Teaming up for the Factory of the Future 

Welcome to Spotlight AI - In this edition, you’ll learn more about the updates NVIDIA announced at Viva Technology in Paris and our expanded partnership with this trailblazing company. We will explore how Siemens and NVIDIA are teaming up to build the factory of the future. Enjoy the read! 

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Siemens and NVIDIA leverage AI capabilities in manufacturing and beyond  

Paris, the city of love, became the city of AI: VIVA Tech 2025 featuring NVIDIA GTC, assembled industry leaders and forward-thinking companies in the French capital. The key topics discussed in connection with industrial AI: real-world applications, upcoming breakthroughs, and the expanding integration of AI into factory functions. When NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang announced his company’s latest innovations, he was joined on stage by Siemens CEO Roland Busch . Reason enough to take a closer look at the partnership of these two companies.   

What is this partnership all about?  

The Siemens-NVIDIA collaboration was initiated in 2022, when the two companies announced plans to upscale industrial automation with the use of AI. Since then, the Industrial Metaverse has been a major area of cooperation. It refers to an immersive, real-time simulation environment that allows engineers to work with materials design, test hypotheses, and evaluate scenarios before proceeding to the production phase.  

This is enabled by connecting Siemens Xcelerator with NVIDIA's Omniverse platform™, bringing together hardware and software, from the edge to the cloud, with rich data from Siemens' software and solutions. The vision: AI-powered automation! This allows companies across sectors to optimize performance and productivity and increase sustainability through digitization. 

Beyond that, the partnership expands into another technological domain that enables the Industrial Metaverse: Advanced AI-driven digital twins. 

As a result of the joint work, Teamcenter Digital Reality Viewer was introduced earlier this year. This technology represents a significant leap forward in PLM-based visualization. It brings real-time ray-tracing capabilities directly into Siemens Teamcenter. Creating photorealistic digital twins previously required extensive resources and expertise. It was dependent on manual 3D modeling, and the rendering process was expensive and time-consuming. Now, the AI-driven digital twin technology enables engineers to visualize and interact with photorealistic, physics-based digital twins of their products with ease and in real-time and consequently, make faster, more informed decisions. 

Entire vehicle aerodynamics simulations now 30x faster  

The Siemens NVIDIA collaboration has achieved a major milestone in the field of car design. At BMW, the transient aerodynamics simulations of entire vehicle geometries now happen 30x faster. This breakthrough is achieved by coupling NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs with Siemens’ computational fluid dynamics software which allows customers to simulate and test products virtually with significantly enhanced speed and at the same time reduce energy consumption and costs. A major boost to efficiency, and a win for the planet!  

Transforming shopfloor operations  

Siemens and NVIDIA are also facilitating factory operations by allowing AI to empower and enhance industrial automation processes. One instance is Siemens' new line of Industrial PCs that are certified for NVIDIA GPUs and run powerful AI-supported industrial computing. Furthermore, they enable complex industrial automation tasks ranging from AI-based robotics to quality inspection and predictive maintenance with a 25x acceleration in AI execution.  

Already today, shopfloor operators are beginning to benefit from the ease and efficiency of AI-powered processes that carry out entire task sequences. This is enabled by advanced AI agents across the Siemens Industrial Copilot portfolio. The Copilot uses generative AI and is optimized for on-premises operation with NVIDIA RTX PRO™ 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs. In practice, it equips shopfloor operations with video search and summarization capabilities, resulting in a 30% reduction in reactive maintenance time.  

What’s next?  

Building on these achievements, the expanded partnership between Siemens and NVIDIA continues to drive the next wave of innovation in industrial manufacturing. With Siemens spearheading the transformation of industries and NVIDIA providing accelerated computing, the companies are enabling the deployment of AI solutions across all levels of industrial operations – from enterprise planning to shop floor execution with unprecedented speed and efficiency.

Telekom and NVIDIA to Set Up Europe’s First Industrial AI Cloud for Manufacturers in Germany

Deutsche Telekom and NVIDIA have announced the launch of Europe’s first industrial AI cloud, set to be operational by 2026. Located in Germany, the platform will feature 10,000 NVIDIA GPUs and provide secure, sovereign infrastructure customized for European manufacturers. Deutsche Telekom will oversee data centers, operations and security, and AI solutions to ensure compliance with European data protection standards. This initiative aims to accelerate AI adoption in industry and strengthen Europe’s technological sovereignty. Learn more: Telekom • 3 min read

Bosch CEO Urges EU to Ease AI Rules to Stay Competitive

Bosch CEO Stefan Hartung has cautioned that the EU’s AI regulations could stifle innovation and global competitiveness. Speaking at a tech conference in Stuttgart, Hartung emphasized the need for a more focused regulatory framework. He warned that excessive rules risk “regulating ourselves to death.”  Learn more: Reuters • 2 min read

AI Could Be the Key to Revive U.S. Manufacturing, Not Tariffs: Analysis

Analysts from Goldman Sachs say import tariffs are unlikely to reverse the decline of the U.S. manufacturing sector. In a recent note, they argue that technological innovation, particularly through generative AI and robotics, could be a promising fix. The authors suggest embracing factory automation as a solution to beat stagnation and to increase manufacturing competitiveness in the U.S.  Learn more: Fortune • 2 min read

Leading with Purpose in the Age of AI 

In this episode, Judith Wiese , Managing Board Member and Chief People & Sustainability Officer at Siemens, shares why AI with purpose matters deeply, both personally and professionally. She offers insights into how Siemens applies industrial AI to detect water leaks, reduce energy consumption, and drive meaningful impact - but also why technology alone isn’t enough.  

Find out how Judith defines leadership in the AI era and how we bring “Technology with Purpose” to life every day at Siemens. Click here to listen.

Thank you for reading this newsletter! We hope you enjoyed it and would love to hear from you in the comments!  

AI and its industry applications are undergoing swift and exponential expansions.  As discussed in this issue, Siemens and NVIDIA work together to set the pace and stay ahead of the technology curve. We will introduce you to more of these initiatives and new achievements in the upcoming editions of Spotlight AI. Until then, stay curious and enjoy your week!  

Siemens Editorial Team