Schneider Electric and Compass Datacenters Expand Partnership with $3 Billion Multi-Year Data Center Technology Agreement
- Agreement between the companies is an expansion of an existing partnership to manufacture prefabricated modular data center solutions
- The integration of supply chains between companies will deliver finished goods more quickly, with predictability, and at a lower cost
Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, today announced at its Capital Markets Day meeting with investors a $3 billion multi-year agreement with Compass Datacenters. The agreement extends the companies’ existing relationship that integrates their respective supply chains to manufacture and deliver prefabricated modular data center solutions.
The skyrocketing generation and consumption of data, in large part due to the burgeoning AI market, requires a new breed of data centers that can be standardized in their design, manufactured efficiently, and delivered more quickly at a lower cost.
Since the inception of the initial agreement between the companies, Schneider Electric has manufactured and delivered about 150 modular data center solutions to Compass from its West Chester, OH operation. As demand for more data center solutions increases, the 110,000 square-foot Red Oak, TX operation—which the companies jointly announced in the summer—will also be used to support projected growth.
"We are extremely grateful for the unwavering support and unparalleled expertise that Schneider Electric has already provided in supplying us with pre-fabricated data center power rooms,” said Chris Crosby, CEO, Compass Datacenters. “Our collaborative efforts will allow us to meet the increasing demands from our customers to deliver cutting-edge data center solutions in an innovative manner.”
“We are proud that Compass chose Schneider Electric as their data center partner because we can provide the infrastructure they require in a predictable and reliable manner,” said Aamir Paul, President, Schneider Electric North America. “The extension of our agreement to continue innovating will address future demands to serve customers in industries ranging from cloud and service providers to semiconductors and EV’s, healthcare and telecommunication, among others.”
Through this unique 5-year vendor-supplier agreement, Schneider Electric and Compass Datacenters can deliver on the promise of scalable, modular data centers that offer a simplified design, streamlined manufacturing, and the ability to be deployed easily across many environments.
Compass Datacenters, one of Inc. Magazine’s 5000 fastest growing companies, designs and constructs data centers for some of the world’s largest hyperscalers and cloud providers on campuses across the globe. Our corporate culture is predicated on continual improvement and innovation and has enabled us to marry technology with modern manufacturing methods to enhance our ability to consistently deliver our customer’s projects faster, with no sacrifices in quality. Since our inception, our sustainability efforts have encompassed the entire data center from its design to its post-delivery performance, including the efficient use of land, water-free cooling and a focus on Green House Gas reduction in the materials used to build our facilities and in their operation. Compass embraces a long-term perspective with the financial strength and operating expertise of investors Brookfield Infrastructure and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan.
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Aamir PAUL
President, North America OperationsAamir Paul is the President of North America Operations and a member of the Global Executive Committee for Schneider Electric. In this role, he leads all operations from strategy to execution for Canada, Central America, Mexico, and the United States — delivering best-in-class solutions for partners and end-users across the Energy Management and Industrial Automation businesses. Prior to this role, Aamir served three years leading commercial operations as the U.S. Country President. He also led Business Operations and the U.S. National Sales team since joining the company in 2013. Before arriving at Schneider Electric, Aamir spent over a decade at Dell, where he held several key roles of increasing responsibility in North America and Europe. He served as Dell’s Senior Vice President of Server Solutions, leading the development and execution of the company’s go-to-market strategy for all key markets and customer segments worldwide. He also had global sales responsibility for Data Center Solutions (DCS) and High-Performance Computing (HPC), focusing on the top 100 customer relationships. Earlier in his career, Aamir worked as a Process Engineer at AlliedSignal (now a part of Honeywell). He holds a B.S. in chemical engineering from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL., and completed advanced management studies at the University of Chicago Booth and INSEAD. Aamir serves as a board member for USG, Enable, and the Executives’ Club of Chicago. Aamir and his family live in Chicago, and he enjoys amateur photography and travel. LinkedIn ProfileRead more
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