Schneider Electric: Leading in Sustainable Data Centres
The growth of AI is transforming the global data centre landscape.
By 2025, data centres are expected to see a 50% increase in their electrical footprint, while global data volumes will grow by 500%, according to Schneider Electric.
This rapid acceleration poses a critical challenge: how to scale digital infrastructure without amplifying environmental impact.
Schneider Electric, a recognised leader in sustainability and energy management, is tackling this challenge head-on by delivering solutions that make data centres more efficient, resilient and sustainable.
Thanks to Schneider Electric’s sustainable approaches, it has taken the top spot in Sustainability Magazine’s Top 250 Most Sustainable Companies report in 2025.
Streamlining energy sourcing
Schneider Electric combines its global expertise in sustainability consulting with deep knowledge of the energy market to help businesses streamline energy sourcing.
Its consulting and procurement services enable data centre operators to secure renewable energy projects and cleantech products at the best price, while aligning with corporate carbon reduction goals.
This proactive approach is key at a time when 24% of executives expect more than half of their data centres to be self-configuring by 2025, requiring integrated, sustainable solutions from the outset.
“At Schneider Electric, sustainability is at the heart of everything we do,” says Esther Finidori, Chief Sustainability Officer at Schneider Electric, on Linkedin.
“Sustainability Magazine celebrates our ambitious targets and honest transparency approach to sustainability across our operations and supply chain and the measurable impact we’re driving together.”
Onsite power generation
Reliability is essential in a sector where downtime is not an option.
Schneider Electric provides onsite power generation systems designed for speed to market, resilience and sustainability.
By combining renewable energy generation with advanced, efficient cooling technologies, these systems reduce reliance on grid power while cutting emissions.
This approach helps operators support sustainable growth across centralised, regional and edge data centres, ensuring they remain resilient in the face of rising demand.
Intelligence through EcoStruxure
At the core of Schneider Electric’s offering is its EcoStruxure Platform, an IoT-enabled system architecture that brings connectivity, intelligence and real-time insights to data centre operations.
The platform integrates power, racks, cooling and management into one adaptable system, allowing operators to orchestrate diverse energy sources, optimise availability and advance decarbonisation.
With 75% of all data projected to be processed at the edge by 2025, EcoStruxure provides the digital backbone that enables sustainable, adaptive and resilient infrastructure at scale.
Schneider Electric’s unique combination of sustainability leadership, consulting expertise and domain knowledge empowers data centre operators to decouple growth from environmental impact.
By streamlining renewable energy sourcing, deploying resilient onsite generation and harnessing automation through EcoStruxure, Schneider Electric is helping the industry meet the demands of the AI era responsibly.
In doing so, it ensures that the data centres powering tomorrow’s digital world are both innovative and sustainable.
“We will continue to lead by example, working with our partners and customers to accelerate the transition toward a more sustainable, resilient and inclusive future,” writes Esther on LinkedIn.
