Who is Schneider Electric?
Schneider Electric is a global provider of energy management, electrical distribution, industrial automation, and building management technologies for commercial, industrial, and infrastructure environments.
- Energy management and automation solutions for buildings, data centers, industry, and infrastructure
- Medium- and low-voltage electrical distribution equipment and digital switchgear
- Industrial automation and control systems, including PLCs, drives, and machine control (industrial automation)
- Building management systems, HVAC and lighting control, and smart building platforms (building automation)
- Energy monitoring, power quality, and sustainability-oriented software and services (energy and sustainability management)
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More About Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric provides hardware, software, and services used by enterprises, utilities, and public-sector organizations to manage electrical power, automate industrial operations, and operate buildings and critical facilities. Its portfolio spans low- and medium-voltage distribution, digital control and protection equipment, building automation systems, and industrial automation platforms that integrate with enterprise IT and Operational technology (OT) environments.
In enterprise facilities and campuses, Schneider Electric solutions are used for electrical distribution from the utility connection through switchgear, busways, and panelboards to final circuits, with protection and control devices such as circuit breakers, relays, and metering systems (power distribution). Building management systems (building automation) integrate HVAC, lighting, access control, and other subsystems into supervisory platforms that support monitoring, scheduling, and control, and often expose data through standard protocols such as BACnet, Modbus, and KNX where applicable. These systems are typically deployed in commercial buildings, hospitals, universities, and industrial sites.
In data centers, Schneider Electric provides power distribution, uninterruptible power supplies (power infrastructure), racks and physical infrastructure, as well as environmental monitoring and Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software (DCIM). These offerings support redundancy architectures, capacity planning, and integration with IT management tools. The company’s energy management and monitoring platforms (energy and sustainability management) aggregate data from meters, sensors, and control systems to support reporting on energy consumption, power quality, and sustainability metrics.
For industrial customers, Schneider Electric offers programmable logic controllers, variable speed drives, motion control, and related software (industrial automation). These products are used in manufacturing, process industries, water and wastewater, transportation, and other sectors. They typically integrate via industrial Ethernet and fieldbus protocols such as Modbus/TCP, PROFINET, and EtherNet/IP where supported, and connect to Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and manufacturing execution systems in broader industrial architectures.
Across its portfolio, Schneider Electric positions its solutions around digitalization and lifecycle services, from design and engineering through operation and maintenance. Offerings include consulting, integration, maintenance, and remote monitoring services that align with energy efficiency, power reliability, and sustainability objectives. In a technical directory or marketplace, Schneider Electric fits into categories such as power distribution infrastructure, building automation systems, industrial automation and control, data center physical infrastructure and DCIM, and energy and sustainability management software and services.
Our description of Schneider Electric. Updated December 2025.
