configuration and modular form factors.
Power You Can Trust
We are a world leader in power protection, setting the standard for quality and innovation with fully integrated solutions for data centers.
Solutions You Can Rely On
Our global portfolio of world-class products and services uniquely combine to offer end-to-end critical power solutions, providing the highest levels of availability, reduced total cost of ownership, and improved energy efficiency throughout the life cycle of installations.
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Cooling
Integrated cooling from chiller and economizer plants to computer room air conditioners.
Solutions and Benefits
Reliable, integrated cooling, from chiller and economizer plants to computer room air conditioners, tackles the issues head on to lower costs and reduce downtime risk. Whether you’re building a new data center, retrofitting or modernizing, we’ll help you achieve a healthy data center environment.
> Supports higher-density IT equipment
> Eliminates hot spots
> Avoids premature equipment failure
> Prevents system crashes, random reboots
> Efficient, flexible and reliable.
> Eliminates hot spots
> Avoids premature equipment failure
> Prevents system crashes, random reboots
> Efficient, flexible and reliable.
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EcoStruxure Success Stories
- EcoStruxure™ Ensures Efficiency for Animal Logic
Animal Logic, the digital animators behind The Lego Movie, The Matrix, and more, partners with Schneider Electric to deploy a customized prefab data center in record time.
- SAP France Data Center Testimonial
SAP chose Schneider Electric and NetShelter as the base building block of their turnkey data center solution in its new Data Center in Paris.
- Sky Customer Testimonial
"Data Center Operations is the foundation of IT at Sky and it needs to enable our business to grow."
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- Riccardo Degli Effetti, Head of Data Center Operations
