Schneider Electric and AMD Unveil First Reference Architecture
on the Helios Platform, Accelerating AI Factory Deployment
Schneider Electric, a global leader in power technology, and AMD have announced the launch of a reference architecture following joint development and validation of the AMD Helios Rackscale Solution platform. This engineered, scalable platform enables organizations to deploy high-density AI clusters more rapidly. The reference architecture marks the first step in the collaboration between Schneider Electric and AMD, reflecting their shared goal of simplifying and accelerating the deployment of AI Factories while reducing project risk and complexity. It supports AI racks with up to 246 kW of power per rack and modular AI clusters up to 10.4 megawatts (MW) for flexible expansion, combining AMD's innovative AI platform with Schneider Electric's expertise in power systems, cooling, and digital infrastructure.
This marks the first time that AMD Helios Rackscale Solution has been developed to support high-density AI workloads on this platform. Powered by AMD Instinct? MI455X GPUs, AMD EPYC? 6th Generation GPUs, AMD Pensando? Vulcano NICs, and the open software ROCm? architecture, AMD Helios is designed to deliver a new level of AI performance through enhanced computing power, intersystem connectivity bandwidth, memory capacity, and system-level integration. This enables organizations to rapidly process larger and more complex AI workloads while improving power efficiency and resource utilization.
As AI workloads push data center infrastructure to unprecedented levels of power, rack density, and thermal load, a tested and validated reference architecture provides data center architects and operators with a reliable reference base, enabling them to efficiently support new power densities, thermal requirements, and operational complexity.
This reference architecture uses simulations of the physical data center infrastructure's performance to guide optimal electrical, cooling, and IT infrastructure placement, reducing design and planning time and building AI-ready, reliable, and scalable data centers.
AMD Helios' reference architecture encompasses four key technical components: building electrical systems, building cooling systems, IT space and infrastructure, and software for lifetime management.
“Today, organizations demand a comprehensive AI-enabled reference architecture that can accelerate the journey from planning to deployment with less risk,” said Manish Kumar, President, Secure Power & Data Centers Group at Schneider Electric. “Through our partnership with AMD, we are providing an engineered reference design that bridges the gap between advanced AI computing platforms, power technologies, and real-world data center deployments, enabling customers to deploy scalable, high-density AI environments with greater confidence, performance, and speed.”
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