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• May 27, 2026

  How a Coal Plant in Buffalo Became TeraWulf’s 500 MW AI Campus

  TeraWulf is developing the Lake Mariner “AI factory” campus on a retired coal plant site near Buffalo, delivering 500 MW today and planning to scale to 750 MW.

  • Main announcement: TeraWulf is building the Lake Mariner AI factory across roughly 180 acres of the former coal plant site, currently delivering 500 MW across four data halls with plans to scale to 750 MW; tenants include Core42 and Fluidstack (the latter hosts compute tied to Google AI workloads), and the fourth hall CB4 is expected to be energized by July 2026.
  • Background and technical details:Schneider Electric and Motivair have deployed more than $290 million in AI infrastructure and liquid-cooling systems at the site; the campus uses closed-loop glycol cooling with 144 RDHx units in one section and outdoor spray cooling used <5% of the year; legacy intake to Lake Ontario capacity is ~275 million gallons; electrical architecture includes 450 UPS systems (1–1.5 MW each) and reliance on Niagara hydropower (~90% zero-carbon).
• May 26, 2026

  TeraWulf’s Lake Mariner Campus: How a Retired Coal Plant Became an AI Factory Prototype

  TeraWulf has announced the rapid deployment and integration of power-and-cooling infrastructure at its Lake Mariner campus in Barker, New York.

  • Main announcement: TeraWulf, in partnership with Schneider Electric and Motivair, compressed deployment of over $290 million in mission-critical power and cooling infrastructure into a twelve-month window to repurpose the retired Lake Mariner coal plant into an AI/HPC campus designed to support up to 750 MW of future load; deployments include Galaxy VX UPS systems, lithium-ion battery systems, Motivair CDUs (105 kW to 2.5 MW MCDU-70), ChilledDoor rear-door heat exchangers, NetShelter racks, and EcoStruxure IT monitoring.
  • Background and specifics: The project leverages existing industrial transmission assets (dual 345-kV lines, nearby Niagara hydroelectric and imported Quebec hydropower), long-term tenant commitments from Core42 and Fluidstack (backed by Google), and a brownfield, energy-first strategy focused on sites with pre-existing transmission/substation infrastructure to avoid multiyear interconnection timelines.
• May 4, 2026

  ‘Energy security’ drives Schneider Electric growth: CEO

  Schneider Electric reported record Q1 2026 revenue of $11.4B, driven by strong demand from data centers and growth in its energy management segment.

  • Q1 2026 results: Schneider reported $11.4B quarterly revenue, +11.2% organic year-over-year growth; its Energy Management segment revenue rose 12.8% YoY, with North America Energy Management up 15.9% YoY and data-center demand described as “double digits”.
  • Business drivers & details: The company cited the AI boom, geopolitical tensions, and customer demand for liquid cooling and AI-ready architectures; it highlighted partnerships and solutions including digital twinning with NVIDIA and ETAP, liquid/air cooling via its Motivair subsidiary, operational support from AVEVA, and building management via EcoStruxure. Revenues in Middle East and Africa were down and Schneider reaffirmed its 2026 financial targets while noting geopolitical/macro risk.
• Mar 27, 2026

  ‘Nigeria’s data centres must integrate AI with renewables’

  Schneider Electric recommended that Nigeria’s data centres integrate AI with renewable energy, adopt liquid cooling and co-engineered reference designs to manage high-density AI workloads.

  • Main announcement: Schneider Electric (Anglophone Africa) urged Nigeria’s data centres to adopt intelligent energy management, on-site renewable generation, battery storage, and liquid cooling (Schneider Electric’s Liquid Cooling Portfolio with Motivair) to handle AI workloads drawing 100–142 kilowatts per rack and to co-engineer reference designs with NVIDIA for unified power, cooling and digital management.
  • Background & details: The article cites market projections — $1.3tn generative AI market by 2032 (Bloomberg) and $15.7tn contribution by 2030 (PwC); Schneider Electric’s reports referenced include ‘Looming Power Crunch’ and White Paper 212, ‘Bending the Energy Curve’ (claims up to 17% industry energy-growth reduction via modest PUE improvements). Collaboration with utilities and microgrids is recommended; no new funding or contracts were announced in this article.
• Feb 27, 2026

  Data centers remain standout industry for Schneider Electric

  Schneider Electric reported full-year 2025 results showing continued growth driven by AI data center demand and announced a new five-year sustainability ambition.

  • Main announcement/action: Schneider reported 8.9% organic revenue growth in 2025 with data centers and networks the largest end-market (accounting for 30% of orders in 2025); the company projects the data center and networks vertical to grow by >10% annually through 2030 and said data center orders accelerated toward the end of 2025 and are expected to remain strong through 2026 as projects planned for the next 18–24 months take shape.
  • Background and other details: Schneider highlighted 11.2% Q4 organic growth in Energy Management, North America growth of 15% year-over-year, use of ETAP and NVIDIA Omniverse in design, the Motivair acquisition for high-performance cooling, a new manufacturing facility in Tennessee to produce custom power distribution equipment, and a five-year sustainability ambition to save/electrify 1,500 TWh (2026–2030) and avoid 1.5 billion tons CO2 (2018–2030).
• Dec 17, 2025

  NVIDIA and Partners Define a Repeatable Blueprint for AI Factory Data Centers

  NVIDIA formalized AI factory reference designs in September 2025, anchored in Omniverse DSX and aligned with co-engineered reference architectures from Siemens, nVent, Schneider Electric, and Trane Technologies.

  • Main announcement: NVIDIA introduced a canonical, parameterized AI factory digital twin in Omniverse DSX (Sept 2025) to standardize IT stacks (DGX, GB300 NVL72, Vera Rubin–class systems) and compress design timelines; by Dec 2025 Siemens+nVent, Schneider Electric, and Trane announced production-ready reference designs aligned to NVIDIA’s framework (Siemens+nVent: 100‑MW template; Schneider: controls and GB300 NVL72 halls up to ~142 kW/rack; Trane: Reference Design #501 for gigawatt-scale thermal management).
  • Background and specifics: Partners provide complementary OT solutions—Siemens Xcelerator integration and medium/low-voltage distribution; nVent rack/row liquid cooling blocks; Schneider EcoStruxure controls and lifecycle software (Schneider cites more than $2.3 billion in U.S. contracts with Switch and Digital Realty and recent acquisitions including Motivair); Trane ties thermal plant simulation directly into Omniverse DSX. Announcements emphasize liquid cooling, digital twins, grid-aware design, and partner claims of roughly 20% cooling energy reductions and 30% shorter overall project timelines.
• Dec 16, 2025 · IT Brief Asia

  Motivair debuts AI-ready coolant units for data centres

  Motivair by Schneider Electric has launched two new coolant distribution units, the MCDU-45 and MCDU-55.

  • Main announcement: The company launched the MCDU-45 and MCDU-55 coolant distribution units designed for utility-corridor installation (not limited to data hall floor). Both models are available for global orders, and Schneider Electric expects production volumes to rise in early 2026. The units target hyperscale, AI, colocation, edge and retrofit sites and sit within a wider Motivair liquid cooling portfolio.
  • Background and details: These are the first new products released under the Motivair brand since Schneider Electric’s acquisition in early 2025. The broader range spans MCDU-25 to MCDU-60, supports wider chilled water temperatures, integrates with central chiller plants and control systems (precise flow control, real-time monitoring, adaptive load balancing), and is designed to support higher rack densities and mixed liquid/air-cooled environments. Higher allowable water temperatures are noted as a way to reduce chiller compressor usage in suitable climates.
• Dec 8, 2025

  DCF Trends Summit 2025: AI for Good - How Operators, Vendors and Cooling Specialists See the Next Phase of AI Data Centers

  Data Center Frontier published a recap of a panel session (sponsored by Schneider Electric) from the Data Center Frontier Trends Summit 2025 in Reston, VA, titled “AI for Good: Building for AI Workloads and Using AI for Smarter Data Centers.”

  • Main announcement/action: The session, moderated by Matt Vincent and featuring Schneider Electric, Compass Datacenters, and Motivair, outlined operator-level best practices for designing and operating AI “factories,” including validated reference designs with NVIDIA, rack densities rising to ~132 kW (with 600 kW on the horizon), and modular/prefab approaches; the panel noted NVL72 pods at $3 million each with integrated liquid cooling and manifolds.

  • Background and details: Panelists detailed concrete operational moves: condition-based maintenance using AI and sensors (Compass reported ~40% fewer manual interventions and ~20% OPEX reduction), retrofitting ~5,300 U.S. brownfield facilities for liquid cooling, collaboration with utilities (EPRI DC Flex) for grid-aware operations, and standards work (ASHRAE TC 9.9) to enable interoperable liquid-cooling ecosystems.

• Oct 6, 2025

  Schneider Electric dévoile de nouvelles conceptions de centres de données IA en collaboration avec NVIDIA

  Schneider Electric announced new AI infrastructure reference designs co-developed with NVIDIA that provide validated physical infrastructure blueprints for high-density GPU AI clusters.

  • Main announcement: Schneider Electric released two new co-developed reference designs with NVIDIA that integrate power management and liquid cooling control (including Schneider’s Motivair liquid-cooling technology) and interoperate with NVIDIA Mission Control. The designs support NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 and GB200 NVL72 deployments, include ANSI and IEC configurations, enable up to 142 kW per rack, and the GB300 design is sized for three clusters in a single data hall (up to 1,152 GPUs using liquid-to-liquid CDUs and high-temperature chillers).
  • Background and technical details: The references provide a ready-to-deploy MQTT-based end-to-end control architecture that links OT and IT, establish redundant power and cooling (CDUs and RPPs), introduce new rack power-consumption profiling guidance (including peak power and power-quality monitoring), and include CFD and digital-twin modelling support via ETAP and EcoStruxure IT Design. Schneider also notes it has developed nine AI reference designs covering prefabricated modules, retrofits, and GB200/GB300 cluster scenarios. For more information see se.com/data-centres-and-networks/reference-designs.
• Oct 6, 2025

  Schneider Electric unveils new AI data centre reference designs with NVIDIA

  Schneider Electric announced new reference designs co-developed with NVIDIA to accelerate deployment and operation of AI-ready data centre power management and liquid-cooling controls.

  • Main announcement: Schneider Electric, co-engineered with NVIDIA, released two new reference designs: a controls reference design (integrated power management and liquid cooling controls interoperable with NVIDIA Mission Control) and a GB300 NVL72 reference design supporting up to 142 kW per rack and data halls hosting three GB300 NVL72 clusters (up to 1,152 GPUs) using liquid-to-liquid CDUs and high-temperature chillers.
  • Background and details: The designs include guidance across facility power, facility cooling, IT space and lifecycle software, are available in ANSI and IEC configurations, leverage Schneider tools ETAP and EcoStruxure IT Design CFD (digital twins), and build on prior NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 blueprints; media contacts provided for Schneider Electric Canada and PR (emails and a phone number).
• Oct 6, 2025

  Schneider Electric dévoile de nouvelles conceptions de centres de données IA en collaboration avec NVIDIA

  Schneider Electric announced new AI-ready data center reference designs co-developed with NVIDIA.

  • Main announcement: Schneider Electric unveiled two new co-developed reference designs with NVIDIA that accelerate deployment of AI-ready infrastructure: one provides an industry-first integrated power management and liquid cooling control framework (including Schneider’s Motivair liquid cooling technologies) interoperable with NVIDIA Mission Control and compatible with NVIDIA Grace Blackwell systems; the second targets single-hall deployments up to 142 kW per rack for NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 bays and is provided in ANSI and IEC configurations. The GB300 design supports a data hall with three clusters, up to 1,152 GPUs, using liquid-to-liquid CDUs and high-temperature chillers.
  • Background and technical details: The designs are fully engineered and validated, include MQTT-based OT/IT integration, redundant architectures for CDU and RPP, new guidelines to measure AI-rack power profiles (including peak power and power quality monitoring), and modeling support via CFD, ETAP, and EcoStruxure IT Design; Schneider also offers nine additional AI reference designs for varied scenarios (prefab modules, renovated data centers, GB200/GB300 clusters).
• Dec 5, 2024 · ESG News

  Schneider Electric and NVIDIA Unveil AI-Ready Solutions to Decarbonize Data Centers

  France-based Schneider Electric has announced new AI-ready data center solutions focused on energy efficiency and sustainability, including a high-efficiency reference design co-developed with NVIDIA. The solutions include the Galaxy VXL UPS offering 52% space savings and supporting up to 1.25 MW per frame, and the GB200 NVL72 reference design for liquid-cooled AI clusters supporting up to 132 kW per rack. The company is focusing on decarbonizing digital infrastructure through renewable energy sourcing, energy-efficient systems, and sustainability consulting.