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India: Strategic Global Energy Hub
Schneider Electric is making India a key part of its global energy plans, focusing on electrification, automation, and digitalization. Manish Pant, Executive Vice President – International Operations, noted India is the company's third-largest market and its biggest employer, with around 38,000 staff.
The company sees India's strong move towards renewable energy sources like solar, wind, and hydro as a key advantage. Combined with growing demand from electric vehicles, industrial use, and urbanization, India's energy transition is speeding up. This dynamic setting makes India a vital growth engine for Schneider Electric's global business.
Innovation Hub and Investments Drive Strategy
Recently, Schneider Electric hosted its largest Innovation Summit in Delhi, attracting over 5,000 customers and partners, including more than 50 CEOs. The summit displayed over 30 new tech solutions for India, highlighting how AI, electrification, and digitalization work together.
To further this commitment, the company opened a large 60,000 square-foot Innovation Hub. This hub integrates power distribution, automation, energy storage, and AI grid management into one system. The goal is to improve grid reliability, protect critical infrastructure, and ensure steady industrial operations, cutting reliance on energy imports.
Partnerships Target Future-Ready Solutions
The company is building partnerships to lead in technology development. A recent deal with NVIDIA aims to create AI-ready data centers, speeding up the rollout of new computing systems. Schneider Electric aims to lead 'Make in India for India and the world,' helping customers build digital, decarbonized, and future-ready operations.
Schneider's AI Engine: The Data Cube
A key introduction was the "Data Cube," called the core of the first global energy and industrial foundational model. This tech combines business, operational, and field data with digital twin features to provide live, predictive, and prescriptive insights for energy and industrial systems.