With the ubiquitous digital transformation and the wave of automation and intelligence, the digital economy and the real economy are accelerating the integration, enterprises increasingly rely on digital technology to achieve business development, which puts higher requirements on the data center as the infrastructure of the digital economy, how to constantly promote the innovation and development of the data center?

Research and development policy

In the late 1990s, the concept of Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) was not yet available in the field of data centers, and Schneider Electric’s newly established “Global Data Center Research Center” was already providing customers with energy efficiency analysis of data center infrastructure. It is called DCIE (Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency).

For more than 20 years, Schneider Electric has been committed to empowering and driving the development of the industry, and has pioneered the leading ideas, innovative technologies and best practices of data centers in the form of white papers, providing scientific theoretical basis and implementation path for best practices in improving energy efficiency, availability, security and sustainable development of data centers. Thus, it has become an important source to promote the innovation and development of the data center industry, and has gradually established the mission of “researching data center technology and development trends, advocating best practices”, and has devoted itself to writing and publishing science-based, thematic and vendor neutral white papers, which has enlightened and influenced generations of data center practitioners.

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On the one hand, a series of white papers educate the entire industry and market. For example, the topic of “The impact of AI on the future of the physical infrastructure of the data center” that the Research Center has been focusing on recently was pioneered by Peter Herweck, the new global CEO of Schneider Electric. From AI to hydrogen fuel, research centers play an important role as “think tanks” when it comes to factors that can affect data center energy efficiency and even overall environmental sustainability.
On the other hand, when facing some micro and concrete topics, such as how the data center architecture should be designed and evolved, how to improve the energy efficiency and availability of the data center, how to choose UPS, etc., the research center has become an “industry consultant”.Shijia Global Data Center Research Center puts down the focus on its own products, and maintains a “vendor neutral” attitude to provide customers and the industry with deep principles of product and architecture, give best practices, and provide application guidance. Its team members include more than 10 permanent members distributed in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and other regions. At the same time, top experts and senior managers from the various business teams within the Group will also participate in the discussion of technology and innovation issues.

Refine and sharpen

Thanks to the rigorous, persistent and persistent team members, up to now, the Data Center Research Center has published more than 220 white papers, with an annual reading volume of 400,000, covering hot topics such as data center infrastructure, full life cycle services, and sustainable development.

The white paper has been translated into dozens of languages, including Chinese, French, Japanese, and Spanish, and is widely recognized by the global data center industry.