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Schneider Electric to become the Official Energy Technology Partner of McLaren Racing
McLaren Racing and Schneider Electric, a global energy technology leader, have announced that Schneider Electric will become the Official Energy Technology Partner of McLaren Racing, including the McLaren Mastercard Formula 1 Team, the Arrow McLaren IndyCar Team, McLaren F1 Academy, as well as the McLaren United Autosports WEC Hypercar Team.
Together, Schneider and McLaren Racing will develop and deploy energy technology that enables peak performance in the most demanding environments, whether it’ s delivering robust power solutions trackside at race circuits around the world or back at base at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, UK. At the heart of the partnership is a shared culture rooted in data intelligence, accelerated innovation and engineering excellence.
Schneider and McLaren Racing will build on their supplier relationship spanning more than 20 years, solving hard energy problems where performance and consistent running are nonnegotiable. This will include optimising existing assets in and around the wind tunnel, manufacturing facilities, IT data centres and beyond with resilient systems to reduce energy consumption, enabling electrification through advanced energy technologies and leveraging digital twin technology to create data insights to enhance efficiency and sustainability.
Zak Brown, CEO McLaren Racing, said:“ We’ re proud to welcome Schneider Electric as our Official Energy Technology Partner. This partnership builds on a strong foundation and reflects our shared commitment to innovation and energy efficiency. By combining Schneider’ s expertise in energy technology with McLaren’ s pursuit of performance, we’ ll explore new ways to make our operations smarter and more efficient.”
Telent to deliver secure IT and communications systems for Sizewell C nuclear power station
Telent has been awarded a major contract to deliver the sitewide IT and communications infrastructure for Sizewell C, one of the UK’ s most significant new nuclear power station projects. As the UK accelerates new nuclear development to support energy security and net zero ambitions, the project highlights the importance of robust, secure and resilient digital communications across complex, long-term infrastructure programmes.
Telent is appointed for its specialist expertise in delivering secure, mission-critical communications systems for complex infrastructure environments, including its proven track record in the nuclear sector. Building on its successful delivery of the site-wide IT and communications solution at Hinkley Point C, Telent will apply an assured and fully compliant design to Sizewell C, helping to reduce delivery risk while supporting safe, resilient and long-term operations. Telent will be part of a‘ Quad’ of electrical contracts which include INEO Nuclear, DEF Fire and Chubb Fire & Security and will collaborate to ensure a unified integrated approach to design.
The DTV contract will run from 2026 to 2035 and will see Telent deliver a fully integrated communications ecosystem across the entire Sizewell C site in Suffolk. This will include a data network which carries both corporate and system traffic, cybersecurity architecture, sitewide radio( Fire and Nuclear Constabulary) and paging systems, public address and voice alarm systems, emergency communications, telephony( including satellite) and resilient power solutions.
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