SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC
Advisor and the energy ‘ buying ’ portal NEO Network . All of it is building a comprehensive ecosystem for Schneider Electric to remain “ the leader of the digital transformation of energy management and automation .”
Its leading edge is a history of sustainable data centre management that solidified through the move from corporate data centres to cloud-based solutions .
Much of this started in 2007 with the acquisition of American Power Conversion ( APC™ ), a transaction that brought McKernan himself into Schneider Electric . In 2017 , as part of a 10-year update on the deal , the company explained that “ the idea was to take the leader in the IT room or white space of data centres – APC – and combine it with the company ’ s leadership position in the grey space or electrical rooms – Schneider Electric – to create a single data centre powerhouse .”
Schneider Electric had , at the time , been building up its presence as an end-to-end powertrain solutions provider . This meant it had little customer competition with APC and the US $ 6 bn acquisition allowed data centres to quickly become a pillar in its global business .
That acquisition allowed the French multinational to leverage its capabilities , sustainable practises , and market position to become a data centre powerhouse and then to move rapidly into the future by building the greenest possible solutions for the sector . A prescient move as the business world transitioned steadily into the cloud and climate change rose steadily up corporate agendas .
“ We see this , the data centre of the future , continuing to evolve with needs to be sustainable , efficient , resilient and adaptive ,” says McKernan . “ It ' s really interesting when we bring our partners into the fold , whether
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