Industrial AI and grid intelligence converge to help utilities transform operations, improve resilience, and accelerate the energy transition.
IFS and Siemens have entered into a strategic partnership to reshape the future of energy, utilities, and critical infrastructure by combining engineering excellence with operational intelligence. The alliance integrates Siemens’ expertise in grid software, electrification, and smart infrastructure with IFS’s leadership in Industrial AI-powered asset management, field service optimization, and planning.
The collaboration directly addresses the urgent challenges faced by utility and infrastructure providers, including aging asset portfolios, intensifying supply chain disruptions, workforce shortages, and the strategic drive toward decarbonization and autonomous grid operations. The integrated solution empowers operators to unify engineering, financial planning, operational technology (OT), and information technology (IT), enabling smarter decisions across the asset lifecycle—from strategic planning and investment modeling to real-time service execution in the field.
“The autonomous grid isn’t a distant vision – IFS and Siemens are making it a reality today. By combining Siemens’ unmatched grid intelligence with IFS’s Industrial AI platform, we’re enabling utilities to make smarter investment decisions, predict and prevent asset failures, and orchestrate field operations with unprecedented precision,” said Max Roberts, Chief Operating Officer, IFS.
With the rapid rise of distributed energy resources such as solar, wind, battery storage, and electric vehicles, grids are becoming highly dynamic but increasingly complex. The convergence of IFS’s AI-driven enterprise asset management and Siemens’ Gridscale X solutions enables utilities to monitor, forecast, and optimize grid behavior in real time—building pathways to self-healing and self-optimizing grid environments.
“The complexity of modern grid operations demands more than incremental improvements; it requires a fundamental transformation in how we plan, operate and maintain grids,” said Dr. Sabine Erlinghagen, CEO of Siemens Grid Software. “With our joint vision, a lot is possible: faster grid modernization, reduced operational risk, and the agility to embrace the distributed energy future.”
Industry leaders are welcoming this approach. “We can’t meet today’s infrastructure challenges with yesterday’s tools,” noted Timothy Swanson, Industry Advisor and Retired CIO/CSO, FortisBC. “What excites utilities is the potential to integrate planning systems from the equipment level up to enterprise strategy—essential for cost-effective reliability and building the grid of tomorrow.”
The platform’s modular, cloud-ready architecture allows utilities to adopt digital transformation without disruptive rip-and-replace initiatives, enabling efficiency, sustainability, resilience, and long-term regulatory compliance.
With this partnership, IFS and Siemens are laying the foundation for a future where energy infrastructure is intelligent, adaptive, and autonomously resilient—powering the world’s transition to sustainable and reliable energy ecosystems.
