How Schneider Electric is Leading Data Centre Sustainability
AI is reshaping the future of global data centres.
By 2025, industry forecasts suggest facilities will face a 50% rise in electrical consumption, while data volumes surge by 500%, according to Schneider Electric.
This rapid trajectory highlights a pressing question: how can digital infrastructure expand without intensifying its environmental burden?
Schneider Electric, a global leader in sustainability and energy management, is addressing this challenge directly by enabling smarter, more resilient and more sustainable operations across data centres.
Through its sustainability-driven strategies, the company secured the number one ranking in Sustainability Magazine’s Top 250 Most Sustainable Companies report for 2025.
Streamlining energy sourcing
Schneider Electric leverages its global sustainability expertise and deep energy market insight to support businesses in optimising energy sourcing.
Through its consulting and procurement services, the company enables data centre operators to access renewable energy projects and cleantech solutions cost-effectively, while staying aligned with long-term carbon reduction strategies.
This forward-looking model is increasingly vital, with 24% of executives predicting that by 2025, more than half of all data centres will be self-configuring – demanding integrated, sustainable solutions from the very beginning.
“At Schneider Electric, sustainability is at the heart of everything we do,” says Esther Finidori, Chief Sustainability Officer at Schneider Electric, on Linkedin.
“Sustainability Magazine celebrates our ambitious targets and honest transparency approach to sustainability across our operations and supply chain and the measurable impact we’re driving together.”
Onsite power generation
Reliability is paramount in an industry where downtime simply cannot be tolerated.
Schneider Electric delivers onsite power generation systems built for speed, resilience and sustainability.
By pairing renewable energy production with advanced, energy-efficient cooling solutions, these systems minimise dependence on the grid while lowering emissions.
This strategy enables operators to drive sustainable growth across centralised, regional and edge facilities, ensuring data centres remain robust and adaptable as demand continues to accelerate.
Intelligence through EcoStruxure
At the heart of Schneider Electric’s portfolio lies its EcoStruxure Platform—an IoT-enabled architecture that delivers connectivity, intelligence and real-time visibility to data centre operations.
The EcoStruxure Platform integrates power, racks, cooling and management into a single adaptable system, enabling operators to align diverse energy sources, maximise uptime and accelerate decarbonisation.
With 75% of data expected to be processed at the edge by 2025, EcoStruxure delivers the digital backbone needed to scale sustainable, resilient and adaptive infrastructure.
Through its blend of sustainability leadership, consulting expertise and deep domain knowledge, Schneider Electric equips data centre operators to separate growth from environmental impact.
By optimising renewable energy sourcing, deploying resilient onsite generation and driving automation via EcoStruxure, the company is guiding the industry to meet the demands of the AI era in a responsible way.
In doing so, Schneider Electric ensures the data centres enabling tomorrow’s digital economy are not only innovative but also firmly grounded in sustainability.
“We will continue to lead by example, working with our partners and customers to accelerate the transition toward a more sustainable, resilient and inclusive future,” Esther writes.
