Schneider delivers green solution to university

Established in 1976 and credited with being the first comprehensive national university in the UAE, the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) holds a reputation for innovation and ingenuity. So when plans for a new campus in Al Ain were announced, it was clear that no expense would be spared in delivering a sustainable and state-of-the-art facility.
Schneider Electric's scope of work encompassed IT integration design, build and delivery of a green data center infrastructure for the new campus.
Olivier Delepine, VP, Gulf Countries, IT Business, Schneider Electric, said: "We are privileged to be an integral partner of the data center solution at the UAEU. Combining our expertise and longstanding experience with cutting-edge technology, we successfully proposed and delivered a green data center to the university."
UAEU's Green ICT Vision mandated the ICT deployment mission to follow the environmental and sustainable philosophy of 3R's - reduce, re-use, and recycle. The UAEU saved its entire real-estate carbon footprint of creating a separate dedicated university data center. Retro-fitting the Faculty of IT (FIT) building to reuse existing space and provide cooling, in addition to installing an uninterrupted power supply (UPS) system and back-up generator, facilitated this achievement.
Muhammed Imran, acting director ICT, UAEU said: "As our services and applications become more centralized and more converged, the demand on our data center will begin to grow as we'll require more robust equipment."
Sameer Nagrash, enterprise accounts manager, IT Business, Schneider Electric, said: "The design of the data center solution was orchestrated by the UAEU's design team, however in our capacity as a trusted advisor, we worked to ensure that the key solution and technology was selected."
Following the implementation of the data center, Schneider Electric was also recognized with the 'Green Award for Sustainability' for the UAE University data center project.