Schneider Electric, a company specializing in energy management and automation, announced the launch of the One Digital Grid Platform, an integrated and AI-powered platform designed to enhance grid resiliency, reliability and efficiency.
This platform, announced at DISTRIBUTECH 2025, is intended to provide the data and technical foundation to integrate independent software solutions, enabling utilities to accelerate grid modernization and deliver cleaner, more affordable energy while benefitting from lower total cost of ownership. The platform will be available to utilities later this year for immediate implementation.
Many utilities rely on outdated grid systems without the scalability, automation and integration needed to keep pace with growing electricity demand, more extreme weather events and the rapid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. Schneider Electric argues the One Digital Grid Platform provides 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 meant 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%.
The One Digital Grid Platform leverages a hybrid cloud architecture, addressing three core use cases:
- Grid planning & asset management – Helping utilities optimize infrastructure investments by integrating advanced design, validation and data management tools.
- 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.
- Grid flexibility & customer engagement – Helping utilities integrate DERs while enhancing customer experiences. The platform supports a “more dynamic, consumer-driven energy ecosystem” by streamlining interoperability with solutions from partners like prosumer engagement platform provider, Uplight.
“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,” said 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.”
Schneider Electric has also 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.
“Economic and technological growth is dependent on our ability to deliver energy reliably, securely and affordably. By fostering collaboration across the industry,” said 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.”
Schneider Electric also announced its plans to invest over $700 million in the U.S., supporting energy & AI sectors and job growth.
DISTRIBUTECH attendees can learn more by visiting Schneider Electric at booth #1622.
