How Hanley Energy and ABB Accelerate AI Data Center Infrastructure for Bangladesh
As data centers demand more capacity faster than ever, companies delivering at speed are capturing the opportunity. Global solution provider Hanley Energy shows how collaboration and innovation with ABB accelerates execution.
AI is accelerating digital infrastructure expansion worldwide. Every major economy is investing in data center capacity to meet demand and support AI’s evolving workloads. Electrical engineering firms capable of delivering advanced power solutions at speed and scale are essential to that growth.
Execution at this pace demands innovation, technical depth, and the ability to meet evolving requirements without compromising certainty. Hanley Energy is one of the companies setting the standard. With a workforce of 850 and a strategy built around the specialist demands of data centers, they are designing and manufacturing switchgear and power systems that keep data centers online in 34 markets worldwide.
John O’Driscoll, CEO of Hanley Energy Group, says the company’s approach is built on a fundamental commitment: “We are absolutely focused on keeping our promises to clients. In the data center sector, that means certainty and rigorous risk management. Our clients include some of the world’s largest technology companies, and we offer them delivery without compromise.”
When a major client approached them with a supply chain challenge, that commitment faced a real test: develop and deliver a complete portfolio of low-voltage switchgear for products up to 5000A across both IEC and UL markets – with a 12-month timeline.
Hanley Energy delivered in just 11 months. The engineering required was substantial: developing bespoke designs and completing full certification across two regulatory frameworks. Speed and certainty pay off, securing a contract guaranteeing volumes for the next decade.
“What made that possible was the depth of technical collaboration between Hanley Energy and ABB,” says O’Driscoll. “We brought together our switchgear design expertise with ABB’s breaker technology and worked through the engineering requirements systematically. The outcome was a solution the client had never seen delivered at that speed or specification.”