Carrier's Home Energy Management System
integrates with Google Cloud's AI tools, and WeatherNext AI models
to create an intelligent energy ecosystem within the grid
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BEACH GARDENS, Fla. and SUNNYVALE,
Calif., March 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Carrier
Global Corporation (NYSE: CARR), global leader in intelligent
climate and energy solutions, and Google Cloud are joining forces
to enhance grid flexibility and support smarter energy
management.
Led by Carrier Energy, Carrier's new energy solutions business,
this initiative will integrate Carrier's battery-enabled HVAC
technology—delivered through its Home Energy Management System
(HEMS) solutions—with Google Cloud's AI-powered analytics and
WeatherNext AI models built by Google DeepMind and Google Research.
The combined solution is expected to create intelligent, connected
solutions for residential HVAC energy customers.
Advancing AI-Powered Energy Management
Electricity demand is rising across the U.S. as factors such as
onshoring, electrification of transport and adoption of AI
converge. These factors present new opportunities and challenges
for both utilities and consumers. By leveraging real-time energy
forecasting and intelligent grid interaction, Carrier and Google
Cloud are working to ensure Carrier's HEMS technology will help
balance supply and demand across the grid. For homeowners, this
means they can store energy in batteries and use it during peak
demand periods, when electricity costs are typically higher.
Google's AI-powered WeatherNext models further optimize HVAC
operation, enabling greater efficiency and potential cost savings.
This will help promote greater availability, reliability and
affordability for energy users.
This initiative helps facilitate Google's ambition to create new
carbon-free energy solutions that support reliable and resilient
grid operations. It also supports Carrier's goal of helping its
customers avoid more than one gigaton of greenhouse gas emissions
by 2030. Under this partnership, Carrier and Google Cloud will
collaborate on innovative solutions to help unlock capacity and
grid expansion in U.S. markets. By working together, Carrier and
Google Cloud aim to create scalable benefits for the local grids
where Carrier customers live.
"Across the country we see an opportunity to build resilience in
communities and scale innovative, clean energy solutions that
foster economic growth," said Caroline
Golin, global head of Energy Market Development and
Innovation at Google. "Through collaboration with Carrier, and
across the industry, we hope to create the change that brings
benefits for all."
Unlocking Grid Efficiency
First announced at Climate Week NYC last fall, Carrier's
next-generation heat pump will feature battery storage, intelligent
energy forecasting and grid-interactive capabilities to help
utilities flatten demand peaks and enhance energy efficiency. By
integrating Carrier's HEMS technology with Google Cloud's BigQuery,
Vertex AI, generative AI solutions, and WeatherNext's forecasting
models, the system will intelligently manage energy flows in real
time—charging, discharging and redirecting energy based on grid
conditions, energy demands and weather forecasts—contributing to a
more balanced and sustainable energy grid. Homeowners using stored
battery energy during peak periods can help reduce strain on the
grid when electricity demand is highest and energy supplies tend to
have a higher carbon footprint. The project will roll out in phases
through 2027, with a focus on scaling nationwide adoption
thereafter.
"Our energy systems must evolve to be more intelligent, flexible
and economically efficient," said Hakan
Yilmaz, chief technology and sustainability officer at
Carrier and head of the company's new energy business. "By
integrating Carrier's HEMS technology with Google Cloud's AI and
analytics, we aim to help increase the efficiency of existing
energy infrastructure—reducing grid congestion, unlocking greater
energy utilization and contributing to economic growth."
"Carrier's innovative approach to energy grid management
solutions will help create a lasting positive impact on the U.S.
energy landscape. By integrating Google Cloud's AI and analytics
with Carrier's intelligent HVAC systems, we are creating solutions
that meaningfully contribute to a more efficient and resilient
energy ecosystem," said Kyle Jessen,
managing director, Energy Sector, Google Cloud.
A Smarter, More Resilient Energy Future
As utilities, businesses and consumers adapt to an evolving
energy landscape, AI-driven energy optimization will play a
critical role in ensuring grid resilience and supporting
electrification. Through this collaboration, Carrier and Google
Cloud are taking a bold step toward a smarter, more efficient and
AI-powered energy ecosystem—one that not only benefits homeowners
but also supports the next generation of technology
infrastructure.
About Carrier
Carrier Global Corporation, global
leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to
creating solutions that matter for people and our planet for
generations to come. From the beginning, we've led in inventing new
technologies and entirely new industries. Today, we continue to
lead because we have a world-class, diverse workforce that puts the
customer at the center of everything we do. For more information,
visit corporate.carrier.com or follow Carrier on social
media at @Carrier.
About Google Cloud
Google Cloud is the new way to the
cloud, providing AI, infrastructure, developer, data, security, and
collaboration tools built for today and tomorrow. Google Cloud
offers a powerful, fully integrated and optimized AI stack with its
own planet-scale infrastructure, custom-built chips, generative AI
models and development platform, as well as AI-powered
applications, to help organizations transform. Customers in more
than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their
trusted technology partner.
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Contacts:
Rob Six, Carrier
561-281-2362
Robert.Six@carrier.com
Olivia Cornejo
Google Cloud
press@google.com
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