September 2, 2025 — Leads & Copy — Siemens and Snowflake are collaborating to help manufacturers unlock new levels of operational efficiency, scale, and AI-driven insights. The collaboration enables mutual customers across the globe to connect their operational technology (OT) data from the shop floor with information technology (IT) data, such as supply chain management and financial data.
By connecting Siemens Industrial Edge and Snowflake’s AI Data Cloud, manufacturers can access plug-and-play Industrial Edge applications to contextualize and transfer OT data into IT systems. This integration empowers customers to build a data foundation, which is the prerequisite for gaining deeper insights, improving machine performance, increasing machine availability and optimizing production processes across their facilities.
Rainer Brehm, CEO of Factory Automation at Siemens, said this collaboration brings together the best of both worlds. He added that Siemens has deep expertise in how to bring OT and IT together on the shop floor, while Snowflake excels in managing and analyzing both large-scale OT and IT data.
Christian Kleinerman, EVP of Product at Snowflake, said that together with Siemens, they’re enabling manufacturers to harness the full potential of their data through Snowflake’s easy, connected and trusted platform. He added that the ability to apply AI across both IT and OT data unlocks a new reality of possibilities for unparalleled quality improvement and radical performance optimization, as well as new ways of process automation powered by AI agents.
FFT, a global provider of manufacturing systems, leverages the Siemens Industrial Edge ecosystem and helps manufacturers to securely, scalably and efficiently transfer production data into the Snowflake AI Data Cloud through its DataBridge app. This solution is already implemented within FFT’s own production lines and facilities. The Siemens-Snowflake collaboration supports FFT’s role as an integrator and trusted Snowflake partner for automated and flexible production systems across the mobility and industrial sectors.
The joint solution tackles common challenges such as data silos, limited transparency and inefficient analytics. Siemens Industrial Edge enables seamless integration of OT data by connecting to a wide range of sources. Snowflake’s platform then delivers actionable insights through AI-powered analytics and agentic AI capabilities. The result is a measurable boost in operational efficiency.
Siemens Digital Industries (DI) empowers companies of all sizes within the process and discrete manufacturing industries to accelerate their digital and sustainability transformation across the entire value chain. Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, mobility, and healthcare.
In fiscal 2024, the Siemens Group generated revenue of €75.9 billion and net income of €9.0 billion.
Snowflake is the platform for the AI era, making it easy for enterprises to innovate faster and get more value from data. More than 12,000 customers use Snowflake’s AI Data Cloud to build, use and share data, applications and AI.
Source: Siemens
