GE Digital Signs Collaboration Agreement with AWS to Help Utilities Accelerate Grid Modernization

GE Digital, an energy software leader, today announced that it has signed a multiyear strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) aimed at helping utilities accelerate grid modernization. Through this collaboration, GE Digital and AWS plan to deliver intelligent grid orchestration solutions. These software solutions will help utilities digitally transform, modernize the power grid, and accelerate the energy transition.

GE Digital will deliver a new grid operating software platform, GridOS, and cloud-enabled solutions that are designed to be secure, quick to deploy, and reduce operational and infrastructure costs for energy organizations. The two companies aim to also help streamline the migration of on-premises solutions onto AWS, execute integrated go-to-market activities, launch solutions in AWS Marketplace, and help train developers.

“Achieving the goal of a clean energy grid requires utilities and their technology partners to accelerate and scale the deployment of innovative, secure, and cost-effective solutions,” said Mahesh Sudhakaran, General Manager of Grid Software at GE Digital. “This collaboration brings together GE Digital’s GridOS hybrid cloud software capabilities with the expertise and infrastructure support of AWS to help utilities transform their operations and meet their goal of providing reliable, affordable, and clean energy. Together, we are focused on delivering the modern solutions the utility industry needs to orchestrate the clean energy grid.”

New Zealand-based Vector Limited, the country’s largest distributor of electricity and gas, and owner and operator of networks, which span the greater Auckland region, is demonstrating the benefit of deploying cloud-compatible grid software solutions. Vector has successfully deployed GE Digital’s Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS) software, which is designed to increase reliability, productivity, and efficiency in the management and orchestration of the electricity distribution network, on AWS Outposts, a family of fully managed solutions that delivers the same AWS infrastructure and services to virtually any on-premises or edge location for a truly consistent hybrid experience. By deploying a hybrid solution, Vector is experiencing the best of both worlds as they extend the benefits of AWS cloud services and infrastructure to operational technology (OT) provided by GE Digital’s ADMS.