Siemens announced on Monday that it will partner with Microsoft to improve the interoperability of their Internet of Things (IoT) technologies for buildings.
Both partners explain that their initiative aims to more effectively connect technical equipment in buildings, such as heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, to digital platforms for better data management.
Specifically, Siemens' Building X software suite for carbon-neutral buildings will integrate the functionality of Azure IoT Operations, Microsoft's cloud platform.
The goal is to make data from buildings (temperature, air quality, pressure, etc.) more easily accessible and usable by large companies.
Commercial buildings, data centers, and higher education institutions will thus be able to better monitor and optimize their energy consumption and use of space.
Thanks to automated data collection and analysis, customers will even be able to create their own use cases, such as energy monitoring or space optimization.
The partnership is expected to be based on two recognized industry standards, the W3C's Web of Things (WoT) and OPC UA for data communication to the cloud, both of which Siemens and Microsoft are active members of.
The commercial launch of this interoperability between Building X and Azure IoT Operations is planned for H2 2025.
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Siemens AG is one of the world's leading manufacturers of electronic and electro-technical equipments. Net sales break down by family of products as follows:
- medical equipment (29.6%): medical imaging systems, laboratory diagnostics and hearing aid systems, etc.;
- smart building and infrastructure solutions (28.7%): energy transition solutions, HVAC products (heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems), building security systems (fire detection and protection systems, access control, video surveillance and intrusion detection systems, etc.), building management systems, etc.;
- digital industrial equipment (22.1%): automated production, assembly, logistics and monitoring systems, etc.;
- mobility solutions and systems (15.8%): rail vehicles, rail automation systems, rail electrification systems, digital and cloud-based solutions, etc.
The remaining net sales (3.8%) are primarily from financial activities (leasing, equipment and project financing, financial consulting services, etc.).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Germany (14.8%), Europe/Commonwealth of Independent States/Africa/Middle East (32%), the United States (28%), America (4.6%), China (9.1%), Asia and Australia (11.5%).
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