- Available in 2025, the One Digital Grid Platform equips utilities with the foundation needed to navigate modern energy challenges
- Platform offers a complete ecosystem of solutions, leveraging AI to deliver generational advances in Planning & Asset Management, Operations & Resiliency and Flexibility & Customer Engagement
- Schneider Electric joins the Electric Power Research Institute in a global effort to solve data center grid-capacity constraints
Schneider Electric, a global leader in energy management and automation, is transforming grid operations with the launch of its AI-powered One Digital Grid Platform. This integrated platform increases grid resiliency, reliability, and efficiency by providing a unified data and technical foundation for integrating independent software solutions. Designed to accelerate grid modernization, it enables utilities to deliver cleaner, more affordable energy while reducing total cost of ownership.
One Digital Grid Platform: The Foundation for a More Resilient, Flexible and Secure Grid
Many utilities rely on outdated grid systems without the scalability, automation and integration needed to keep pace with growing electricity demand, more extreme weather events and the rapid expansion of distributed energy resources (DERs) such as rooftop solar, EV charging and battery storage. The One Digital Grid Platform gives the interoperable solution utilities need to accelerate modernization, improve reliability and lower costs by integrating mission-critical software into a secure and scalable ecosystem. The Platform enables real-time insights, predictive analytics and automation to drive efficiency and resiliency across the grid, reduce outages by up to 40%, decrease DER interconnection timelines by 25% and decrease application deployment time by 60%. Schneider’s One Digital Grid Platform will be available to utilities later this year for immediate implementation.
With over 30 years of domain expertise and a proven product portfolio, Schneider Electric has been at the forefront of grid modernization, solving complex technology challenges for utilities worldwide. Its industry-leading solutions form an interoperable network that sets industry standards. As the energy landscape evolves, Schneider Electric continues to drive innovation by addressing the growing demands of a digital-first grid ecosystem.
A Holistic Approach to Grid Modernization
The One Digital Grid Platform leverages an innovative hybrid cloud architecture, addressing three core use cases to helping utilities navigate today’s challenges while preparing for the future:
- Grid Planning & Asset Management – Helping utilities optimize infrastructure investments by integrating advanced design, validation and data management tools. This ensures long-term grid reliability while reducing capital and operational costs.
- Grid Operations & Resiliency – Providing real-time and go-forward awareness by leveraging operational and third-party data and utilizing first-party predictive analytics and advanced solutions from industry leaders, like AiDASH, to deeply understand climate risk. These capabilities improve disaster response, maximize efficiency and enhance grid flexibility, even during extreme weather events.
- Grid Flexibility & Customer Engagement – Empowering utilities to seamlessly integrate DERs while enhancing customer experiences. The platform supports a more dynamic, consumer-driven energy ecosystem by streamlining interoperability with solutions from partners like leading prosumer engagement platform provider, Uplight.
The One Digital Grid Platform is built to innovate alongside the energy industry, providing utilities with the flexibility and security needed to adapt to emerging challenges. Leveraging Microsoft Azure, the Platform ensures seamless, end-to-end connectivity while enabling interoperability with external systems for rapid insights and enriched operational capabilities. Its robust, multi-layered cybersecurity measures protect critical infrastructure from evolving threats, while plug-and-play integration simplifies the deployment of new technologies, accelerating time to value.
“The future of grid management demands a holistic, data-driven approach prioritizing resiliency, efficiency and flexibility. With the One Digital Grid Platform, utilities can reduce the complexity of the grid, improve reliability, reduce outages and integrate DERs to meet increased energy demand,” stated Ruben Llanes, CEO of Digital Grid, Schneider Electric. “By providing an open, modular and AI-powered architecture that connects solutions across the entire grid lifecycle—from planning and operations to customer engagement—we help utilities build a more dynamic energy infrastructure tailored to their and their customers’ ever-evolving needs.”
By providing a holistic, intelligent and secure approach to grid management, Schneider Electric is helping utilities modernize faster, operate more efficiently and transition toward a cleaner, more affordable energy future. To safeguard these innovations, Schneider delivers a significant leap forward in protection and control technology, including:
- PowerLogic P7 high-end relay platform is designed to meet the demands of the most complex electrical systems. With dual capability, it can be used as a traditional embedded hardware platform or as a software-defined solution, integrating seamlessly with other functions like merging units, controllers and bay control units. This adaptability ensures that utilities can future-proof their operations while maintaining the highest reliability and security standards. The key to its design is a focus on cybersecurity, with built-in functionality that defends against evolving threats, ensuring grid resilience.
- PowerLogic T500 is redefining substation automation. As the next-generation replacement for our legacy Sage offer, the PowerLogic T500 is engineered to meet the high demands of modern utility markets, particularly in the U.S. It serves as a primary substation remote terminal unit, data concentrator and communications processor, offering a single, modular platform that integrates operational technology systems seamlessly. This integration is critical for utilities looking to enhance operational efficiency while maintaining robust cybersecurity. The T500’s modular design allows for flexibility in hardware, firmware and software configurations, making it a versatile solution for a wide range of applications.
A Vision for the Future
Schneider Electric’s strategic partnerships, including collaborations with Microsoft, Esri and Uplight, drive advancements in automated grid intelligence, situational awareness and customer engagement. These partnerships enable innovative solutions that enhance grid modernization efforts, ensuring a smarter and more resilient energy infrastructure.
As part of this effort, Schneider Electric has joined EPRI, an organization that conducts research and development to improve the energy industry and their global initiative to solve growing demand for data centers. This collaboration focuses on creating flexible data center architecture and demand response programs that enable faster interconnection to the grid. By partnering with utilities and data center providers, Schneider Electric brings deep domain expertise to help overcome capacity bottlenecks while ensuring sustainable growth in digital infrastructure.
“Economic and technological growth is dependent on our ability to deliver energy reliably, securely and affordably. By fostering collaboration across the industry,” stated Nadege Petit, Chief Innovation Officer at Schneider Electric, “we are addressing key challenges like data center grid-capacity constraints. At Schneider Electric, we remain committed to driving innovation that enables a smarter, more sustainable grid for generations to come.”
To further reinforce its commitment to the evolution of the electrical grid as a driver for growth, Schneider Electric also announced today its plans to invest over $700 million in the U.S., supporting energy & AI sectors and job growth. This underscores Schneider’s regional focus to support growing digitalization, automation and manufacturing demand as well as its position to meet the evolving needs of U.S. customers and the broader community.
