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French energy technology firm Schneider Electric plans to open a Southeast Asian training centre in ‌Malaysia this year, a senior executive said on Wednesday, as ‌a boom in artificial intelligence infrastructure drives up power demand in the region. Southeast Asia's ​data centre capacity is expected to grow threefold by 2030, according to analysts, with Malaysia emerging as a major hotspot, attracting investments from tech giants such as Microsoft, Amazon and Alphabet's Google in recent years.

American Microgrid Solutions will use Schneider’s EcoStruxure technology to help facilities launch backup power quicker and with more impact in outages, the companies say.

Revenue jumped as the AI boom continued and geopolitical uncertainty boosted the outlook for electrified, digitized building systems, executives said on the company’s first-quarter earnings call.

Wondering if Schneider Electric at €268.60 is offering value or stretching expectations? This article walks through what the current share price may be implying about the business. The stock has seen a 2.7% decline over the last 7 days, alongside returns of 13.7% over 30 days, 13.3% year to date, 26.7% over 1 year, 78.5% over 3 years and 118.9% over 5 years. Taken together, these figures give you a broad sense of how sentiment has evolved over different time frames. Recent coverage of...

BUSINESS Schneider Electric posted higher first-quarter revenue, reporting strong growth across all business models. The French group said Thursday that revenue for the period rose 11% on an organic basis to 9.

Schneider Electric narrowly beat first-quarter revenue expectations on Thursday, once again boosted by the global artificial ‌intelligence data centre buildout reinforcing the French group's role as one ‌of the most sought-after suppliers. Large cloud providers, also known as hyperscalers, are expected to invest more ‌than $600 billion into data centres ⁠and other AI-related infrastructure this year alone, analysts say. Schneider makes power equipment, server racks and most importantly cooling systems ⁠that let energy-hungry data centres operate at peak performance.

Schneider Electric (ENXTPA:SU) has put TeSys Tera, its new intelligent motor management system, at the center of the story, giving investors fresh information to weigh alongside its role in functional safety. See our latest analysis for Schneider Electric. The TeSys Tera launch and recent automation partnerships come as Schneider Electric’s share price sits at €275.1, with a 30 day share price return of 20.03% and a 1 year total shareholder return of 28.99%, pointing to building momentum...

Microsoft (NasdaqGS:MSFT) and Stellantis agreed a five year collaboration to co-develop over 100 AI and cybersecurity projects and modernize Stellantis' digital infrastructure with Microsoft Azure. The partnership includes broad deployment of Microsoft 365 Copilot for Stellantis employees to support productivity and internal workflows. At Hannover Messe 2026, Microsoft and Schneider Electric are presenting agentic AI and open automation platforms aimed at industrial and manufacturing use...

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) has appointed Hilary Maxson as its new Chief Financial Officer. Maxson brings experience in infrastructure investment and business transformation from roles at Schneider Electric and AES Corporation. The CFO change comes as Oracle is investing heavily in AI infrastructure and reshaping its business model. Oracle sells enterprise software and cloud services and is currently focused on building out AI infrastructure for customers. That requires large, ongoing capital...

Microsoft (NasdaqGS:MSFT) and Stellantis agreed a five year AI and cloud collaboration that includes 100+ joint AI projects, cloud migration, a planned 60% data center reduction and Microsoft 365 Copilot rollouts across the automaker. At Hannover Messe, Microsoft and Schneider Electric presented agent based, software defined manufacturing solutions using Azure and AI, with reported time savings for engineering teams. Separately, Microsoft joined Project Glasswing with industry partners to...

Microsoft (NasdaqGS:MSFT) and Stellantis announced a multi year AI and cybersecurity collaboration that includes rolling out Microsoft Copilot and Azure across global operations. Stellantis plans over 100 joint AI initiatives and aims to give all employees access to Copilot for daily work and decision support. At Hannover Messe, Microsoft highlighted new industrial software partnerships with Schneider Electric, Aras, Teradata and others tied to its AI and cloud platforms. The announcements...

At Hannover Messe 2026, Schneider Electric and Microsoft unveiled advancements in AI-powered, open software-defined automation for agentic manufacturing. This collaboration offers a unified approach to enhance manufacturing efficiency and resiliency by integrating EcoStruxure Automation Expert with Microsoft's Azure cloud and AI services. The platform allows manufacturers to standardize processes, simulate and validate automation logic, and expedite production changes, significantly reducing...

Schneider Electric released findings from its 2026 Industrial AI in CPG Survey, focused on how manufacturers are using AI, data, and automation to tackle efficiency and cost pressures. The company took a leading role at the Semafor World Economy 2026 forum, where it helped frame discussions on digitalisation and grid modernization. Alongside the forum, Schneider Electric published a report calling for policy changes to accelerate and reduce the cost of energy infrastructure upgrades. For...

Caterpillar finds a successor CFO, Oracle poaches a Schneider Electric finance chief and xAI reportedly parts ways with its chief financial officer.