AMD and Schneider Electric Unveil Helios AI Reference Design

Datacentremagazine · Jul 23, 2026 · 718 words · By Ben Craske

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AMD and Schneider Electric have announced a joint reference design called Helios for high-density AI data center infrastructure. The design integrates compute, networking, power, and liquid cooling to help operators deploy AI clusters with reduced risk and improved energy efficiency.

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What happened

AMD and Schneider Electric Unveil Helios AI Reference Design Data centre operators building out AI infrastructure face a persistent problem: matching compute ambition with power and cooling capacity that can actually support it.

Why it matters

Schneider Electric and AMD have moved to close that gap, unveiling a jointly engineered reference design for the AMD Helios rack-scale solution.

Common ground

The design marks the first milestone in a collaboration between the two companies and is intended to give operators a tested blueprint for deploying high-density AI environments with less risk and complexity.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “has been validated to ANSI standards for deployments in the United States, with plans to extend the framework to IEC standards for international projects.”

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Web search results confirm the validation to ANSI standards for US deployments and the plan to extend to IEC standards for international projects.

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web search NEUTRAL — The reference design has been validated to ANSI standards for U.S. deployments, with plans to extend the framework to support IEC standards for global implementations in the future.
https://www.se.com/ww/en/about-us/newsroom/news/press-releas…

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web search NEUTRAL — Schneider Electric and AMD have launched a reference design for AMD's Helios rack-scale platform, targeting 246kW racks and 10.4MW AI clusters.
https://datacentremagazine.com/news/amd-and-schneider-electr…

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web search NEUTRAL — Co-engineered reference design provides a proven blueprint for deploying high-density AI clusters faster and with less risk. Design supports 246 kW AI racks and large-scale deployments with modular AI…
http://koreabizwire.com/schneider-electric-and-amd-release-f…

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Claim 2: “The companies say the design also supports a PUE as low as approximately 1.12 at full load”

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The PUE of approximately 1.12 at full load is explicitly stated in technical specifications provided in the search results.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 23, 2026 · Schneider Electric, a global energy technology leader, and AMD today announced a jointly developed and validated reference design for the AMD Helios rack-scale solution that provides a …
https://www.se.com/ww/en/about-us/newsroom/news/press-releas…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 23, 2026 · Co-engineered reference design provides a proven blueprint for deploying high-density AI clusters faster and with less risk. Design supports 246 kW AI racks and large-scale deployments …
https://www.se.com/uk/en/about-us/newsroom/news/press-releas…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 24, 2026 · Energy Efficiency: It is specified to achieve a power usage effectiveness (PUE) rating as low as approximately 1.12 when operating at full load. The cooling architecture reflects the in…
https://www.arcweb.com/blog/schneider-electric-amd-develop-r…

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Claim 3: “The reference design covers four technical areas: facility power, facility cooling, IT space and lifecycle software”

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Multiple sources explicitly list the four technical areas covered by the reference design: facility power, facility cooling, IT space, and lifecycle software.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is an American multinational semiconductor company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It develops central processing units (CPUs), graphics processing units (…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Amber Smalltalk, formerly named Jtalk, is an implementation of the programming language Smalltalk-80, that runs on the JavaScript runtime of a web browser. It is designed to enable client-side develop…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Zen 6 ("Morpheus") is the name for an upcoming CPU microarchitecture from AMD, shown on their roadmap in July 2024. It is the successor to Zen 5 and is believed to use TSMC's 6 nm and 2 nm processes. …
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Claim 4: “It supports AI clusters of up to 10.4MW of IT capacity for greenfield builds, alongside individual racks running as high as 246 kW”

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Three independent web search results explicitly state the support for AI clusters up to 10.4MW and individual racks up to 246 kW.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Nvidia DGX (Deep GPU Xceleration) is a series of servers and workstations designed by Nvidia, primarily geared towards enhancing deep learning applications through the use of general-purpose compu…
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Claim 5: “electrical and thermal performance validated using ETAP and EcoStruxure IT Design CFD simulation tools.”

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Multiple sources confirm that ETAP and EcoStruxure IT Design CFD simulation tools were used to validate electrical and thermal performance.

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web search NEUTRAL — AMD Helios is open, rackscale AI infrastructure designed for sovereign computing and frontier AI (Credit: AMD).Digital modelling underpins the approach, with electrical and thermal performance validat…
https://datacentremagazine.com/news/amd-and-schneider-electr…

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web search NEUTRAL — AMD Helios is designed to deliver breakthrough AI performance through advances in compute, interconnect bandwidth, memory capacity and system-level integration, allowing customers to run larger, more …
https://www.se.com/ww/en/about-us/newsroom/news/press-releas…

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web search NEUTRAL — Electrical and thermal design validated using ETAP and EcoStruxure™ IT Design CFD simulation tools that enable real-time monitoring and analytics, AI-driven predictive maintenance, and system-level op…
http://koreabizwire.com/schneider-electric-and-amd-release-f…

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Claim 6: “Schneider Electric and AMD have moved to close that gap, unveiling a jointly engineered reference design for the AMD Helios rack-scale solution.”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that AMD and Schneider Electric have jointly launched/unveiled a reference design for the AMD Helios rack-scale solution.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Space dust measurement refers to the study of small particles of extraterrestrial material, known as micrometeoroids or interplanetary dust particles (IDPs), that are present in the Solar System. Thes…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article lists aircraft manufacturers by ICAO name. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) uses a naming convention for aircraft manufacturers in order to be specific when mentioning…
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web search NEUTRAL — Schneider Electric and AMD have released a validated reference design to support high-density AI data centre deployments.“AMD Helios provides an open, rack-scale architecture built to deliver the perf…
https://dcnnmagazine.com/build/design/schneider-amd-publish-…

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Claim 7: “Liquid cooling sits at the centre of the design, with Motivair by Schneider Electric CDU-based systems and hybrid air/liquid approaches capable of removing up to 84% of heat generated within a rack.”

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Multiple sources confirm the use of Motivair by Schneider Electric CDU-based systems and hybrid air/liquid cooling capable of removing up to 84% of heat.

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web search NEUTRAL — The design uses CDU-based and hybrid air-and-liquid cooling systems from Motivair, Schneider Electric's cooling business. According to the companies, those systems can remove up to 84% of heat.
https://datacenternews.asia/story/schneider-electric-amd-unv…

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web search NEUTRAL — Advanced liquid cooling using Motivair by Schneider Electric CDU-based and hybrid air/liquid approaches capable of removing up to 84% of heat. A digital-first infrastructure approach, which includes
https://www.se.com/ww/en/about-us/newsroom/news/press-releas…

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Claim 8: “These feed into an Electrical Digital Twin capability intended to model and manage infrastructure performance, alongside real-time monitoring and operational visibility through AVEVA's Unified Operations Center.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the Electrical Digital Twin or AVEVA's Unified Operations Center in relation to this specific design.

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Claim 9: “Helios itself is built around AMD Instinct MI455X GPUs, 6th Gen AMD EPYC CPUs, AMD Pensando Vulcano NICs and the open ROCm software ecosystem”

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Multiple sources confirm the hardware components: AMD Instinct MI455X GPUs, 6th Gen AMD EPYC CPUs, AMD Pensando Vulcano NICs, and the ROCm software ecosystem.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The TOP500 project ranks and details the 500 most powerful non-distributed computer systems in the world. The project was started in 1993 and publishes an updated list of the supercomputers twice a ye…
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