A multi-year collaboration between Google Cloud and Siemens Energy has been announced to bring the latter’s company-wide SAP (Systems Applications and Products in Data Processing) into a cloud-based environment.

Operational in over 200 countries, Google Cloud seeks to accelerate the ability of companies to digitally transform their businesses with robust online software. The process will migrate over 2.6 petabytes of manufacturing, supply chain, and sensor data, stored across Siemens Energy’s multiple data centres, to their new Google Cloud base.

The 15-month long digital migration attempts to improve reliability and reduce downtime for the firm’s 750,000 users.

“We searched for a partner that could not only deliver availability and scalability, but also challenge us to grow beyond our comfort zone,” said Kian Mossanen, CIO at Siemens Energy.

“We knew that choosing Google Cloud would ensure more reliability and less downtime for our systems, which is critical in the energy industry. But it was also Google Cloud’s collaborative and innovative culture that made them the perfect partner, as we embark on this massive digital transformation.”

Over half of Siemens Energy’s portfolio is already decarbonized, including steam and gas turbines. The energy giant claims that its technologies are responsible for up to one-sixth of global electricity generation.

Siemens Energy hopes that the partnership will provide added impetus as the company looks to reach climate neutrality by 2030.

“The energy market is rapidly evolving as sustainability becomes a primary focus, and consumer habits and global demands on the industry change,” said Adaire Fox-Martin, President, EMEA at Google Cloud.

“We’re proud to support Siemens Energy’s digital transformation with clean cloud infrastructure, partnering to build a technology platform that will support future growth and change.”