Integrated Power and Energy Management for Modern Data Centers from Trusted Power Experts
Accelerated data center deployment often creates a web of complexity, with numerous siloed control systems managing individual processes. Emerson’s industry-leading Ovation™ Automation Platform—trusted worldwide for 20% of global and 50% of North American power generation—brings simplicity and reliability to this challenge. The unified platform coordinates power generation, storage, and electrical systems by seamlessly integrating individual power island assets and supporting systems, delivering a cohesive view of site-wide data and operations.
Integrated Power Generation & Microgrid Control for Data Centers
Gain intelligent insights across your data center complex using Emerson’s innovative, integrated Ovation Automation Platform that efficiently controls, monitors, and optimizes energy production and performance while balancing load demands.
Meet availability requirements with low-risk, unified technologies that go beyond traditional distributed control. The Ovation Automation Platform combines embedded AI capabilities, advanced applications, simulation tools, and cybersecurity solutions—supported by comprehensive lifecycle programs—to optimize generation, distribution, and consumption across data center operations.
Efficient, Secure & Redundant Energy Management for Critical Reliability
A unified, fault-tolerant platform integrates supervisory control of generation, storage, and microgrid assets, optimizing the balance of power and load to help achieve 99.99% reliability.
- Safe, reliable control of electrical components including motors, switchgears, breakers and circuits
- Functions include data acquisition, monitoring, breaker control, megawatt load management/sharing
- AI-driven predictive load management and maintenance
- Use digital twin models to simulate power, load, and thermal systems for improved planning and optimization.
- Implement best practices to strengthen security posture using a risk-based, defense-in-depth approach
- Network segmentation and monitoring guidance
Balancing Power Generation and Load Demand with Proven Strategies
Standard Integrated Functions
- Data acquisition
- Process graphics
- Alarm management
- Data archiving
- Report generation
Energy Management
- Optimization of power production, power purchasing, energy storage and demand response
- Protection from high macrogrid demand charges
- Management of energy flow and voltage regulation at the point of common coupling
Electrical Control
- Breaker control and interfacing with IEDs
- Load-shedding (demand management)
- Voltage control
- Generator VAR control
- Transformer tap changer control
- Capacitor bank control
- Grid synchronization
Featured Applications
Advanced Power Applications
AI-Enabled Applications
Enterprise Data Solutions
Power Plant Simulators
Power and Water Cybersecurity Suite
Plant Prognostics
Remote Operations
SCADA-Asset Management
Power Island Segments
Service and Support for Ovation Automation Platform
Solving Data Center Energy Challenges: Technical FAQs
Emerson’s energy management (a.k.a. power management) solution provides power‑systems control to coordinate on‑site generation, battery energy storage (BESS), renewables, and electrical controls, maintaining uptime, stability, and efficient energy performance. This includes both grid‑connected and non‑grid‑connected (islanded) power configurations supporting mission‑critical and hyperscale data centers.
A microgrid controller orchestrates distributed energy resources (DERs) such as generators, BESS, and renewables to balance load and generation, manage transitions between operating modes, and maintain electrical stability. It supports grid‑tied, islanded, or hybrid configurations depending on site design.
BESS delivers fast‑response power for ride‑through, peak shaving, renewable smoothing, and energy shifting. In islanded or multi‑island sites, BESS also helps stabilize frequency, voltage, and transient events, strengthening overall site reliability even without a grid connection. The Emerson BESS EMS solution is specifically designed to address this.
Energy management optimizes how generation and storage assets are dispatched to meet load demands and efficiency objectives. Electrical control manages breakers, switchgear, load transfer, motor controls, and protection schemes across the power distribution network. Both apply to grid‑connected and isolated power islands, ensuring safe, reliable uptime.
Yes. The Ovation Automation Platform integrates individual power island assets - whether grid‑tied, stand‑alone, or partially isolated - into a unified view of generation, storage, and electrical operations. It works across mixed vendors and architectures to coordinate dispatch, protection, and energy performance.
Predictive analytics and simulation models forecast load, detect anomalies, and evaluate operating strategies in complex power configurations. Digital twins help operators plan and optimize islanded or multi‑island power systems by safely testing responses to disturbances, transitions, and DER dispatch scenarios.
The Ovation Automation Platform includes built‑in cybersecurity tools and dedicated services designed specifically for power and energy infrastructure. These capabilities help safeguard generation, storage, and electrical control assets from cyberattacks through hardened control architectures, secure communication pathways, continuous monitoring, and compliance‑aligned security practices. These protections apply across grid‑connected, islanded, and multi‑island power configurations to ensure the reliability and integrity of critical energy operations.
