Many data centres face the same challenge: how do you modernise your infrastructure to meet today’s requirements for energy monitoring and compliance, without replacing every PDU? A full replacement can be costly, time-consuming and disruptive. Retrofitting provides the solution – and the Schleifenbauer Inline Meter 5.0 is purpose-built for exactly this.
Data centres are designed to last for years, but technological and regulatory demands change rapidly. Many legacy PDUs lack the advanced metering capabilities that are now essential for efficiency, sustainability and high-density workloads such as AI and HPC.
• Replacing PDUs means downtime, complex logistics and high costs.
• Retrofitting with the Inline Meter 5.0 keeps your existing PDUs in place while adding modern monitoring and intelligence.
It’s faster, more sustainable, and far more cost-effective.
The Inline Meter 5.0 is simply installed between the power feed and your existing PDU. This instantly upgrades your infrastructure with:
• Granular metering: optional at input, branch and outlet level.
• Protocol flexibility: including HTTP/HTTPS, REST API, MODBUS/TCP, SNMP v1/v2c/v3, Traps, IPv4/6, Syslog, CLI and SQL export.
• Hot-swappable communication modules: choose Gateway or Controller and swap at any time without downtime.
• Software included: EnerTree DCEM for real-time monitoring, compliance reporting and trend analysis.
• Scalability: suitable for both small retrofits and large-scale phased upgrades.
1. Low downtime – installation without long interrupting existing operations.
2. Protects investments – extend the lifecycle of your current PDUs.
3. Compliance-ready – meet energy monitoring and sustainability requirements.
4. Future-proof – upgrade modules as technology evolves.
5. AI & HPC ready – granular monitoring for high-density workloads.
Sustainability is no longer optional in the data centre industry. By retrofitting with the Inline Meter 5.0, operators reduce electronic waste, improve energy efficiency (PUE) and gain the insights needed to optimise power usage. Instead of replacing entire racks of PDUs, you add only the missing intelligence.
Why replace when you can retrofit? Learn more about the Inline Meter 5.0 and how it can transform your data centre’s energy management.
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