Honeywell has embarked on a global strategic collaboration with LS ELECTRIC to develop and market advanced hardware and software solutions aimed at optimizing power management and distribution for data centers and building operators. This partnership is set to enhance operational efficiency and resilience in these critical sectors.
Integrating Power Systems with Building Management
By leveraging LS ELECTRIC’s expertise in power systems alongside Honeywell's strengths in building automation and controls, data center operators will gain the ability to seamlessly integrate key power distribution systems with broader building management functions. This integration aims to align power load with capacity, thereby improving system resiliency.
Developing New Power Management Solutions
The partnership will commence with the sale of joint products, providing data centers with integrated switchgear and power management systems to maintain uninterrupted critical system operations. A significant focus will be on developing innovative electrical power monitoring systems utilizing Honeywell Forge, an AI-driven platform, in tandem with LS ELECTRIC's capabilities in software development.
These cutting-edge systems will intelligently manage energy distribution and consumption. Additionally, AI-driven predictive maintenance features will help identify potential issues early, mitigating power quality problems and reducing costly downtime.
Innovative Battery Energy Storage Systems
Beyond power management and controls, the collaboration will center on creating a new grid and building-aware battery energy storage system (BESS) targeted at commercial and industrial buildings. This comprehensive solution aims to develop microgrids in crucial facilities, providing a practical approach to enhance resiliency and manage demand on the power grid.
The modular BESS will integrate LS ELECTRIC's energy storage prowess with Honeywell's dynamic energy control software, allowing for precise forecasting of the best power sources and costs based on utility data, weather, and other factors.
Addressing Growing Electricity Consumption in Data Centers
With data centers currently consuming between 1-2% of global electricity production—a figure expected to increase significantly—the collaboration positions Honeywell as a comprehensive provider of building automation controls and power products. This partnership will enable data centers to optimize energy use and storage more effectively.
"Our collaboration with LS ELECTRIC supports our continued focus on delivering smarter, scalable solutions for the world's most critical industries," stated Billal Hammoud, President and CEO of Honeywell Building Automation. "As the global demand for data and energy accelerates, this partnership with LS ELECTRIC combines our complementary strengths to distribute intelligent infrastructure that's not only resilient and efficient but also future-ready. Together, we're unlocking possibilities that will help our customers stay ahead in a landscape being rapidly reshaped by AI."
Expanding into Global Markets
"Building on our accumulated expertise in power infrastructure and energy storage systems, we are accelerating our global expansion into the data center and commercial and industrial building markets, including North America," said JongWoo Kim, President of LS ELECTRIC Power Electric. "Through our collaboration with Honeywell, we will deliver differentiated solutions that enable big tech data centers and large building operators to achieve both energy efficiency and reliability."
Honeywell announced a global strategic collaboration with LS ELECTRIC to jointly develop and market hardware and software solutions that simplify the power management and distribution for data centers and other building operators, helping improve operational efficiency and resiliency.
By combining LS ELECTRIC's deep expertise in power systems with Honeywell's leadership in building automation and controls, data center operators will be able to seamlessly integrate critical power distribution with broader building management functions, such as ensuring load is aligned to capacity, to improve resiliency.
Selling joint products
The partnership anticipates developing new electrical power monitoring systems based on Honeywell Forge
The two companies will begin by selling joint products, offering data center operators integrated switchgear and power management to control and distribute the power that helps keep critical systems running without interruption.
The partnership anticipates developing new electrical power monitoring systems based on Honeywell Forge, a platform with AI functions, and LS ELECTRIC's expertise and software capabilities.
The resulting systems are being designed to intelligently regulate energy distribution and consumption while also leveraging AI-driven predictive maintenance to help identify potential issues early to reduce power quality issues and costly downtime.
Grid and building-aware BESS
Beyond power management and controls integration, the companies will also collaborate on a new grid and building-aware battery energy storage system (BESS) for commercial and industrial buildings.
To meet the increasing load on the grid, the end-to-end solution will create microgrids in critical buildings and industrial facilities, offering a practical alternative to help improve resiliency and manage demand.
This new modular BESS solution plans to integrate LS ELECTRIC's energy storage capabilities with Honeywell's dynamic energy control software to help forecast the best source and cost based on utility data, weather, and other risks.
Data centers' electricity consumption
With this partnership, Honeywell will be a one-stop supplier for building automation controls
Data centers currently consume 1-2% of global electricity production, and that is expected to grow dramatically.
With this partnership, Honeywell will be a one-stop supplier for building automation controls and power and electrical products, allowing data centers to be more efficient with energy use and storage.
"Our collaboration with LS ELECTRIC supports our continued focus on delivering smarter, scalable solutions for the world's most critical industries," said Billal Hammoud, President and CEO of Honeywell Building Automation.
"As the global demand for data and energy accelerates, this partnership with LS ELECTRIC combines our complementary strengths to distribute intelligent infrastructure that's not only resilient and efficient but also future-ready. Together, we're unlocking possibilities that will help our customers stay ahead in a landscape being rapidly reshaped by AI."
Building on accumulated expertise
"Building on our accumulated expertise in power infrastructure and energy storage systems, we are accelerating our global expansion into the data center and commercial and industrial building markets, including North America" said JongWoo Kim, President of LS ELECTRIC Power Electric.
"Through our collaboration with Honeywell, we will deliver differentiated solutions that enable big tech data centers and large building operators to achieve both energy efficiency and reliability."
