It had to happen. An industrial-strength data center designed for the industrial edge. From Siemens, of course. They’re unveiling at Hannover next week. I will unfortunately not be in Hannover next week. I need funding to cover the expense, and all my past contacts have gone in other directions. Always a valuable experience.
More on the announcement:
- Siemens is making its Industrial Automation DataCenter AI-ready for powerful AI applications in production environments
- Siemens integrates accelerated AI computing power and advanced AI-specific cybersecurity from NVIDIA and Palo Alto Networks
- Single source – ready-to-operate, pre-configured and system-tested IT/OT platform for the production environment
In partnership with NVIDIA and in collaboration with Palo Alto Networks, Siemens delivers secure NVIDIA computing infrastructure at the edge for powerful AI acceleration, alongside NVIDIA BlueField data processing units (DPUs) for intelligent real-time data processing and security from Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS.
Delivered fully pre-installed, pre-configured, and system-tested from a single source, the turnkey solution combines high-performance virtualization for OT applications, backup and restore capabilities, data archiving, and an industrial demilitarized zone, effectively separating IT networks from OT environments. Through a strategic partnership with NVIDIA and collaboration with Palo Alto Networks, accelerated AI computing power and advanced AI-specific cybersecurity from NVIDIA and Palo Alto Networks is now enabled directly at the edge.
This evolution addresses a critical industry need: implementing standardized, pre-integrated AI infrastructure poses significant challenges for many industrial companies. Building complex, high-performance, and secure AI-capable environments is very demanding, time-consuming, and costly – with integration, installation, and system engineering alone requiring up to 80 hours. Additional risks include compatibility issues and potential operational downtime. With the enhanced Siemens Industrial Automation DataCenter, customers benefit from real-time insights, optimized processes, and enhanced efficiency, yielding substantial gains in productivity and innovation.
Siemens’ Remote Industrial Operations Services include continuous remote monitoring of IT/OT infrastructure, comprehensive cybersecurity measures, regular maintenance and preventive steps, as well as rapid support in the event of incidents. Siemens’ experts monitor and protect companies’ production environments around the clock from the Siemens OT Security Operations Center (SOC), which also reliably protects Siemens’ own facilities worldwide from cyber threats.
Remote Industrial Operations Services offer extends over the entire lifecycle of the Industrial Automation DataCenter and is also flexibly applicable to various IT systems and components in OT environments, including third-party components.
