Schneider Electric partners with Foxconn to scale AI data centres

Schneider Electric and Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) have announced a strategic partnership to scale next-generation AI data centres.

The collaboration will bring together Foxconn’s expertise in advanced compute platforms, AI rack integration and global manufacturing with Schneider Electric’s leadership in power systems, cooling and energy management. It comes as AI adoption surges, resulting in the demands on digital infrastructure continuing to be reshaped.

“At the pace AI is evolving, the industry requires a new model for how infrastructure is designed, built, and delivered,” said Young Liu, chairman of Foxconn. “By combining Foxconn’s strength in AI systems and global manufacturing with Schneider Electric’s deep expertise in power and energy, we are creating a path for customers to deploy AI capacity at scale – faster, smarter and more sustainably.”

Both companies are planning to deliver integrated, ready-to-deploy solutions that enable customers to build and operate AI infrastructure with better speed, efficiency and predictability. Production is expected to commence later in the year.

They are also expected to co-develop next-generation reference architectures for AI data centres – with the partnership exploring innovations in closed-loop energy optimisation, modular power and cooling skids. It also hopes to examine standardised design frameworks to create repeatable, high-performance blueprints for AI Factories around the world.

By aligning manufacturing capabilities with energy intelligence, both companies seek to create a foundation for a new class of AI infrastructure that can be scaled to meet the accelerating demands of the AI era.

“AI demand continues to accelerate, and as compute scales to keep pace, the energy behind it becomes a fundamental enabler,” said Olivier Blum, CEO of Schneider Electric. “If we want to scale AI responsibly, these systems must be connected. This is where energy intelligence becomes essential.”

The news comes as Schneider Electric plans to advance energy technology to build more efficient and sustainable AI Factories. It has focused on bringing together integrated power, cooling and digital capabilities into AI data centres.

Blum added: “Working with Foxconn, we are helping customers build capacity with real speed, resilience, and efficiency, as energy technology partners to an industry that is firmly entering the era of intelligence.”

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