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Business Standard
10-07-2025
- Business
- Business Standard
Schneider Electric Partners with Horizon Industrial Parks for a State-of-the-Art Manufacturing Facility in Hosur, Tamil Nadu
VMPL Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], July 10: Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, today announced its plan to develop a manufacturing facility for its Schneider Electric IT Business at Horizon Industrial Park Hosur, near Shoolagiri, Tamil Nadu. Spread across 500K square feet, the new facility aims to enhance Schneider Electric's capabilities in manufacturing, sales, and trading of Battery Management Products (BMS) including Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems, Power Distribution Units (PDU), cooling products, and other electronic accessories. Strategically located along the Bangalore-Chennai National Highway, the upcoming Grade A industrial facility offers seamless connectivity to both Bengaluru and Chennai markets, enabling enhanced distribution and operational efficiencies. The development will be executed in two phases in collaboration with Horizon Industrial Parks, a leading integrated logistics and industrial infrastructure provider backed by Blackstone Real Estate funds. The first phase will be a dust-free facility featuring a modern office space and extensive tenant improvements. These enhancements include expanded industrial power capacity, advanced fire safety systems, and optimized workspace planning for an initial workforce of 1,500, encompassing both direct and indirect employment. The second phase will build a high-spec, custom facility tailored to Schneider Electric's advanced operational needs and is expected to be completed in 7 months "We are happy to partner with Horizon Industrial Parks as we advance our commitment towards an 'Atmanirbhar Bharat,'" said Deepak Sharma, Zone President, Greater India, MD and CEO, Schneider Electric India. "This collaboration underscores our commitment to sustainability, efficiency, and operational excellence. The new facility will significantly enhance our manufacturing capabilities and allow us to incorporate cutting-edge technology and sustainable practices. With this investment, we aim to empower businesses, boost operational efficiency, and contribute meaningfully to the 'Make in India' initiative." Horizon Industrial Park Hosur is pre-certified 'Platinum' by Indian Green Building Council (IGBC). Schneider Electric's new facility will integrate multiple eco-friendly features, including roof insulation with glass wool, rooftop solar panels for enhanced thermal efficiency, a 12-meter clear height PEB design with skylights for natural lighting, and advanced ventilation systems. In addition, EV charging stations, HVAC controls, and smart light sensors will be deployed as part of the facility's integrated BMS. Solar rooftop panels are planned for the next phase of development, further boosting thermal efficiency and reducing carbon footprint. Urvish Rambhia, Principal at Blackstone Real Estate, said: "We are pleased to partner with Schneider Electric and support its long-term growth in India. We are committed to providing innovative, tailored, and high-quality warehousing solutions for global and local corporations looking to expand their presence in India." With this strategic expansion, Schneider Electric continues to reinforce its long-term investment in India's manufacturing sector, driving innovation, efficiency, and sustainability in the industry. About Schneider Electric Schneider's purpose is to create Impact by empowering all to make the most of our energy and resources, bridging progress and sustainability for all. At Schneider, we call this Life Is On. Our mission is to be the trusted partner in Sustainability and Efficiency. We are a global industrial technology leader bringing world-leading expertise in electrification, automation and digitization to smart industries, resilient infrastructure, future-proof data centres, intelligent buildings, and intuitive homes. Anchored by our deep domain expertise, we provide integrated end-to-end lifecycle AI enabled Industrial IoT solutions with connected products, automation, software and services, delivering digital twins to enable profitable growth for our customers. We are a people company with an ecosystem of 150,000 colleagues and more than a million partners operating in over 100 countries to ensure proximity to our customers and stakeholders. We embrace diversity and inclusion in everything we do, guided by our meaningful purpose of a sustainable future for all.
Techday NZ
23-05-2025
- Business
- Techday NZ
EkkoSoft Critical 9.0 boosts data centre cooling & power
EkkoSense has released a new version of its data centre management software, EkkoSoft Critical 9.0, featuring enhanced support for large and complex data centre environments, and new capabilities for power and cooling optimisation. The updated software is designed to assist data centre operators in managing hybrid cooling systems, combining liquid and air-based cooling methods within a single space, and introduces advanced features such as three phase balancing and residual current monitoring. These additions aim to meet evolving operational needs amid rising demand for AI compute workloads. Dean Boyle, Chief Executive Officer at EkkoSense, commented: "EkkoSoft Critical 9.0 becomes the essential AI tool for the growing number of data center operators – including hyperscalers, colocation providers, and major financial firms - that are looking to balance legacy and digital transformation workloads with the accelerated demand for AI compute capabilities. EkkoSoft Critical is all about helping our customers to optimise data center performance to previously unachievable levels. This latest release ensures they have all the capacity, power and cooling data and visualisations they'll need to get there even more quickly." EkkoSoft Critical 9.0 offers enterprise data centres real-time capacity planning and power management through several new and improved features. The software now supports larger data centre rooms with the ability to handle multiple UPS systems, air-conditioning systems, and up to six Power Distribution Units (PDUs) per rack, addressing requirements of large operators. The platform's hybrid cooling optimisation responds to the increasing adoption of high-density compute deployments that may require a combination of liquid and air cooling. Operators can monitor room cooling capacity regardless of the mix, improving efficiency and performance of diverse environments. The software introduces Full Flex Capacity Optimisation, allowing operations teams to tailor the system to their specific capacity optimisation needs, including options for system power, cooling, or site power optimisation, used separately or in combination. For power management, EkkoSoft Critical 9.0 brings three-phase load balancing capabilities, providing visibility into the loading of critical PDUs to help avoid inefficiencies caused by unbalanced supply. It also supports residual current monitoring for individual rack PDUs, offering alerts and compliance with expanding industry regulations. Updates to the user interface include a revised side bar for clearer presentation of capacity metrics and historical visualisations of peak values. One-click reporting is intended to enable faster identification and utilisation of stranded capacity within facilities. Paul Milburn, Chief Product Officer at EkkoSense, said: "One of the main barriers to effective data center optimisation is the sheer complexity of working with traditional DCIM tools and CFD solutions. EkkoSoft Critical solves this by letting operations teams manage all their current and future capacity, power and cooling demands within a single, intuitive 3D visualisation and analytics tool." He added: "This is particularly important as data centers increase in complexity and power usage with AI workloads that require more complex cooling requirements. The new release provides operations teams with a precise understanding of exactly what's going on from an infrastructure and engineering perspective when they deploy AI services and start to run them at scale. So, whether it's supporting larger data centers that have multi-power systems feeding into all their racks, or helping to bring all your hybrid, liquid or air-cooled capacity monitoring together, EkkoSoft Critical 9.0 directly addresses the challenges data centers face with escalating AI workloads and more complex cooling requirements." The updated platform uses real-time IoT sensing to deliver enhanced data accuracy and visibility into temperature, power and cooling metrics, supporting agile decision-making for operations teams. According to the company, EkkoSoft Critical 9.0's approach aims to provide a single analytics resource to simplify management across increasingly hybrid and high-performance environments.
