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New green technology centre

APC has launched the new Schneider Electric Technology Centre in O'Fallon, Missouri.

The new 100 000 square-foot Schneider Electric Technology Centre incorporates an executive briefing and conference centre, live data centre demonstration rooms, environmental test chambers, training areas and research and development testing. Visitors to the centre will have the chance to see APC's complete product family including its InfraStruXure patented architecture for data centres, its InRow cooling solutions and InfraStruXure Central 4.0 management software product. Also on display at the new facility is APC's Symmetra PX 250 kW UPS, which offers the highest efficiency and redundancy for data centres in its class.

APC will also display its popular consumer electronics products such as its line of power conditioners with battery backup for audio/visual applications, notebook batteries and biometric password manager devices at the new centre. MGE's modular Galaxy PW 100 kVA UPS unit for medium to large scale data centre installations, as well as other products from Schneider Electric brands such as Square D, TAC and Integral Technologies also will be displayed at the new centre. In addition, best-in-class perimeter cooling solutions from Stulz, a recently announced APC strategic partner will be included in the facility.

By incorporating best practices throughout the facility, the centre will provide a state-of-the-art learning environment including:

* Executive Briefing and Conference Centre: Facilities to develop unencumbered, creative discussions aimed at understanding and solving customer problems.

* Product Solutions Demonstration Area: Showcase for APC's line of power, cooling and management solutions from the data centre to the living room.

* Data Centre Solution Demonstration Lab: A lab providing hands-on, live demonstration of APC's physical infrastructure solutions including InfraStruXure, 3-phase uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), cooling and management systems.

* Customer Test Data Centres: A first of its kind, customers can design and test multiple data centre layouts to determine what configuration will best meet their needs before making costly investments.

* Cooling Test Labs: Environmentally controlled chambers and a research and development lab for the development and testing of cooling solutions for high-density applications.

* APC's Data Centre University: Live classroom instruction on the latest data centre theories, standards and practices based on APC's www.datacenteruniversity.com online courses.

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