Schneider Electric said on Monday it had entered a strategic collaboration ‌with Taiwan's Hon ⁠Hai ⁠Technology Group, known internationally as Foxconn, to develop and scale infrastructure for next-generation artificial ⁠intelligence data ‌centres.

Production ​is ​expected ⁠to begin later this year.

The companies said the partnership would combine Hon Hai's manufacturing and AI ‌systems expertise with Schneider Electric's power, cooling ⁠and energy-management technology to deliver ready-to-deploy AI data centre solutions.