Schneider Electric, a global leader in energy management and automation, and Switch, a premier provider of AI, cloud, and enterprise data centers, have announced a two-phase supply capacity agreement (SCA) valued at $1.9 billion. This landmark deal includes prefabricated power modules and marks the first North American deployment of Schneider Electric’s advanced chillers. The announcement was made at Schneider Electric’s Innovation Summit North America in Las Vegas, where over 2,500 business leaders and innovators gathered to explore strategies for a more resilient, efficient, and intelligent energy future.
Building on their longstanding partnership, Schneider Electric and Switch are joining forces to address the surging infrastructure demands of AI and hyperscale computing. As global AI workloads are projected to exceed 35% of total data center activity by 2030 driving an estimated 160% increase in power demand, the companies are integrating cutting-edge power and cooling technologies into Switch’s hyperscale data center designs. This includes the combination of hybrid air and liquid cooling systems engineered to deliver resilient, scalable, and future-ready infrastructure. The SCA framework ensures guaranteed capacity, advanced cooling performance, and full-service support, all while maintaining the flexibility required to adapt to fast-evolving AI workloads and customer needs.
Critically, the solution is built to scale AI capacity without scaling energy demand. Uniflair chillers use oil-free, variable-speed centrifugal compressors and integrated free cooling to match capacity to real-time IT load, preventing overcooling and reducing run hours. Prefabricated power modules come with standardized, pretested layouts that optimize airflow and containment to increase economizer hours and reduce cooling energy compared with traditional builds.
“As AI continues to reshape the digital landscape, we see an opportunity not just to meet demand, but to define what the next generation of data centers can achieve,” said Vandana Singh, SVP of Secure Power North America at Schneider Electric. “By combining modular power, advanced cooling technologies and a long-term service model, we’re helping create infrastructure that anticipates the future of AI workloads, making energy smarter, more adaptable, and more sustainable.”
The agreement is the largest cooling service engagement Schneider Electric has ever undertaken, with energy technologies including prefabricated power modules and Uniflair chillers, high-efficiency cooling systems for mission-critical environments. It also includes a three-year full-service contract for chillers, ensuring Switch customers benefit from reliable, long-term support.
Switch operates five exascale U.S. data center campuses across Las Vegas, Tahoe Reno, Atlanta, Grand Rapids and Austin. These facilities reside on thousands of acres with multi-gigawatt power capacities. Switch’s AI factories are engineered to power and cool up to 2MW per rack. These facilities position Switch at the leading edge of innovation with their purpose-built designs to support extreme density demands of next-generation AI workloads, aligned with NVIDIA’s DGX and MGX roadmaps.
“As the premium provider to the world’s leading companies, Switch is focused on enabling the next wave of AI and digital innovation through world-class infrastructure,” said Jason Hoffman, Chief Strategy Officer at Switch. “Expanding our relationship with Schneider Electric advances that mission as we pioneer a new class of AI-ready infrastructure, designed for operational insight, extreme efficiency and the flexibility to evolve as technology advances to meet the growing demand of our customers.”
