French multinational giant Schneider Electric is intensifying its pitch on the use of green energy as well as other sustainable solutions to support the operations of flourishing data centers in the Philippines.

Underpinned by its offer of energy management solutions and digital automation processes, Schneider Electric primarily cited “the importance of a green approach to data center design and operations to future-proof operations and lessen carbon emissions,” adding that “this will make the industry more sustainable and resilient to growing demand.”

As culled from studies, data centers are currently the energy-guzzlers of the world; and their thirst for ‘power’ is seen unabated in the years to come.

In particular, the growing incursion of artificial intelligence (AI) in the operational realm of data management and processing will further escalate the energy usage of these behemoths in the information technology (IT) sector and that has been provoking worrying precept in satisfying their voracious appetite for energy.

Taking cue from that, Schneider Electric recently convened its “Power Up: Fuel Your Path For Success” activity, which gathered the players in the data center industry “to discuss today’s data landscape and challenges.”

In his remark during the event, Schneider Electric Philippines Director for Business Development and Marketing Carlos Leviste asserted that “data centers have become integral to our rapidly growing internet economy,” emphasizing that such development whipped up “the need to transition to sustainable operations.”

He qualified that given the very energy-intensive operations of data centers, it is also part of their growing role to become vanguards of sustainability.

“The most efficient way would be to shift to electricity and digital,” Leviste stressed; and that shall be aided primarily by patronizing green energy solutions, compared to traditional practice of leaning heavily on fuel in their operations.

Based on data from international research organization Uptime Institute, the growth of data centers had been astronomical - reaching a scale of 500% rise within 2019-2025 timeframe.

Alongside growth in investments and the rollout of data center infrastructure, it was likewise estimated that they could gobble up roughly 3.0% of energy demand globally in the years ahead.

The suite of solutions in the company’s portfolio includes the APC, a flagship brand of Schneider Electric, which offers “high-efficiency uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), cooling units, and monitoring systems to foresee any unwanted downtime within the data centers and pinpoint inefficiencies to their operations.”

As specified, the technology has “oil-free cooling centrifugal compressors with magnetic bearings chiller systems,” and it “allows data centers to consume power more efficiently and sustainably.”

Further, the French company stated that it is also providing renewable energy as well as warranted power grid solutions to clients, that in turn, could help them “produce electricity sustainably to fuel data center facilities’ increasing needs.”

Sara El Fanidi, Power and Grid Sales Leader of Schneider Electric Asia Pacific, conveyed that with these solutions “data center facilities can reduce operational costs in design and engineering, function using grid-compliant assets and software with reduced cybersecurity risks and ensure proactive maintenance of assets to maintain optimum uninterrupted performance.”

Beyond that, Schneider Electric has also debuted into market its new industry certifications within its EcoXpert™ Partner Program – and these are aimed at “empowering partners to become trusted advisors on data center and critical infrastructure solutions.”

Schneider Electric somehow acknowledged that “there is a growing preference across industries for maximizing energy management systems and digital tools - which not only drive operational efficiency but also promote sustainability.”

Fundamentally, it cited that when data centers are equipped with smarter operations, they would be able to “optimize costs, speed, and capital to prepare them for future technological integrations and risk mitigation.”