TECH & AI
“ WE ARE NOT BUILDING SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND OR FOR A HOLIDAY – WE ARE BUILDING
INFRASTRUCTURE”
PABLO RUIZ ESCRIBANO, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, SECURE POWER AND DATA CENTER BUSINESS, SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC, EUROPE
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Schneider Electric’ s sustainable impact with Digital Realty’ s prefab data center
Leading by sustainable design To make HER1 ready in 12 months, from the decision being made to service launch date, Schneider Electric’ s prefabricated modular systems were used to save time, money and the carbon impact of the manufacturing process.
Schneider Electric prides itself on collaborating with partners and customers to finalise the design of these modules to optimise manufacturing processes and reduce lead times.
“ You can optimise how you manufacture, build and assemble the data centre,” Pablo says.“ In the end, it’ s a better quality with fewer unexpected issues during construction, resulting in a better return on investment because you’ re able to shorten the time to availability of the entire data centre.”
The build process took less than 12 months
Schneider Electric also recognises that speed is essential and its prefabricated solutions at HER1 are a testament to that. Pablo credits the company’ s acquisition of Motivair to support high-density applications like AI within the data centre.
“ Motivair has been working on highdensity industrial applications for more than 10 years,” he explains.“ Combined with our existing capabilities, we can offer a very large portfolio of solutions that can fit both the traditional use
84 June 2025