Growing AI data center capacity is putting pressure on power infrastructure, where traditional medium-voltage switchgear deployment can delay time-to-power through project-specific engineering, wiring and commissioning.

Schneider Electric examines how software-defined architectures can streamline delivery, reducing a modeled deployment schedule from 31.5 weeks to 11.5 weeks.

This whitepaper explores how software-defined switchgear can accelerate deployment and simplify power infrastructure through:

• Examining how standardized hardware and software configuration reduce engineering and integration complexity
• Exploring how parallel workflows and reusable templates accelerate manufacturing, installation and commissioning
• Understanding how protection redundancy and networked communications support resilient power systems
• Assessing lifecycle benefits including operational flexibility, simplified spare parts management and reduced material use