Workers at the power-equipment company’s facility which is in the midst of a major expansion are busily assembling advanced cooling systems for the data centres that underpin the development of artificial intelligence (AI) “The key is the integration of grid to chip and chip to chiller,” says Pankaj Sharma referring to a new design it recently developed with Nvidia This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “It’s electrifying!” Discover stories from this section and more in the list of contents Paramount’s dilemma exemplifies a broader problem The coffee chain’s new boss is struggling to fix its problems I went by train to do a wine fair in Zurich on behalf of my parents’ winery – by myself we know that Italian trains are always late Nicola helped me to prepare the bottles because I was very late I’ll get you to taste something that only we have.' 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look at a previously overlooked wine market Data centers can and should become much more efficient Schneider Electric has an important role to play in this we learned recently on a visit to the company’s Electric Cooling Hub in Conselve That it is indeed possible to make strides is proven by STACK Infrastructure who opened up one of their data centers for us Data centers are regularly targeted in discussions around climate They consume an enormous amount of energy and water and do not do much else to change At least that is the perception prevailing in the market we are only going to need more data centers in the next 20 years General Manager of Cooling at Schneider Electric says that in that time there needs to be a doubling of capacity but AI only makes up a maximum of about 15 percent of the expected doubling So the rest of the workloads are also going to grow tremendously For every new development there will be all kinds of new applications That data has to reside somewhere in a data center data centers find themselves in a special split the same goes for parties such as Schneider Electric and STACK Infrastructure From legislators here and there we see a primary reaction of a moratorium on the construction of data centers the need for data centers will only increase So banning their construction is only a short-term solution the solution to the problems that data centers have and cause in terms of energy and water consumption will really have to lie largely in technical developments That is what they are busy with at Schneider Electric It’s good to see that at least more is being done than offsetting We don’t have that much to do with that That is a form of greenwashing as far as we are concerned even though offsetting is still better than doing nothing at all The only time during the two days of the press conference that offsetting came up was right at the beginning Schneider Electric planted a tree for every journalist present somewhere in a forest in France Data centers must go from cause to solution That is the tenor of the speech by Marc Garner SVP Secure Power Europe at Schneider Electric He even goes a step further: “Data centers can be the catalyst for sustainable change.” In doing so he turns the perception of data centers completely on its head The quote from the title also comes from him it turns out to be more than just empty slogans we learn during the remainder of the event Also read: Google Cloud uses 19.38 billion liters of drinking water, water neutral by 2030 Any discussion about the energy and water consumption of data centers quickly turns to cooling That is definitely the linchpin of the changes that data centers and data center product suppliers must make “We need to have a strategy for smart and green cooling.” That will cause the number of HPC workloads to increase A company like Schneider Electric needs to be prepared for that by offering additional cooling formats to customers the data center market could use some standardization because it is simpler and therefore cheaper a fully standardized data center market will not happen overnight Bradner does see that geographical location will play less of a role Having a unique design for each geographic location isn’t part of that approach we’ve been saying for about 25 years that we’re in the year of IPv6 But that “big bang” just doesn’t seem to be coming (and isn’t going to come Bradner articulates this analogy as follows: “Liquid cooling has been the next best thing for fifteen years.” The market is still not really ready for it with the exception of companies running HPC workloads There is a good reason for the immaturity of the market It’s because datacenters can cool the lion’s share of workloads and racks just fine with air it will never be the case that liquid cooling takes over completely the limit for when liquid cooling is more or less mandatory is about 50 kW/rack even though we are steadily growing toward it Anything below 50 kW/rack can basically still be handled with air cooling even though there will be situations where liquid cooling is more efficient there as well With regard to guidelines in the area of liquid cooling “Those are becoming somewhat archaic and dated,” Bradner points out So there needs to be a new version of those The fact that there isn’t one yet is another indication that liquid cooling in data centers is really still in its infancy but it is by no means the solution for all data center cooling There will continue to be a need for air cooling as well that does present Schneider Electric with an additional challenge solutions that use air cooling and liquid cooling side by side That’s also why they took an end-to-end approach they keep the entire cooling process in their sights through the distribution of cooling in a data center to rejecting the heat outside The above sounds like Schneider Electric wants to create a lock-in for customers That’s usually what “end-to-end” means Bradner indicates several times during his portion of the session “We want to remain agnostic,” he states “We’re going to support every technology every vendor – that’s what liquid cooling requires of us.” When it comes to rack cooling in data centers particularly closed systems using cooling fluids there are also questions around sustainability these fluids are often far from environmentally friendly Some of the worst gases have already been eliminated from the fluids it is no surprise that there is currently a lot going on around coolants A lot of people and companies are on a search for efficient natural coolants Technical Innovation Expert Leader working at the Schneider Electric Cooling Hub in Conselve he points out that we do need to be smart about it too “Most of the carbon footprint is not in the refrigerant but in the energy consumption,” according to him This means that a green coolant that is less efficient than a synthetic or chemical one is counterproductive at the end of the day it is also important to look at how energy is generated the scales of less efficient coolant might actually lean towards the green side here too it is important to think and look at sustainability issues within data centers from an end-to-end approach you only shift the problem,” Frizziero concludes Liquid cooling may still be far from commonplace in data centers but Schneider Electric is already preparing for it This is very clear during a tour of the Cooling Hub An entire new line has been set up for it in the factory After visiting Schneider Electric’s Cooling Hub We did so in Milan at STACK Infrastructure STACK Infrastructure has data centers in several regions in Europe The company has only been around since 2019 It already has a total capacity of more than 2.5 GW now but wants to get to more than 4 GW worldwide in the foreseeable future as there are investors behind the company with quite a lot of financial capabilities (IPI Partners) the company’s focus is mainly on hyperscalers The fact that STACK Infrastructure is relatively young offers opportunities in terms of sustainability where retrofitting new technology can cause headaches it can also take sustainability into account when choosing the location for data centers it is notable that almost all of them are in areas where sustainability goals such as using 100 percent renewable energy are relatively easy to achieve Switzerland and Scandinavia have a substantial number of hydroelectric plants The north of Italy also has the necessary hydropower plants only Frankfurt is located in a region that is more difficult to provide 100 percent renewable energy That region opened late last year but also meets this target All of STACK’s locations in Europe run on 100 percent renewable energy Whether one can ever have 100 percent renewable energy as all of the so-called clean and green sources of energy have a carbon footprint too The emergency generators of the data center still run on diesel this is the only truly reliable fuel to offer the guarantees that customers expect from a data center it makes perfect sense that STACK Infrastructure has chosen the above locations this strategy goes against what Bradner told us the previous day that geographical location is becoming less and less important Nor is this company the best example in terms of standardization We hear during the session in Milan that the cooling system was built specifically for this data center because MIL01 is an air-cooled data center The trends Bradner mentions are more likely to apply to liquid-cooled data centers than air-cooled ones liquid cooling is still not very widespread So we will have to wait a while for standardization STACK Infrastructure also uses other forms of renewable energy solar panels are provided at several locations they also collect rain and melt water and reuse the heat produced by the data centers They say they do the latter very successfully in Oslo and Geneva Also good to mention here is that STACK Infrastructure is also looking at using so-called Green Concrete and recycled steel to build data centers We see something rather special on the campus of the MIL01 data center we visit This is one of the locations where STACK Infrastructure has placed bee hives This does not immediately have anything to do with renewable energy bees play an important role in pollinating plants and are thus crucial for their survival The plan is to install bee hives at the other locations as well making a data center more sustainable is not just about the kind of energy you put in (and get out) We saw this briefly above when we talked about natural liquid cooling It’s also a matter of thinking carefully about how to use the energy that data centers consume as efficiently as possible This is also what the statement in the title of this article from the already quoted SVP Secure Power at Schneider Electric It is also possible to be more sustainable in operational matters you have to have continuous access to the state of all the systems you have all systems must be connected to each other All the data from those systems can then be turned into clear information about how they are working and how to do things better Schneider Electric also happens to supply this software includes not only things about energy consumption but also components aimed at linking OT and IT and security it is good to keep in mind that at first glance During the session we had at STACK Infrastructure’s data center in Milan we heard an interesting fact in that regard A difference of one degree in cooling temperature means five percent less energy consumption So there is still a lot to be gained there Garner certainly has a point when he says that in principle there is no energy shortage At least when it comes to the second part of his statement Whether there really is no energy shortage would not be something we could simply endorse we should waste as little energy as possible Techzine focusses on IT professionals and business decision makers by publishing the latest IT news and background stories The goal is to help IT professionals get acquainted with new innovative products and services but also to offer in-depth information to help them understand products and services better © 2025 Dolphin Publications B.V.All rights reserved Copyright © techoraco and its affiliated companies 2025 September saw an army press from across Europe be invited by Schneider Electric and Stack Infrastructure to attend the ‘Powering the path to a sustainable Its aim was to facilitate a conversation around data centre sustainability trends and the evolution of electricity 4.0 we were treated to tours of the Schneider Electric Cooling Hub and Stack’s MIL01 data centre campus Spanning 28,000 sqm Schneider Electric’s Cooling Hub in Conselve features chilled water and direct expansion room cooling It also boasts a range of certifications including ISO 14001 Schneider’s vice president of Secure Power – Italy she shared her thoughts on the general power landscape in Italy and how Schneider continues to lead in terms of green energy “We as Schneider have a completely integrated approach when it comes to sustainability,” she says “Its in our DNA so how we approach our markets and action our plans has this green focus at the heart of it.” On this basis it is a very clear mission and strategy for Schneider but that also requires a level of education and teaching of the customer in some cases “The Italian market specifically is made up of big enterprises some of which have just started on their sustainability strategy,” she explains we need to help them by integrating our perspective into their plans.” she says there are also a lot of small enterprises that need to be taught about how to approach sustainability which could include everything from efficiency energy saving all the way to a more integrated approach “What I really try to communicate is sustainability is not a recovery plan,” she adds Starting from building the right products and understanding the impact that AI will have in the full supply chain.” Looking outside of just the data centre sector telcos can also take a lot from Schneider and its lessons learned from implementing a more sustainable approach Speaking on telcos and its green power journey Olchini said: “They [telcos] are understanding how they can modernise their networks because they have built their infrastructure in phases and now they have big infrastructure that’s not optimised or efficient.” Olchini suggests things like consolidating workloads to reduce the use of IT infrastructure then looking at how that workload can be more efficient in consuming energy “we [Schneider] can help them by understanding that but in the end they have to build a new strategy about efficiency and sustainability.” Though she recognises the costs and complexity of such activities will likely mean telcos are a few years away from rolling out such changes she reminds us that it really is a must as there are companies that are smaller that are providing services in a very accelerated and sustainable way that don't have all the legacy limitations to deal with Sustainability and efficiency are not necessarily two words that intrinsically go together but it seems to be very front of mind for Schneider Further to that much of the conversation about AI seems to be focused on the power but AI also has a part to play in efficiency with technologies like data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) and other kinds of software-based kind of automation Olchini speaks to how AI/software products are helping efficiency using some of the technologies that we also need to kind of be mindful of “You can only optimise if you know what you have to optimise,” she says “At Schneider Electric we are providing these types of very advanced solutions to our power customers so they know what they have." "We then enable them to analyse the data coming from the physical infrastructure to then be able to then analyse this data and get the right information to take the right information and decision about optimisation,” she adds Having spent time exploring the Conselve hub it is not a only a space with the latest cooling innovations such as free-air cooling and chassis-level immersion liquid cooling solutions are developed but it is also a centre for training new talent “We have to build the right competence in the market for the future of data centre evolution,” says Olchini “We are working with universities to build the right competence based on what we are doing and to define the right competencies that they have to build because there is competence someone that understands the entire data centre architecture overall and not a single parts application or solution.” Everyone it seems to be on the lookout for the next or newest connectivity hub Olchini explained why Italy is was best place for the facility and why it’s the next big hub “It’s probably because of the investments that is coming to the market probably because of the speed and networking that we have in place evolution of the market and its sustainable growth make it all an attractive place for the next hub,” she says Schneider Electric provides part of the foundational physical infrastructure and software solutions for Stack’s MIL01A facility in Milan which is powered by 100% renewable energy with an annual operational power usage effectiveness (PUE) of ~1.3 and a water usage effectiveness (WUE) of ~0.8- all while meeting ASHRAE TC9.9 thermal guidelines Stack uses Schneider Electric’s Galaxy VX UPS with Li-Ion batteries in its MIL01A facility which offers up to 99% energy efficiency in eConversion mode Before visiting the Stack Infrastructure team at its MIL01 data centre campus Olchini spoke of the synergies between of Schneider and Stack in terms of its goals and strategy “Both from Schneider perspective and a Stack perspective we're starting to align our sustainability journeys very closely and we’re working together on future strategies based on the types of data and planning I mentioned before.” With all these sustainable products and services as a part of the roadmap for Schneider It is a simple as optimising those technologies “We need to evolve from a product perspective to a solution perspective,” she says “This is what our customers are asking from us If we can provide our customers with the right solution based on their needs this is the value we can provide in the future by adopting this single integrated Looking ahead it’s clear that sustainability is Schneider’s strategic priority for the next few years “and I’m just talking about scope 1 and scope 2 “We can manage our direct and indirect emissions What we need to help our customers to understand is how they can manage the full supply chain It all starts with the conversation and education.” You have reached the limit for gifting for this month 3D Printing Top Workplaces Computing Design Simulation CONSELF Cloud Simulation 2.9 offers expanded capabilities such as new analysis applications and improved computational resource allocation Engineers using the CONSELF Cloud Simulation Platform for finite element analysis (FEA) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) will benefit from the expanded capabilities in the v2.9 release Improvements include new analysis applications as well as improved computational resource allocation improved grouping and organization of analyses New and enhanced features in this release include: Consultants and others analyzing small numbers of systems from different locations will appreciate the browser-based cloud computing model A series of plans ranging from free-to-use to unlimited usage can accommodate a wide range of user volume levels Pricing plans include a free welcome package that enables users to learn the tools and perform noncommercial analysis while plans for commercial use provide access to all the features online storage space and credits toward computation An unlimited plan with a pay-per-use pricing model is also available Users can more precisely model their designs with an improved meshing capability The robust hexahedral meshing algorithm generates very regular grids for CFD simulations producing good quality meshes even for difficult geometries The tetrahedral meshing algorithm produces grids that can be used for both FEA and CFD analysis and excels at preserving the CAD model shape based on surface mesh generation A new application is included in this release to perform static and dynamic analysis calculation of natural frequencies and analysis of modal displacements Workflow for the new application is very similar to MECH applications in this tool suite enabling new users to quickly learn the tool Engineers will do well to take a free look at the new release of this tool suite. For more information, visit the CONSELF website, and for a free trial, visit the subscriptions page Automotive Industry news and insights from Europe and around the World Keep up-to-date with the latest new products and technology BELGIUM: Trane Technologies has acquired MTA the Italian manufacturer and distributor of  industrial refrigeration and air conditioning equipment.  Trane insists that the company’s process chillers and its expanded rental and services business will strengthen Trane’s Commercial HVAC capabilities in key markets MTA was established in 1982 in Padua and remains strongly rooted in the Italian market but with a growing international presence It was acquired by European investors Chequers Capital in 2019 With nearly 500 employees and manufacturing sites in Tribano and Conselve MTA claims a production capacity of 13,500 systems a year.  With its network of official representatives MTA has a presence in over 80 countries throughout the world Cooling Post is the leading online resource covering latest news and developments in the cooling industry air conditioning news and the latest heat pump developments Privacy & Cookie Policy © Copyright 2025, Cooling Post Ltd - All Rights Reserved | Website by Capital Web This is a Mint Premium article gifted to you Download the Mint app and read premium stories Log in to our website to save your bookmarks You are just one step away from creating your watchlist Looks like you have exceeded the limit to bookmark the image In case you can’t find any email from our side This is a subscriber only feature Subscribe Now to get daily updates on WhatsApp che mantiene attorno a sé scampoli di un palù Attorno a questo corso d’acqua si continua a costruire come è stato denunciato giovedì 29 febbraio alla Sala Vita Nova di Conselve nell’incontro “Vincoli paesaggistici rischi idraulici e interessi economici: capannoni della logistica e campi fotovoltaici” promosso da Luca Martinello consigliere di minoranza del Consorzio Adige Euganeo ha dato un parere negativo per la creazione di un campo fotovoltaico nel comune di Bagnoli di Sopra adiacente allo scolo del Sardellon perché alcuni vincoli paesaggisti impedivano di intervenire entro una precisa fascia di rispetto Sulla sponda opposta dello stesso corso d’acqua il comune di Conselve ha autorizzato la costruzione di un capannone per attività logistiche in via della Tecnica che ora si staglia sui canneti che attorniano il corso d’acqua i vincoli paesaggistici valgono per i pannelli fotovoltaici e non per gli edifici industriali? è la domanda che Martinello e Boscarolo hanno rivolto in una lettera a Comune al Comitato tecnico regionale Via (valutazione d’impatto ambientale) e alla Procura della Repubblica in provincia di Padova sono 2000 i capannoni vuoti e nel solo comune di Conselve sono circa 50 il giornalista Ernesto Milanesi e Renzo Fontana Di seguito il video servizio di Tiziano Morato sulla serata VeZ è un giornale indipendente, puoi sostenerlo effettuando una donazione. 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