Schneider launches Data Center Assessment Solutions

Schneider Electric Wednesday launched a new Data Center Assessment solution as part of its energy management services portfolio for data centers. The solution, EnergySTEP, is a detailed, customizable assessment of the power, cooling, physical infrastructure & operational efficiencies of a data center that allows data center managers to benchmark the performance of their facility against industry standards such as the Green Grid Data Center Maturity Model.

The assessment focuses on improvements that will help the data center manager drive down the spiraling cost of energy, while ensuring maximum availability.

The solution allows data center professionals to customize an assessment service that will help them meet energy usage goals, business needs and financial targets. The extensive data collection & analysis is performed by a Schneider Electric Energy Management Services (EMS) Specialist with expertise in both data center operations & energy management. The comprehensive report generated by the assessment provides vendor neutral recommendations including detailed findings illustrated with various graphics and benchmarks of performance. The specific recommendations for improving efficiency and maximizing availability include estimated cost savings and an ROI analysis.

The complete line of assessment services enable data center performance benchmarking, which is an important step toward effective energy management.

Data Center Assessments are part of a larger portfolio of services offered by Schneider Electric to support customers throughout the Data Center Services Lifecycle, to assist in planning, design, building operation maintenance and optimization of their facilities.