Schneider Electric and Start Campus Establish Scalable, Sustainable Foundation for AI and Cloud Infrastructure in Portugal

Schneider Electric, the global leader in energy management and automation, has partnered with Start Campus, a pioneer in the development of sustainable, AI-scale data center ecosystems, to deliver and operate its 26 Megawatt (MW) SIN01 facility in Sines.

The SIN01 facility, operational since Q4’24 and the first building of Start Campus’ 1.2-Gigawatt (GW) campus, leverages a comprehensive suite of solutions from Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure for Data Centers portfolio and Sustainability Services to set new benchmarks for resilient and sustainable workloads for AI, Cloud and GPU-accelerated computing clusters.

The groundbreaking facility, built on repurposed industrial land nearby a decommissioned power station, has been designed to deliver advanced energy efficiency. By leveraging intelligent data from Schneider Electric’s connected infrastructure solutions, and utilizing the real-time insights enabled via Schneider Electric EcoStruxure software, the company can achieve unparalleled levels of operational efficiency, reliability, and scalability at SIN01.

“Start Campus’ vision for creating one of Europe’s largest AI data center hubs has been unprecedented, and we’re honoured to have partnered with them, bringing our expertise from across the data center, buildings, energy and industrial sectors to help establish these new foundations at SIN01,” said Pablo Ruiz Escribano, Senior Vice President, Secure Power and Data Center Business, Schneider Electric, Europe . “This new digital gateway will not only encourage more investment and innovation into the region but ensures hyperscale and cloud providers can leverage world-leading data center capacity to power their AI infrastructure.”

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