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AI @ Schneider

Truckload and logistics solutions
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Last updated
July 3, 2025 at 10:44 AM

Summary

  • Schneider Electric has demonstrated a sustained and expanding commitment to AI integration from 2023 through 2025, advancing from early AI deployments to a strategic multi-year AI-native initiative highlighted by the adoption of agentic AI for sustainability and energy management.
  • Key partnerships (notably with NVIDIA), leadership appointments such as Julien Picaud as head of product management, and significant investments exceeding $700 million underscore the company's emphasis on AI-driven solutions to optimize energy efficiency, automate supply chains, and support data center infrastructure aligned with booming AI workloads.
  • The firm has delivered measurable operational improvements including a 40% reduction in building energy costs, advanced predictive maintenance eliminating unplanned downtime at smart factories, and secured major deals such as a $2.3 billion data center cooling services contract, proving strong ROI from AI adoption across internal and customer-facing applications.

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6 AI Use Cases at Schneider

Data Center Infrastructure
2025
Customer Facing
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Revenue
In partnership with NVIDIA, Schneider Electric is developing AI-driven data center designs and cooling solutions to meet increasing AI workload demands, enabling energy-efficient, reliable AI infrastructure deployment. [1][2][3]
Energy Optimization
2025
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Costs
Schneider Electric uses AI algorithms to analyze industrial and building energy consumption data, identify inefficiencies, and provide predictive maintenance, leading to improved energy efficiency and reduced costs. [1][2]
Supply Chain Resilience
2025
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Risk
Leveraging AI and real-time analytics, Schneider Electric enhances supply chain flexibility, predicting disruptions, enabling just-in-case inventory strategies, and eliminating factory downtime through defect detection systems. [1][2]
Sustainability Ecosystem
2025
Customer Facing
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Schneider's multi-year initiative employs agentic AI software agents embedded into workflows to dynamically optimize energy and sustainability management holistically and autonomously. [1][2][3]
Safety Management
2025
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Risk
Schneider Electric applies AI to enhance risk assessments and semi-automate process safety lifecycle activities, reducing hazards and improving operational safety compliance. [1][2]
Automated Account Management
2024
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Costs
Using generative AI models on cloud platforms like Amazon Bedrock, Schneider Electric automates complex Salesforce account hierarchy tasks, improving data accuracy and operational efficiency. [1]

Timeline

2026 Q1: no updates

2025 Q4

3 updates

Delivered strong financial performance beating organic growth forecasts fueled by AI and data center demand, launched One Digital Grid AI platform for utilities, and secured a landmark $2.3B US data center cooling deal to support AI workload surges.

2025 Q3

2 updates

Demonstrated AI-driven 40% cuts in building energy costs, strategic positioning through Nvidia global partnership to advance AI infrastructure for data centers, and public thought leadership on AI trends.

2025 Q2

4 updates

Announced a multi-year initiative to build an AI-native ecosystem for sustainability and energy management based on agentic AI software agents, led by Julien Picaud; expanded AI-powered supply chain capabilities improving resilience and operational agility.

2025 Q1

3 updates

Launched multiple AI-driven safety and sustainability solutions, including new patents for AI in process safety, $700M+ investments in AI-ready energy infrastructure, and leadership in Responsible AI practices.

2024 Q4

1 updates

Research spotlight on AI's impact on energy and decarbonisation with cautionary insights, reflecting Schneider's dual role as an AI energy consumer and innovator.

2024 Q3

2 updates

Implemented generative AI to automate Salesforce account hierarchy management using Amazon Aurora and Amazon Bedrock; continued thought leadership via public discussions on AI future with Susan Schneider.

2024 Q2

1 updates

Formal collaboration with NVIDIA focused on AI reference designs for next-gen data center solutions to meet escalating demand for AI workloads.

2024 Q1

3 updates

Schneider expanded AI use into energy efficiency, data center optimization (partnering with NVIDIA), and smart factory maintenance leading to elimination of unplanned downtime.

2023 Q4

1 updates

The company formalized its AI integration strategy with visionary steps into artificial intelligence, setting the stage for ecosystem-wide deployment.

2023 Q3: no updates

2023 Q2: no updates

2023 Q1

1 updates

Schneider Electric achieved significant AI maturity by successfully implementing scalable AI projects, generating positive ROI, and establishing a foundation for generative AI plans.