Legrand powers Yerevan State University AI data centre
Thu, 25th Jun 2026 (Today)
Legrand has delivered the digital infrastructure for an AI data centre at Yerevan State University. The facility houses a government-funded supercomputer with 64 NVIDIA H100 GPUs.
The project is based at Armenia's largest university and is intended to support national work in artificial intelligence and high-performance computing. Senior government officials and university leaders attended the inauguration, underscoring its importance to the country's digital and scientific plans.
Legrand won a competitive tender for the €3 million project. The contract covered an integrated package of data centre systems, including power protection, power distribution, cooling, racks and monitoring.
The installation was built within existing university buildings, creating constraints around space, ceiling height and routing. The infrastructure had to fit into a live academic environment while leaving room for additional GPU racks later.
The data centre was designed, verified, delivered and installed within six months, according to Legrand. On-site installation, including setup, maintenance and power supply connection, was completed within one month.
The facility uses Legrand Keor MOD uninterruptible power supply systems, Zucchini XCP busbar systems, Raritan intelligent rack power distribution units, Minkels IT cabinets, USystems rear-door cooling, and Legrand circuit breakers and electrical accessories. System integration was carried out by ART-Group, Legrand's partner and UPS service centre in Armenia.
Technical setup
The new centre was designed to meet European safety and efficiency standards while supporting AI and HPC workloads. Its layout also allows extra capacity for future expansion, reflecting expectations of growing demand for compute infrastructure in Armenia as research and training needs increase.
The project combined regional engineering support with local delivery. Arsen Pogossian, director of Legrand Armenia, oversaw installation of the Zucchini busbar system, while Legrand busbar engineer Alexey Ryizhenkov conducted insulation testing on the busbar installation. Legrand UPS engineer Igor Dmitriev handled maintenance support for the UPS systems.
ART-Group played a central role in integrating the systems on site. Delivery required coordination between the university, Legrand's wider teams and local specialists to combine power and cooling equipment within a confined footprint without disrupting the centre's operational design.
National focus
The university facility forms part of a broader state-backed effort to strengthen Armenia's AI and scientific infrastructure. The shared research resource is intended to support academic work, training and wider modernisation of education, while also providing computing resources for advanced applications.
Legrand described the Yerevan State University project as the largest and most comprehensive data centre solution it has delivered in the CIS region. It added that the work has already supported further regional deployments, including projects tied to financial services and AI.
Ashot Berudjanyan, corporate solution engineer at ART-Group, commented on the work with Legrand and the wider market outlook in Armenia.
"We are proud to have partnered with Legrand on this strategically important project," said Ashot Berudjanyan, corporate solution engineer at ART-Group. "With several new data center projects planned in Armenia from 2026 onwards, we look forward to continuing our collaboration."
For Legrand, the contract adds to its presence in data centre infrastructure, where it supplies equipment for both the electrical room and the IT room. The group reported sales of €8.6 billion in 2024 across its wider electrical and digital building infrastructure business.
The Yerevan deployment stands out because it combines a national research objective with a retrofit of existing university space rather than a purpose-built standalone facility. That made integration and timing central to delivery, particularly given the need to support a large GPU-based supercomputer within a compact footprint.
The completed site now gives Yerevan State University a dedicated AI computing environment built around 64 NVIDIA H100 GPUs, with power, cooling and rack infrastructure installed as a single system.