What Motivair makes for data centers
subsidiary · unit of Schneider Electric
Motivair is a unit of Schneider Electric. It appears on 3 parts of the AI data center — Coolant distribution units, Rear-door heat exchangers and Rack/row cooling controls & software — in the role of manufacturer. Those parts sit in Layer 5 — Liquid cooling (IT-side: chip to CDU).
Parts, by layer
Layer 5 — Liquid cooling (IT-side: chip to CDU)
| Part | Role | Confidence | Competitors | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolant distribution units | manufacturer | inferred | Auras, Daikin, Delta Electronics, Envicool, Foxconn (Hon Hai), Johnson Controls | |
| Rear-door heat exchangers | manufacturer | inferred | Legrand, Vertiv, nVent, Coolcentric, Huawei, Rittal | |
| Rack/row cooling controls & software | manufacturer | inferred | Schneider Electric, Vertiv, nVent, CoolIT |
Where Motivair sits in the stack
Motivair's placements in this catalog cover 3 parts, all in layer 5, liquid cooling (it-side: chip to cdu). None of them currently carries a sourced supply constraint tag. Across these parts it overlaps with other companies most often on the lines below.
What these parts are
- Coolant distribution units — The unit that separates the IT-side (technology) coolant loop from the facility water loop, exchanging heat between them and pumping and filtering the technology-side flow — sized from in-rack and in-row units up to multi-megawatt facility-class units.
- Rear-door heat exchangers — A heat exchanger mounted on the rear door of a server rack that cools exhaust air with chilled water or refrigerant before it leaves the rack, without cooling the chips directly.
- Rack/row cooling controls & software — Software and controllers that manage coolant setpoints, pump speed, and valve positions at the rack and row level, and that tie into facility-wide data center infrastructure management (DCIM) systems.
Closest peers in this catalog
Seen in real machines
Motivair is named in 1 of the rack teardowns and supercomputer breakdowns on this site. Each line below is a piece of that machine.
- Nvidia GB300 NVL72 · rack teardown
- CDU (in-rack or in-row) (Schneider)
Questions about Motivair
- What does Motivair make for AI data centers?
- This catalog places Motivair on 3 parts: Coolant distribution units (manufacturer), Rear-door heat exchangers (manufacturer) and Rack/row cooling controls & software (manufacturer).
- Is Motivair publicly traded?
- Not on its own — this catalog records Motivair as a unit of Schneider Electric, so the traded entity is the parent.
- Who else makes coolant distribution units for AI data centers?
- Auras, Daikin, Delta Electronics, Envicool, Foxconn (Hon Hai) and Johnson Controls are also placed on Coolant distribution units in this catalog.
- How well sourced are these placements?
- Every part→company placement carries a confidence tag. For Motivair the mix is 3 inferred. "disclosed" means the company or a filing says so; "reported" comes from trade press or a reference-design list; "inferred" is a lead from the taxonomy with no citation yet. Treat reported and inferred as leads, not facts.
Answers are generated from this catalog's own rows — see sources & method.