Wartsila and Schneider Electric have signed a global co-operation agreement to bring together their individual products and services, along with those of third parties, for the purpose of co-operating on data center projects. The co-operation focuses on hyperscale data center projects with at least a 10 MW electrical load. The technology group Wartsila and Schneider Electric have signed a co-operation agreement in Helsinki in December 2017.

The objective of the cooperation is to work together to open markets for innovative data center energy optimization solutions. Wartsila's responsibility in the co-operation is to provide a power generation plant, whereas Schneider Electric focuses on energy distribution optimization. By collaborating in the field of data centers, the two companies will be able to propose optimised, cost-effective end-to-end data center power plant architectures, providing a reliable and secure power generation and distribution system including full renewable back-up power.

The gas generator based back-up power system has a fast start-up time of only 40 seconds.