Schneider Electric and AMD Unveil AI Factory Blueprint for High-Density Clusters
Event summary
- Schneider Electric and AMD released a co-engineered reference design for the Helios rackscale solution on July 23, 2026.
- The design supports AI clusters up to 10.4 MW IT load and racks with 246 kW capacity.
- The collaboration combines AMD’s AI platform innovation with Schneider Electric’s power, cooling, and digital infrastructure expertise.
- The reference design includes facility power, cooling, IT space, and lifecycle software components.
The big picture
This collaboration addresses the growing demand for high-density AI infrastructure, providing a validated blueprint to reduce deployment risks and complexities. As AI workloads push data center limits, such partnerships between hardware innovators and energy technology leaders are becoming critical for scalable, efficient solutions.
What we're watching
- Deployment Speed
- How quickly the reference design accelerates AI factory deployments for customers.
- Global Scalability
- Whether the framework can be successfully extended to support IEC standards for international implementations.
- Energy Efficiency
- The pace at which the design achieves and maintains a PUE of ~1.12 at full load.
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