Manav Patel
VP, Strategy & Business Transformation, Schneider ElectricManav Patel has spent over 15 years at the intersection of electrical power and digital infrastructure. His career spans engineering medium voltage switchgear at Eaton, leading product and sourcing strategy for Meta’s hyperscale data centers, and now owning the full strategy for Schneider Electric’s $6B+ Low Voltage business across North America.
His primary focus is helping the industry navigate the power density explosion driven by AI workloads; from rethinking traditional distribution architectures to accelerating the shift toward LVDC and more resilient, efficient designs.
Key areas of his ongoing focus include:
- Distribution Evolution: Analyzing why AI data centers are forcing a fundamental rethink of traditional power distribution.
- LVDC & Hyperscale TCO: Evaluating how low-voltage DC architectures can reshape total cost of ownership and sustainability at scale.
- Next-Gen Strategy: Defining what the next generation of critical infrastructure strategy looks like in practice.
Throughout his career, Patel has built and led strategy across $4B to $6B portfolios, managed supplier relationships with the top 10 global electrical OEMs, and partnered closely with engineering, sustainability, and construction teams to design tomorrow's data center infrastructure before ground is ever broken.