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Dr. Sabine Erlinghagen, CEO of Siemens Grid Software, spoke at the Industrial X Unleashed event in New York. Photo: IFS

The collaboration unites Siemens’ expertise in grid planning, electrification, and smart infrastructure with IFS’s capabilities in enterprise asset management, field service management, and AI-powered scheduling optimization.

As utilities rapidly integrate distributed energy resources like solar and wind at scale, these inverter-based resources are transforming grid dynamics – creating both unprecedented opportunity and complexity.

By integrating IFS’s AI-powered enterprise asset management, field service, and asset investment planning capabilities with Siemens’ Gridscale X solutions, utilities and energy operators gain operational intelligence across their entire infrastructure.

This cloud-ready, modular approach enables digital transformation without disruptive rip-and-replace projects, delivering industry-specific solutions purpose-built for utilities, energy infrastructure, manufacturing, and critical facilities.

An Autonomous Grid Is No Longer Just a Vision

The partnership was announced in New York at Industrial X Unleashed on 13 November 2025.

“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. Together, we're engineering the resilient, sustainable infrastructure that will define the next decade,” said Max Roberts, Chief Operating Officer at IFS.

“The complexity of modern grid operations demands more than incremental improvements; it requires a fundamental transformation in how we plan, operate and maintain grids. With our joint vision, a lot is possible: faster grid modernization, reduced operational risk, and the agility to embrace the distributed energy future while maintaining the reliability society depends on,” said Dr. Sabine Erlinghagen, CEO of Siemens Grid Software.