Modern data centres are under increasing pressure to deliver more performance with less energy, less downtime, and lower operational overhead. Cooling is one of the largest energy consumers in any facility, and even small inefficiencies can significantly impact operating costs and thermal stability.

For organisations running Schneider Electric cooling systems – such as InRow, Uniflair or Motivair units – there is now a powerful way to intelligently automate and optimise cooling performance: ESMM CONTROL, Comtec’s expert-led remote management and remediation service.

When paired with EcoStruxure IT Advisor (ITA) on-premise and Cooling Optimize, ESMM CONTROL becomes a transformational tool for data centre efficiency and resilience.

What is ESMM CONTROL?

ESMM CONTROL is Comtec’s remote optimisation and engineering service designed to:

  • Maintain a healthy, efficient data centre environment

  • Identify and resolve issues before they affect availability

  • Provide expert intervention when automated systems require engineering insight

  • Deliver ongoing optimisation that improves operational performance over time

In facilities using Schneider Electric solutions, ESMM CONTROL adds an advanced human-assisted automation layer on top of the EcoStruxure ecosystem.

When Cooling Meets Intelligence: How Schneider + ESMM CONTROL Works

To enable automated cooling optimisation, a site requires three components:

1. Schneider IT Advisor (ITA) – On-Premise Edition

Provides environmental modelling, asset context, and operating parameters.

2. Cooling Optimize Module

Formerly “StruxureWare Cooling Optimize”, this module uses machine learning and real-time sensor data to autonomously balance airflow and cooling output.

3. Compatible Schneider Cooling Units

InRow, Uniflair, Motivair and other networked cooling systems capable of accepting remote setpoint and fan-speed adjustments.

With these components in place, ESMM CONTROL becomes an advanced control layer, continuously reviewing the automated operation and correcting issues that the software alone cannot fix.

The Benefits of ESMM CONTROL for Schneider Cooling Environments

1. Greater Energy Efficiency, Lower Costs

Cooling Optimize can reduce cooling energy consumption by 20-40%, but only when the environment is correctly configured.
ESMM CONTROL ensures:

  • Sensors are placed and calibrated correctly

  • Cooling groups are defined accurately

  • Airflow models reflect the real-world environment

  • Setpoint profiles match business requirements

This delivers maximum energy savings and a lower PUE.

2. More Stable Temperature and Airflow Conditions

Automated optimisation is incredibly powerful – but it can be sensitive to:

  • Missing or failed sensors

  • Unexpected airflow obstructions

  • Containment issues

  • Changes in rack layout

  • Incomplete data models

ESMM CONTROL provides human-led supervision and correction, ensuring the system continues to deliver stable performance even as the environment evolves.

3. Rapid Remote Remediation

When environmental parameters drift out of tolerance, ESMM CONTROL can remotely:

  • Adjust setpoints

  • Modify cooling profiles

  • Reset unresponsive cooling units

  • Correct airflow group assignments

  • Restore communication with ITA or cooling controllers

This reduces the need for on-site engineering visits and prevents minor issues growing into major incidents.

4. Intelligent Automation with Human Oversight

Cooling Optimize uses machine learning – but ML alone cannot understand business priorities, planned workloads, or redundancy requirements.

ESMM CONTROL adds a smart oversight layer, ensuring actions taken by the automation align with:

  • Required resilience levels

  • Maintenance windows

  • Cooling redundancy strategies

  • SLA targets

The result is an intelligent hybrid of automation + engineering expertise.

5. Better Data Centre Health Over Time

Through quarterly reviews and ongoing adjustments, ESMM CONTROL improves:

  • Hot-aisle / cold-aisle integrity

  • Airflow distribution

  • Cooling efficiency

  • Rack temperature consistency

  • Predictability of thermal behaviour

This continuous optimisation results in a more reliable and predictable data centre environment.

Example: What ESMM CONTROL Does When Temperatures Start Rising

Without ESMM CONTROL:
Cooling Optimize continues to adjust cooling output, but may struggle if sensor data is incomplete, a cooling unit is in a degraded state, or airflow paths change.

With ESMM CONTROL:
Comtec engineers can immediately:

  • Rebalance cooling groups

  • Re-train the environmental model

  • Correct airflow anomalies

  • Apply alternative cooling profiles

  • Override unstable behaviour

This can prevent thermal issues before they develop into alarms or outages.

Why Organisations Choose ESMM CONTROL

Customers using Schneider Electric cooling systems choose ESMM CONTROL because it delivers:

  • Greater uptime

  • Lower operational costs

  • Better resilience

  • Access to expert engineers without site visits

  • Automation that continues to work long-term – not just on day one

ESMM CONTROL ensures the client receives the full value of their Schneider Electric investment.

Conclusion: Smarter Cooling, Lower Costs, Stronger Resilience

When a data centre uses Schneider Electric’s IT Advisor + Cooling Optimize, the cooling system becomes intelligent – but ESMM CONTROL makes it truly resilient, efficient, and self-correcting.

For organisations looking to reduce energy consumption, enhance uptime, and stabilise their thermal environment, ESMM CONTROL offers a unique combination of:

  • automated optimisation

  • real-time engineering response

  • long-term operational improvement

It is the ideal enhancement for any Schneider-powered cooling environment.