Legrand, a global leader in electrical and digital building infrastructures, has delivered the digital infrastructure for a new artificial intelligence (AI) data center at Yerevan State University, the Republic of Armenia’s largest and leading university
The facility is home to a government-funded supercomputer equipped with 64 NVIDIA H100 GPUs and is designed to strengthen Armenia’s national capabilities in artificial intelligence and high-performance computing (HPC). The shared scientific infrastructure will support advanced research, accelerate innovation, and help modernize education and training across the country.
The AI data center was officially inaugurated by the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, during a high-level opening ceremony attended by senior government officials and university leaders, highlighting the facility’s strategic importance to Armenia’s digital and scientific development.
Yerevan State University required a modern, scalable, and energy-efficient data center capable of supporting advanced AI and HPC workloads while enabling future expansion. The facility was designed to provide capacity headroom for future GPU racks and to meet the highest European safety and efficiency standards.
Following a highly competitive tender process for the €3 million project, Legrand was selected to deliver a fully integrated data center infrastructure solution. Only vendors capable of providing complete, end-to-end solutions under strict technical and operational requirements were considered.
The data centre was installed within existing university buildings, presenting significant challenges, including limited space, low ceiling heights, and complex routing requirements. The project required careful coordination to integrate power protection, power distribution, cooling, racks, and intelligent monitoring systems without compromising performance or reliability.
Despite these challenges, the data centre was designed, verified, delivered, and installed within just six months, with only one month allocated for on-site installation, including setup, maintenance, and power supply connection.
Legrand delivered a fully integrated portfolio of data centre solutions, including:
• Legrand Keor MOD UPS systems
• Zucchini XCP busbar systems
• Raritan intelligent rack PDUs
• Minkels IT cabinets
• USystems rear door cooling solutions
• Legrand circuit breakers and electrical accessories
The integrated solution delivers high energy efficiency, 24/7 operational reliability, ease of maintenance, and scalability to support future growth as Armenia’s AI ambitions continue to expand.
System integration was carried out by ART-Group, a certified Legrand partner and UPS Service Centre in Armenia. The successful delivery of the project has already contributed to additional Legrand data centre deployments in the region, including facilities for financial services and AI.
The project also involved Legrand’s regional engineering teams. Arsen Pogossian, Director of Legrand Armenia, oversaw the installation of the Zucchini busbar system, while Alexey Ryizhenkov, Legrand Busbar Engineer, conducted the Zucchini busbar insulation testing. Igor Dmitriev, Legrand UPS Engineer, was responsible for UPS maintenance support.
“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 centre projects planned in Armenia from 2026 onwards, we look forward to continuing our collaboration.”
The Yerevan State University AI Data Centre is the largest and most comprehensive data centre solution delivered by Legrand to date in the CIS region. The project was made possible through close collaboration between Legrand’s global and regional teams, the university, and local partners.
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