GreenSquareDC and Schneider Electric announce a strategic partnership to deliver GreenSquareDC’s highly sustainable 96MW data center in Perth, aimed at leading the industry in sustainability, resiliency, and cost efficiency.

With data centers accounting for approximately 4% of Australia’s energy usage each year1, GreenSquareDC™ sought to minimise energy consumption by partnering with a leader in sustainable transformation.

GreenSquareDCTM provides highly sustainable, affordable, and scalable AI & GPUaaS Data Center solutions for customers driving innovation with new technologies, and industry solutions, whilst tackling climate change and meeting corporate responsibility needs. The new data center, WAi1, will utilise Schneider Electric solutions to minimise its carbon footprint,  and maximise operational efficiency. 

The infrastructure will  meet three main criteria:  

1. Increase resilience: At a minimum, WAi1 will have the same level of resiliency, reliability, and uptime  of a traditional sized data centre. Through GreenSquareDC™’s partnership with Schneider Electric, it will meet and aim to exceed these high levels of resiliency.  
2. Set a benchmark for sustainability: WAi1 has been specifically designed to set a new  sustainability standard for the industry. The new design will deliver a considerably lower overall  environmental footprint than comparable data centers, with significantly lower embodied carbon, as  well as vastly reduced power and water consumption.  
3. Maintain Total Cost of Ownership (TCO): Looking through the lens of GreenSquareDC™ owning  and operating the data center, as well as its customers, the newly designed data center will have the  same, if not lower, TCO as regular data centers. This will be taken over the entire lifecycle of the data  center.  
4. Enable High-Density AI and GPU Solutions: WAi1 will be a hub for innovation, specifically  designed to accommodate the growing demand for high-density AI and GPU-based computational 

Joe Craparotta, Vice President of Data Centers at Schneider Electric said, “As we continue to shift to a more digital and sustainable world, the demand for data centers is rapidly  increasing, so it’s important for data center operators to create sustainability roadmaps that will reduce the  environmental impact of these critical assets. Schneider Electric is a natural partner for GreenSquareDC™, and we look forward to working with their expert team to help our sustainability vision for the future come to life,” 

“This collaboration marks a significant step in the data center industry. bringing the highest levels of sustainability and reliability and at a time when it’s needed the most,” added Walt Coulston, Founder & CEO of GreenSquareDC™.  

With this partnership with Schneider Electric, GreenSquareDC™ is uniquely positioned to  offer scalable and affordable AI GPU-ready Data Center solutions. It will also empower enterprises, partners, and customers at the forefront of technological innovation to not only meet but exceed their industry-specific requirements.

Construction on WAi1 is slated to commence early 2024, with expected completion of the first stage in 2025 with further highly sustainable, AI enabled Data Centers planned across Australia.