Empowerment of consumers will have F&B facing important challenges in the near future. Demand is changing, and factories located worldwide will be working 24/7 targeting higher efficiency, productivity, availability and sustainability goals. Digitalization of electrification is a strategic part of F&B plants for safety, energy efficiency, production continuity, and asset performance optimization.

Safety, uptime and reliability are key to operate oil, gas, chemical and in general processes. Any outages or unplanned events are a risk and can result in massive revenue losses. Digitalization let maximize the availability and robustness of the electrification medium voltage grid, as well as low voltage motor control centers and power centers.

Cities around the world are challenged to sustainably accommodate increasing populations, or to become more sustainable, competitive and livable. ABB digital products and solutions are at the heart of a city's critical infrastructure, relied upon for everything from the supply of power, water and heat, to the automation of the factories and buildings we work in.

Industry 4.0, social media, home banking, and cloud data storage are changing our private and professional lives with new services daily. Behind them is an Information Technology network able to guarantee responsiveness and maximum level of reliability of the services. One of the key components of IT infrastructures are data centers that face challenges such as maximum service continuity and flexibility to adapt the IT power layout according customer needs.