IFS and Siemens forge partnership to power autonomous grid of the future

Siemens and IFS have partnered to deliver integrated, AI-driven modernization for energy, utilities and infrastructure. The collaboration unites Siemens’ experience in grid planning, electrification and smart infrastructure with IFS’ capabilities in enterprise asset management, field service management and AI-powered scheduling optimization.

Together, the companies are addressing aging assets, supply chain disruption, labor shortages and the immperative to accelerate the energy transition through digital transformation and autonomous grid operations.

The IFS and Siemens partnership is designed to bridge the gap between engineering and financial planning, operational technology and information technology and strategic asset decisions and real-time field execution. IFS is partner in the Siemens Xcelerator marketplace.

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 could gain operational intelligence across the infrastructure.

This pathway toward autonomous, self-optimizing grid operations could address infrastructure challenges. As utilities integrate distributed energy resources like solar and wind at scale, these inverter-based resources are transforming grid dynamics.

“The autonomous grid isn’t a distant vision,” said Max Roberts, chief operating officer, IFS. “IFS and Siemens are making it a reality today. By combining Siemens’ unmatched grid intelligence with IFS’ 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.”

The complexity of modern grid operations demands more than incremental improvements, said Dr. Sabine Erlinghagen, CEO of Siemens Grid Software. “It requires a fundamental transformation in how we plan, operate and maintain grids,” she explained. “We are delighted to partner with IFS, bringing together the best of engineering excellence and operational intelligence to help our customers tackle their biggest challenges. 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.”