In recognition of the critical role that data centers play in powering the UK’s digital economy and enabling the AI-driven future, today marks the launch of National Data Center Day – a milestone that Legrand is proud to support.

September 12th is the first-ever National Data Center Day and marks the one-year anniversary of data centers being officially classified as Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) by the UK Government. The purpose of the day is to raise awareness of data centers as the essential infrastructure that keeps the UK running, celebrate the people and innovation behind the industry, and improve public perception by showcasing the sector’s vital role in driving technological advancements, sustainability, and energy efficiency.

Data is the backbone of the digital economy, underpinning nearly every aspect of modern society, and Legrand is proud to play a vital role in supporting the infrastructure that powers this data with innovative, resilient, highly efficient, and sustainable solutions that ensure continuous availability - a true national priority.  

A Legacy of Sustainable Innovation

 Legrand is committed to environmental responsibility and dedicated to raising awareness not only in our own teams but also among our partners and customers. Our ambitious goals, as set out in our 2025–2027 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Roadmap, include:

2050 Targets

• Net Zero by 2050: 90% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (scopes 1, 2, and 3) compared to 2022 levels.

2030 Targets

• Reduce emissions: Scopes 1 & 2 by 42%, Scope 3 by 25% compared to 2022 levels.
• Eliminate single-use plastics: Phase out single-use plastics in all packaging.
• Enable carbon savings: Help customers to avoid 70 Mt of CO₂, through energy-efficient products and services (Scope 4).
• Eco-responsible portfolio: Achieve 80% of sales from solutions with a Product Sustainability Profile.  

These targets reflect Legrand’s mission of “improving lives with innovative and sustainable solutions”—a guiding principle that extends directly into our data center portfolio.

Energy-Efficient and Sustainable Product Portfolio

 From power and cooling to containment and connectivity, Legrand’s portfolio is designed to maximize efficiency, resilience, and sustainability across the entire data center ecosystem.

• Transformers: Green T.HE Transformers fully comply with the new eco-compatible design rules and guarantee a significant reduction in energy consumption, thereby promoting significant economic savings and the reduction of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere. Their cast resin encapsulation safeguards against fire and environmental hazards, while exceptionally low levels of partial discharge (below 5 pC) lead to a higher resistance to work stresses and ensure a longer life expectancy.

• High Power Busbar: The Xtra-compact (XCP) busbar trunking system delivers high-power distribution from 630-6300 amps in a smart and ultra-compact design. With up to a IP65 degree of protection, and reduced heat dissipation, it helps minimize cooling requirements and energy costs.

   

• UPS: Keor FLEX uses advanced Silicon Carbide (SiC) technology to maintain extremely high efficiency, even at varying loads. Achieving a market-leading 98.4% efficiency in double conversion mode, it reduces energy consumption, cooling costs, and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Its scalable design—supporting up to 1.2 MW in a single frame and expandable to 4.8 MW—makes it the ideal solution for colocation, hyperscale, AI, edge computing, and smart-grid-ready environments.

• Intelligent Rack PDUs: Raritan PX4 and Server Technology PRO4X PDUs provide granular, real-time power quality monitoring and metrics, enabling operators to identify and address inefficiencies. With ±0.5% energy metering accuracy, it provides ground-breaking rack-based metrics, including Neutral Voltage, Total Harmonic Distortion, Voltage Dips and Swells, Crest Factor, and more. When coupled with Waveform Capture, users can confidently reveal trends regarding the health and quality of power sources and power to devices at the rack PDU power inlet, circuit breakers, and outlets, enabling optimization of rack power efficiency.

• Cooling Solutions: The ColdLogik Rear Door Heat Exchanger (RDHx), an air-assisted liquid cooling system, is designed for AI workloads. With adaptive technology, it can reduce cooling-related energy consumption by up to 90%. Using a closed-loop water system, it delivers significant water savings that free up resources for community use.

• Cabinets: Minkels Airflow Management Solutions reduce air leakage and effectively prevent bypass and recirculation airflow, greatly reducing cooling energy demand. Platform features include blanking plates, cable entry seals, air sealing plinths, and sealing strips for bayed cabinets. The result is a truly sealed cabinet package that, when housed in any Legrand hot or cold aisle containment design, provides data center owners and operators with the most complete, cost-effective, and energy-efficient infrastructure solution available on the market.

• Fiber Solutions: The acclAIM low-loss HD fiber redefines connectivity by replacing pre-terminated cassette-based solutions with direct connections, which reduces additional components and costs. acclAIM offers the only connectivity on the market with a near-lossless link, almost unlimited scalability, and no gender considerations. The Direct Mating Breakout and Application Defined Polarity vastly improve density and flexibility, enable sustainable migration, and significantly improve the system lifecycle.

Powering Progress –Ensuring a Greener Infrastructure Future

 As National Data Center Day unfolds, we celebrate the industry’s progress—and recommit to where we must go next. Legrand stands at that intersection of innovation and responsibility, exemplifying how sustainable, future-ready data center infrastructure can—and must—power tomorrow.

Learn more about how we go further to deliver reliable, efficient, and sustainable solutions - working with you to future-proof your data center for a greener tomorrow here.