Industry Insights: AI Inference and the Impact on the Edge

In this Industry Insights interview, Wesco’s Adam Greenblatt sits down with Carsten Baumann, Director of Solutions Architecture at APC (a Schneider Electric company), to unpack how edge AI inference is reshaping enterprise data center design and infrastructure. As AI workloads move closer to where data is generated, organizations are facing rapid increases in rack power density, new cooling requirements and heightened pressure to modernize legacy data centers.

Baumann explains the practical implications of AI inference, from higher-voltage rack power distribution and the scalability of modular UPS systems to the growing role of liquid and rear‑door heat exchanger cooling, and why this densification is accelerating beyond hyperscale environments.

For enterprise IT leaders and data center managers navigating this shift, this interview offers insight into how flexible, modular rack and pod solutions can help organizations deploy future‑ready designs that meet today’s AI demands while preparing for what’s next, and without sacrificing uptime, sustainability or return on investment.