EcoStruxure IT with Shape

EcoStruxure IT is Schneider Electric’s cloud‑enabled software suite for monitoring, managing, planning, and modelling complex IT and power environments across multiple sites. It connects to UPS systems, power distribution, cooling, racks, sensors, and other critical devices, giving IT and facilities teams a single pane of glass across hybrid data centre and edge infrastructure.

With a focus on improving visibility, reliability, and efficiency for critical infrastructure owners. For New Zealand businesses, this means better uptime, lower operational risk, and more informed planning decisions across data centres, server rooms, and remote sites.​

EcoStruxure Core benefits include:​

• Global visibility of distributed IT and power assets via cloud and mobile apps.

• Smart alarms and incident notifications for power, cooling, environmental, and security conditions.

• Predictive analytics that identify anomalies and emerging risks from device data and global benchmarks.

• Energy management insights to reduce power waste and support sustainability targets.

• Scalability to support growth, new locations, and evolving hybrid IT strategies.
  

This platform combines monitoring, analytics, and planning tools into one platform for both large data centres and smaller edge environments. It supports multi‑vendor devices, making it suitable for mixed infrastructures commonly found in enterprise, government, and service provider environments in New Zealand.​

Notable capabilities include:​

• Real‑time monitoring of UPS, PDUs, racks, cooling, sensors, and environmental conditions across sites.

• AI‑driven predictive analytics to help prevent failures and reduce unplanned downtime.

• Capacity, planning, and modelling tools to optimise floor space, rack layouts, power, and cooling.

• Asset and change management features, including inventory, floor plans, and work orders.

• Cloud‑based access and optional on‑premises components, giving flexibility for regulated environments.

Schneider Electric positions EcoStruxure IT as a key tool for improving energy efficiency and supporting sustainability strategies. By providing granular power usage data and analytics, the platform helps organisations identify inefficiencies, optimise load distribution, and reduce the carbon footprint of their critical infrastructure.​

In combination with APC’s high‑efficiency UPS systems and intelligent power distribution, we can enable data centre and edge operators to balance resilience with energy savings. This aligns well with the growing focus on sustainable digital infrastructure in New Zealand and across the Pacific.

Shape is a New Zealand‑based UPS and infrastructure specialist with experience delivering integrated power, cooling, and modular data centre solutions across the country and into the Pacific region. The company designs and delivers UPS and battery solutions,  containerised data centres, and resilient ICT infrastructure, combining integrated power, cooling, security, and connectivity for challenging and remote environments.​

Working with EcoStruxure‑ready APC solutions, Shape can help you:​

• Design and deploy EcoStruxure IT‑enabled power and cooling architectures for data centres and edge sites.

• Integrate APC UPS, racks, PDUs, and environmental sensors with EcoStruxure IT monitoring and analytics.

• Implement resilient, modular infrastructure for remote locations, with centralised visibility via the EcoStruxure IT platform.

• Align infrastructure design with uptime, sustainability, and growth objectives.

EcoStruxure IT is relevant for a wide range of New Zealand organisations that depend on always‑on digital services. This includes enterprises, government agencies, utilities, telcos, education providers, and organisations running distributed or remote infrastructure across the country and the wider Pacific.​

Common scenarios include:​

• Data centres and colocation facilities needing unified visibility and analytics across multiple rooms and sites.

• Edge computing locations, branch offices, and remote sites where local IT staff are limited but uptime is critical.

• Critical national infrastructure and telecommunications environments that require strong monitoring and resilience across dispersed assets.

• Organisations pursuing sustainability and energy‑efficiency improvements in their ICT and data centre environments.

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