Siemens Xcelerator Community

We are launching a new community survey to understand your perspective on the intersection of AI and workforce transformation.

The FarmTech Society (FTS) has officially launched a transformative collaboration on the Siemens Xcelerator platform, shifting the Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) landscape from isolated innovation to a connected, global ecosystem. As the community curator and anchor, FTS is opening the doors to a world-class digital and renewable energy network, ensuring that every stakeholder—from visionary startups to multi-generational growers—has the tools to thrive without the burden of "reinventing the wheel." This partnership is built on the principle of egoless collaboration, removing the technical and financial barriers that have historically fragmented the sector. By providing a curated, trusted pathway to digitalization and circular resource management, the initiative allows the community to focus on outcomes rather than infrastructure. The ecosystem will be fully operational at GreenTech Amsterdam (June 9-11), inviting the entire sector to join a unified space where knowledge, technology, and people grow in tandem.

Digital twins are being put to work across industrial operations, aerospace, healthcare, and everything in between. This edition of Industry Signals revisits the topic with a focus on deployment of this technology as use cases grow more demanding, as well as what technology leaders get wrong at the start of a digital twin investment.