INDUSTRY 4.0 + IIoT

Sedna Africa has successfully delivered and commissioned the digital network infrastructure enabling autonomous drilling at First Quantum Minerals’ Sentinel Mine in Kalumbila, marking a major advance for smart mining in Zambia.

Hitachi Energy, in collaboration with Microsoft, is accelerating the digital transformation of essential infrastructure – from electricity networks and transportation corridors to heavy industrial operations – reinventing how critical assets are managed and maintained.

In December last year, Altair, a global leader in computational intelligence and now part of leading technology company, Siemens, announced the latest updates in its HyperWorks® 2026 software. With significant advances in AI, high-performance computing (HPC), and multiphysics integration, HyperWorks 2026 enables engineering teams to accelerate innovation and improve product performance across industries using comprehensive computer-aided engineering (CAE) design and simulation.

Siemens and NVIDIA have announced a further expansion of their strategic partnership to bring artificial intelligence into the real world: together, the companies aim to develop industrial and physical AI solutions that will bring AI-driven innovation to every industry and industrial workflow.

NYSE listed Vertiv, a global leader in critical digital infrastructure, has introduced the Vertiv™ CoolCenter Immersion cooling system, expanding its liquid cooling portfolio to support AI and high-performance computing (HPC) environments ready to maximise the superior thermal properties of liquid cooling. The system is available now in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).