Nirupa Chander explains how Schneider Electric helps customers balance innovation with sustainability, as AI workloads place more pressure on data centres
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC
Nirupa Chander explains how Schneider Electric helps customers balance innovation with sustainability, as AI workloads place more pressure on data centres
The data centre industry stands at a crossroads. As AI workloads demand unprecedented levels of computing power, data centre operators must engage more with sustainability imperatives to achieve more efficient operations.
This has led to a tension between innovation and environmental responsibility, which has quickly become the defining challenge of 2025: how can the data centre industry meet soaring AI demands without compromising sustainability commitments?
For Schneider Electric, this challenge represents an opportunity to demonstrate its extensive leadership in sustainable
“ We’ re experts in power and cooling and are providing technology solutions from Grid to Chip and Chip to Chiller”
NIRUPA CHANDER, SVP FOR SECURE POWER & DATA CENTRES INTERNATIONAL, SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC technology solutions. The French multinational corporation, which specialises in energy management and automation, is globally recognised for being at the forefront of this transformation: so much so that it was named the most sustainable company by TIME in June 2025.
Nirupa Chander, Senior Vice President for Secure Power & Data Centres International at Schneider Electric, oversees the company’ s data centre business across emerging markets. Based in Dubai, she leads the business in all markets outside of Europe, US and China.
The scope of her responsibility reflects the global nature of the AI revolution, as events from the rise of DeepSeek to US tariffs have impacted the wider industry.
“ We have many markets that are still developing their digital infrastructure,” she explains.“ We see a continued overall positive outlook. It’ s been a tumultuous six months in the industry, but what fundamentally hasn’ t changed is the overall outlook in the demand for digital infrastructure across the regions.”
How power demand is reshaping infrastructure requirements AI continues to change rapidly as adoption rises.
For instance, ChatGPT acquired its first 100 million users in just two
152 September 2025