Siemens has introduced Digital Twin Composer, a software platform that enables industrial companies to combine digital twins, real-time physical data, and industrial AI to simulate, optimize, and operate products and factories virtually.

Siemens and NVIDIA are expanding their partnership to build an AI-driven industrial operating system that applies physical and industrial AI across manufacturing, semiconductor design, and AI factory operations.

The Thailand–Cambodia border conflict is disrupting land logistics and labor flows, triggering production delays, cost inflation, and supply instability across global manufacturing supply chains—especially in Thailand’s hard disk drive, automotive, textile, and agricultural export sectors.

AWS re:Invent 2025 signaled a shift from generative AI experimentation to physically deployed industrial AI, highlighting advances in compute, agentic systems, edge intelligence, and workforce development

Bentley Systems, the infrastructure engineering software company, recently announced the acquisitions of Talon Aerolytics and the technology and technical expertise of Pointivo.

Jabil has acquired Hanley Energy Group to strengthen rack-level power and energy management capabilities for AI-driven data centers.

US manufacturing activity remained in contraction in December, with the PMI at 47.9 percent, weaker production and inventories, mixed input conditions, and tariffs continuing to weigh on business sentiment.

China’s expanding renewable energy capacity is positioning green hydrogen as a critical enabler for energy storage, industrial decarbonization, and a multi-energy integrated system.

This edition of the Energy Regulation Roundup highlights major policy shifts across Europe, the US, and Asia, as governments adjust sustainability, permitting, and energy infrastructure frameworks to balance climate goals with economic and energy security priorities.

ServiceNow’s acquisition of Armis highlights accelerating consolidation in OT cybersecurity, as enterprises shift toward integrated, AI-driven platforms to manage cyber risk across industrial, healthcare, and critical infrastructure environments.