Liquid cooling reference designs accelerate AI data center deployments

Schneider Electric announces power and cooling reference designs co-developed with NVIDIA.

• Reference designs (RD110 and RD111): Schneider Electric, supported by Motivair, offers turnkey, validated reference designs co-developed with NVIDIA; these designs are engineered for Grace Blackwell GB300 NVL72 systems, supporting up to 142 kW per rack, and are available in Schneider Electric’s reference design library. The article links to a white paper (SPD_WP133_EN) and a detailed design brief (SPD_EB1_EN).
• Market context and technical details: the article cites a projected liquid cooling market growth from about $2.8 billion to over $21 billion USD by 2032, states cooling failures account for 13% of data center outages, and reports 70% of outages cost more than $100,000 while 25% exceed $1 million. It outlines benefits (faster AI service delivery, capacity predictability, reduced operational costs) and common deployment pitfalls (incorrect Cv, mismatched pump curves, improper loop ΔT, controls logic gaps).