The Franco-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIFU) has formed a new board of directors following the results of the general assembly and voting, the chamber announced.
The chamber noted that in the current difficult period, the energy, expertise, and goodwill of its members are particularly important for supporting its activities.
The new CCIFU board of directors includes: Ruslan Akimov (Stellantis), Bertrand Barrière (Jeantet), Mikhail Bubnov (Schneider Electric), Tatyana Chevroley (Global Distribution Ukraine), Grégoire Datte (Forvis Mazars), Laurent Dupuis (Ukrsibbank BNP Paribas Group), Marta Trush (Auchan Ukraine), and Anna Zaptalova (Yves Rocher Ukraine).
The Franco-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry was founded in 1994 as the Association of French Business in Ukraine, and in 2011 it joined the international network of French chambers of commerce and industry.
Today, the chamber brings together more than 120 French and Ukrainian companies and positions its mission as revitalizing the French business community and supporting companies that plan to export, develop, or locate in Ukraine.
Key areas of focus include business services and project support for members, partnership development, and reconstruction initiatives. The director of CCIFU is Maud Joseph.
Schneider Electric, a global leader in energy technologies, has introduced Schneider StarCharge Fast 720— a next-generation charging solution for electric vehicles (EVs) designed for commercial and industrial sites, as well as fleet operators. The system delivers up to 720 kW of power and enables simultaneous charging of up to 12 vehicles, meeting the growing demand for electric vehicles in Europe.
With 97% efficiency, Schneider StarCharge Fast 720 sets a new standard for performance and sustainability for EV charging infrastructure. Dynamic load management ensures optimal charging for different types of vehicles—from electric trucks and buses to passenger cars—helping drivers get back on the road quickly.
The solution’s decentralized architecture provides unparalleled flexibility: operators can place up to six dispenser modules within an 80-meter radius of the power cabinet equipment, creating scalable configurations for any site. This design minimizes grid connection requirements, simplifies installation, and reduces noise levels, providing a better user experience.
Schneider StarCharge Fast 720 also includes full lifecycle support, from installation to customized maintenance plans, with 24/7 support and remote monitoring via EcoStruxure Energy Asset Portal by Schneider Electric. This ensures maximum availability and cost-effectiveness for operators.
As Europe accelerates its transition toward a ban on gasoline and diesel engines from 2035—while electric vehicles already account for 16% of new car registrations—StarCharge Fast 720 offers a reliable, high-performance solution for charging station operators and businesses seeking future-ready infrastructure.
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With 160,000 employees and 1 million partners in more than 100 countries, Schneider Electric consistently ranks among the world’s most sustainable companies.
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Motivair by Schneider Electric Announces New Coolant Distribution Unit Scalable to 10 MW and Beyond for Next-Generation AI Factories
Motivair by Schneider Electric, a leading innovator in liquid-cooling technologies for digital infrastructure, today introduced a new, industry-leading 2.5 MW Coolant Distribution Unit (CDU) designed to reliably cool high-density data centers.
The MCDU-70 model is the highest-capacity coolant distribution unit of any Motivair solution, offering a revolutionary, flexible, and scalable solution to meet the stringent requirements of next-generation graphics processing units (GPUs) and gigawatt-scale artificial intelligence factories.
Using Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure software, Motivair CDUs operate as a centralized system—meeting today’s cooling needs with the ability to scale to 10 MW+ for next-generation high-performance computing (HPC), AI, and accelerated computing workloads.
Compact and efficient, the MCDU-70 is the latest addition to Motivair’s CDU lineup, delivering powerful cooling without compromise—fully maintaining system flow and pressure performance even at gigawatt scale. Its performance is ideally suited to the needs of large facilities such as the NVIDIA Omniverse DSX Blueprint, where deployments are designed for 10 MW to reach gigawatt scale. At 2.5 MW each, six MCDU-70 units can support a 4+2 configuration with redundancy, and the unit’s capacity aligns with NVIDIA’s GPU roadmap for the near term.
“AI is not slowing down. Our solutions are built to keep pace with the evolution of chips and silicon technologies—delivering next-generation performance exactly when it matters most,” said Rich Whitmore, CEO and President of Motivair by Schneider Electric.
“The success of data centers today depends on the ability to provide scalable, reliable, and energy-efficient infrastructure solutions that meet the requirements of next-generation AI factories. We are meeting this challenge with proven liquid-cooling solutions that scale along with our customers’ needs.”
With the addition of the MCDU-70, Schneider Electric’s full liquid-cooling solutions portfolio now offers CDUs with a power range from 105 kW to 2.5 MW, meeting both current and future performance requirements.
Each CDU is scalable and seamlessly integrates with other Schneider Electric devices and software, delivering a precise and reliable cooling system for data center operators.
The MCDU-70 is now available to order worldwide through Schneider Electric’s advanced manufacturing hubs in North America, Europe, and Asia.
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Motivair by Schneider Electric is a leading global provider of advanced liquid-cooling solutions built to overcome the most complex thermal challenges of modern computing systems.
As a trusted partner to silicon chip manufacturers and server OEM companies, Motivair delivers technologies that enable breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and high-performance computing (HPC), improving data center performance and reliability—both colocation and hyperscale.
From chip to chiller, Motivair offers a comprehensive portfolio of products, systems, and services that support innovators shaping the digital world of the future.
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Schneider Electric is a global leader in energy technologies, delivering efficiency and sustainability through the electrification, automation, and digitalization of industry, business, and homes.
Its technologies enable buildings, data centers, factories, infrastructure, and power grids to operate as open, interconnected ecosystems, improving their productivity, resilience, and environmental performance.
The company’s portfolio includes intelligent devices, software-oriented architectures, AI-based systems, digital services, and expert consulting.
With 160,000 employees and 1 million partners in more than 100 countries, Schneider Electric consistently ranks among the world’s most sustainable companies.
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Schneider Electric, the global leader in energy technologies, today announced that its plant in Wuhan (China) has been recognized by the World Economic Forum (WEF) as a Global Lighthouse for Talent—one of only three sites worldwide to receive this designation.
The Global Lighthouse Network is a World Economic Forum initiative that recognizes advanced manufacturing sites and value chains that have achieved exceptional results in productivity, supply chain resilience, customer centricity, sustainability, and talent development. The initiative was co-founded with McKinsey & Company and is supported by an advisory board of industry leaders who collectively shape the future of global manufacturing.
A new award category—Talent Lighthouse—identifies manufacturing sites that achieve a transformational impact on the workforce through advanced solutions in work process and safety design, talent planning, engagement and onboarding, development, and workforce effectiveness.
The Wuhan plant became Schneider Electric’s ninth Lighthouse site globally and the first recognized for talent development, complementing the company’s eight other Lighthouse factories and distribution centers, including five Sustainability Lighthouses.
As Schneider Electric’s strategic supply chain hub in China and a model of digital manufacturing transformation, the Wuhan plant faced significant workforce challenges driven by rapid automation and a 239% expansion of its product portfolio. Initially, only 20% of employees had automation skills, onboarding new employees took 75 days, and technical staff turnover reached 48%.
Over the past five years, the plant increased its automation level by 55% and expanded its product portfolio by 239%, creating a critical shortage of qualified personnel. To address these challenges, Schneider Electric implemented a people-centered “workforce of the future” model that combines technology, partnerships, and continuous learning.
“The Fourth Industrial Revolution is as much about people as it is about technology,” said Mourad Tamoud, Chief Supply Chain Officer at Schneider Electric. “With our Wuhan plant, we have demonstrated that when AI and human potential work together, organizations can build resilient, agile, and future-ready teams—while ensuring that technology serves its ultimate purpose: delivering more value to customers.”
“Today, competitiveness is no longer determined solely by efficiency, but by the ability to sense, adapt, and respond quickly,” said Kiva Allgood, Managing Director at the World Economic Forum. “This year’s industrial transformation examples show how intelligently driven operations scale, placing resilience and sustainability at the heart of manufacturing companies’ activities.”
This achievement underscores Schneider Electric’s commitment to developing future-ready talent, building an agile organization, and fostering a culture that unlocks people’s potential and drives innovation.
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Schneider Electric is a global leader in energy technologies that delivers efficiency and sustainability through electrification, automation, and digitalization of industry, business, and homes. The company’s technologies enable buildings, data centers, factories, infrastructure, and power grids to operate as open, interconnected ecosystems, improving productivity, resilience, and environmental performance. Schneider Electric’s portfolio includes smart devices, software-oriented architectures, AI-based systems, digital services, and expert consulting. With 160,000 employees and 1 million partners in more than 100 countries, Schneider Electric consistently ranks among the world’s most sustainable companies.
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SE Advisory Services, Schneider Electric’s global consulting practice, today announced the launch of Resource Advisor+, a next-generation intelligent energy and sustainability management platform.
The Resource Advisor+ platform and its suite of products are powered by AI-driven workflows and transform how organizations turn energy and sustainability data into practical action. A single platform and set of specialized products replace fragmented tools and disconnected data with a unified, multi-product experience in one intelligent ecosystem, enabling seamless product integration for emissions and energy management, sustainable supply chains, climate risk, and sustainability reporting. The Resource Advisor+ ecosystem serves as an intelligent command center that allows companies to unify data, accelerate decision-making, and rapidly deploy energy and sustainability initiatives across the business.
Sera: The Advantages of Resource Advisor+
Sera is the leading AI agent within Resource Advisor+, acting as a proactive digital partner that interprets user needs and coordinates a team of specialized agents operating in the background. This coordination sets Resource Advisor+ apart, as it leverages SE Advisory Intelligence—an proprietary knowledge layer that codifies two decades of Schneider Electric’s consulting experience into proven methods and real-world operational constraints. Sera and its team apply this embedded expertise to turn complex data into clear, actionable recommendations, enabling users to navigate energy and sustainability with unprecedented speed and confidence. Resource Advisor+ and Sera deliver three distinct advantages to companies:
“Today we mark an exciting milestone as we realize our vision for an AI-first strategy,” said Steve Wilhite, Executive Vice President of the global Energy & Sustainability practice at SE Advisory Services. “Resource Advisor+ offers companies an entirely new way to manage energy and sustainability, built on SE Advisory Intelligence and a network of agentic AI capabilities. By automating complexity and turning data into practical action, Resource Advisor+ enables users to accelerate both energy optimization and decarbonization, and reflects a fundamental shift in how we help clients achieve meaningful, enterprise-wide outcomes.”
The Resource Advisor+ ecosystem debuts with two new products—Carbon Performance and Supply Chain—and later this year will be expanded with two additional sustainability products: Climate Risk and Reporting and Compliance, as well as products for energy management and efficiency. The EcoStruxure™ Resource Advisor cloud platform, which helps businesses track and optimize energy and sustainability performance, remains available for customer use and purchase.
The new Carbon Performance product turns emissions tracking into actionable enterprise-wide decarbonization. It provides auditable calculations aligned with the GHG Protocol for Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions, enables companies to set targets, model emissions-reduction scenarios, and manage initiatives through Sera, which delivers decision-ready carbon analytics.
The Supply Chain product (formerly Zeigo Hub) helps reduce Scope 3 emissions in global supply chains while engaging suppliers in decarbonization at scale. The product offers flexible data collection, a personalized supplier experience, and structured recommendations that drive adoption and deliver measurable progress in emissions reduction for both corporate sponsors and suppliers.
“As organizations face increasing pressure to turn sustainability ambitions into measurable action, platforms that unify data, intelligence, and execution are becoming essential,” said Amy Cravens, Research Director for Sustainability and ESG Software at IDC. “Resource Advisor+ from Schneider Electric reflects a significant evolution in sustainability management, combining deep domain expertise with AI-driven workflows. With embedded advisory intelligence, Schneider Electric is helping enterprises move beyond reporting to faster, more confident decisions that connect energy, emissions, and supply-chain sustainability to real business outcomes.”
About SE Advisory Services
SE Advisory Services helps organizations turn ambitious sustainability, energy, and digitalization goals into measurable outcomes. Backed by Schneider Electric—one of the world’s most sustainable companies—the service combines deep expertise, global delivery, and AI-powered software to drive transformation across energy and risk management, decarbonization, nature-based solutions, operational efficiency, and digital transformation. Operating in more than 100 countries, SE Advisory Services turns complex challenges into competitive advantage for its clients.
About Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric is a global leader in energy technologies that delivers efficiency and sustainability through electrification, automation, and digitalization of industry, businesses, and homes. Its technologies enable buildings, data centers, factories, infrastructure, and power grids to operate as open, interconnected ecosystems, improving productivity, resilience, and environmental performance. The company’s portfolio includes intelligent devices, software-centric architectures, AI-based systems, digital services, and expert consulting. With 160,000 employees and 1 million partners in more than 100 countries, Schneider Electric consistently ranks among the world’s most sustainable companies.
Schneider Electric, a global leader in energy technologies, announces its participation in the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The company delegation is led by CEO Olivier Blum, who will advocate for cross-industry cooperation to advance energy technologies.
“It is clear that we have entered a new era where artificial intelligence and energy are inseparable, and together they will transform every business,” said Olivier Blum, CEO of Schneider Electric. “AI requires computing power, and computing requires energy. That is why the world needs greater energy intelligence. Customers across all sectors face the same challenge—using energy efficiently. As your partner in energy technologies, we electrify, automate, and digitize every industry, business, and home, improving efficiency and sustainability for all. And we are not just connecting systems—we are creating ecosystems in which AI, data, and people work in harmony. Let’s use the opportunity in Davos to advance energy technologies together.”
During this year’s meeting, the company will make a number of important announcements, including those listed below. The full list of Schneider Electric delegates and the format of the company’s participation can be viewed at se.com.
AI applications delivering real results
Schneider Electric was recognized in the 1st and 2nd cohorts of the MINDS program (Meaningful, Intelligent, Novel, Deployable Solutions), the Forum’s global program highlighting high-impact real-world applications of artificial intelligence. CEO Olivier Blum will receive awards for EcoStruxure Microgrid Advisor and Snaplogic Touchscreen Room Controller at the winners’ award ceremony during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum on January 20, 2026.
Ninth recognition of a Schneider Electric plant as a flagship smart factory
The Forum’s Global Lighthouse Network, which identifies and recognizes the most advanced manufacturing sites in the world, honored Schneider Electric’s plant in Wuhan. It became one of only three plants worldwide to receive recognition for work with talent—a new category introduced this year. This recognition became the ninth in Schneider Electric’s series of Lighthouse awards. The plant was recognized for implementing an innovative, people-centered workforce-of-the-future model that bridges the skills gap and sets a new standard for manufacturing resilience.
Gathering of C-level executives from different industries
Frederic Godemel, Executive Vice President for Energy Management at Schneider Electric, will convene a cross-industry group of global leaders and influencers on behalf of the Forum’s Bloomberg New Economy Energy Technology Coalition. This will be the Coalition’s first significant meeting, aimed at accelerating the adoption of technologies that make energy consumption more efficient, sustainable, and flexible amid growing global demand for electricity.
Driving change for underserved communities
Schneider Electric and EDP jointly launched the EDGE Transition program—a global accelerator that will support social entrepreneurs offering clean and affordable energy solutions and creating inclusive economic opportunities for underserved communities.
The program helps early-stage startups through mentorship, technical expertise, strategic partnerships, and access to long-term, high-risk-tolerant capital, inviting solutions that serve underserved communities and promote equitable access to energy. The initiative aims to accelerate the energy transition and drive global electrification for sustainable impact.
The organizations will announce their partnership in Davos on January 21.
More information about Schneider Electric’s participation in the Annual Meeting can be found at https://www.se.com/ww/en/about-us/events/davos/.
About Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric is a global leader in energy technologies that improves efficiency and sustainability by electrifying, automating, and digitizing industry, businesses, and households. The company’s technologies enable buildings, data centers, factories, infrastructure, and power grids to operate as open, interconnected ecosystems, increasing productivity, resilience, and environmental performance. Its portfolio includes intelligent devices, software-based architectures, AI-enabled systems, digital services, and expert consulting. The company has 160,000 employees and 1 million partners in more than 100 countries and consistently ranks among the world’s most sustainable companies.
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