NEW YORK, NY, Nov 21, 2025 – IFS partners with Siemens to develop AI-driven solutions to help energy, utility and infrastructure operators plan, manage and service critical grid assets. The collaboration combines Siemens’ expertise in grid planning, electrification and smart-infrastructure systems with IFS software for asset management, field service and AI-based scheduling optimization. Together, IFS and Siemens are addressing key challenges for infrastructure operators, including aging equipments, supply-chain delays, labor shortages and the shift toward digital and autonomous grid operations.
The partnership links engineering and financial planning and connects operational and information technology systems. It also aligns asset planning with field execution. IFS is a partner in the Siemens Xcelerator marketplace.
IFS is integrating its AI-based asset management and field service tools with Siemens’ Gridscale X solutions to give utilities operational insight across grid infrastructure. The combined system supports automated grid operations and helps utilities manage solar, wind and distributed energy resources while maintaining reliability.
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.
Max Roberts, chief operating officer, IFS, said: “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.”
Dr. Sabine Erlinghagen, CEO of Siemens Grid Software commented: “The complexity of modern grid operations demands more than incremental improvements; it requires a fundamental transformation in how we plan, operate and maintain grids. 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.”
Timothy Swanson, industry advisor and retired CIO/CSO, FortisBC, added: “The pace of change in our industry is accelerating, from electrification demands to extreme weather events to integrating distributed and variable energy supply at utility scale. We can’t meet these challenges with yesterday’s tools. What excites utilities about this IFS and Siemens collaboration is the potential to integrate planning systems from the equipment level up for utility assets. That integration is essential if we’re going to deliver the cost-effective reliability our customers and regulators expect while building the grid of tomorrow.”
Source: IFS
About IFS
IFS AB, founded in 1983 and based in Linköping, Sweden, develops enterprise cloud and industrial AI software used by companies in manufacturing, aerospace and defense, energy and utilities, construction and engineering, telecommunications, and other service-driven sectors. Its core platform, IFS Cloud, provides applications for enterprise resource planning, asset management, supply chain management, and field service management. The AI-powered system helps organizations manage assets, optimize service operations, and use data analytics for better decision-making. IFS, employs more than 7,000 people in 80 countries. The company remains focused on customer-centric innovation, agility, supporting businesses that build, maintain, and protect infrastructure around the world.
About Siemens Smart Infrastructure
Siemens Smart Infrastructure, a division of Siemens AG, is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland. The division integrates energy systems, buildings and industrial processes to improve efficiency and support modern infrastructure needs. It provides HVAC controls, fire safety systems, security technologies, energy-performance services, grid-resilience tools and electric-vehicle charging equipment. Its offerings serve sectors such as data centers, energy and manufacturing. The division develops systems that span the energy value chain, from power generation to end use, and focuses on addressing challenges related to urbanization and climate change. It also places emphasis on cybersecurity to support secure and reliable operation in increasingly digital environments. Siemens Smart Infrastructure employed about 79,000 people worldwide as of 2025.