- Siemens RXD Summit in Beijing on March 23, 2026 drew over 2,000 attendees.
- Siemens unveiled 26 new edge, automation and control products, including higher-capacity PLCs, compact servo systems and predictive-maintenance software.
- Siemens expanded its partnership with Alibaba to deliver cloud-enabled CAE as IaaS in China and to explore integrating Alibaba's Qwen LLM into PLM workflows.
- New infrastructure tech for AI data centers includes DC circuit breakers and an AI-driven cooling solution for high-density sites such as Alibaba Cloud's Zhangbei Data Center.
Event
At the RXD Summit in Beijing on March 23, 2026, over 2,000 attendees from customers, partners and developers gathered to demonstrate and discuss industrial AI deployments across factories, infrastructure and supply chains.
Cloud CAE partnership
Siemens and Alibaba Cloud expanded their partnership to deliver computer-aided engineering (CAE) as IaaS in China, validating cloud-enabled CAE on Alibaba Cloud with virtual simulation appliances and high-performance computing clusters and exploring integration of Alibaba’s Qwen LLM into PLM workflows.
Automation and edge products
Siemens introduced 26 new edge, automation and control technologies, including a new generation of PLCs with higher performance and memory, compact servo systems for precise motion, and AI-powered applications such as predictive maintenance software that detects anomalies from operational data.
AI infrastructure and data center technologies
New offerings for AI infrastructure include solutions for industrial connectivity and data, infrastructure protection technologies, a locally developed generation of DC circuit breakers for high-performance data centers, and an AI-driven cooling solution that continuously optimizes cooling and energy use in high-density sites such as Alibaba Cloud’s Zhangbei Data Center.
