Aveva expands cloud collaboration with Amazon Web Services

AVEVA and Amazon Web Services have signed a multi-year strategic collaboration agreement, expanding their existing relationship in industrial software and cloud services.

Under the agreement, AVEVA will expand its CONNECT industrial intelligence platform on AWS as part of its broader shift to a multi-cloud architecture. The arrangement covers joint technology development, customer migration support and commercial work across industrial markets worldwide.

AVEVA plans to run CONNECT on AWS infrastructure using services including Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud. This will support both public and private software-as-a-service offerings for customers in sectors including energy, manufacturing, chemicals, life sciences, infrastructure, mining, marine and engineering, procurement and construction.

The agreement also includes plans to list AVEVA products on AWS Marketplace, allowing customers to buy the software through existing AWS agreements.

Both companies will also work on migration and modernisation programmes to move AVEVA workloads to AWS. Those programmes will be supported by operational technology system integrator partners that deploy and maintain industrial software.

Cloud shift

The collaboration is part of AVEVA's broader push towards a multi-cloud model. By placing CONNECT and other products on AWS, the company is seeking to give industrial customers another route to cloud-based operations while reducing reliance on on-premises infrastructure.

AI and analytics are also central to the arrangement. The integration will combine AWS artificial intelligence and machine learning services with AVEVA's industrial data platform to support predictive analytics, digital twin applications and agentic AI workflows for industrial operations.

CONNECT currently manages more than 8 petabytes of industrial data, including reality capture, engineering and production data, and serves more than 23,000 active monthly users across more than 50 software applications.

AVEVA also said its PI System, which handles real-time operational data, is deployed at 65% of Fortune 500 industrial companies. That infrastructure is used to capture time-series information from industrial operations.

Industrial data

The deal reflects growing efforts by software providers and cloud companies to move industrial customers from on-site systems to hosted platforms that can handle larger data volumes and support newer AI tools. Industrial groups have often been slower than other sectors to shift critical workloads because of the complexity of legacy systems and the operational risks tied to production environments.

AVEVA said its software is used in mission-critical operations by more than 20,000 enterprises across more than 150 countries. Running those tools on AWS would allow customers to connect industrial data with broader enterprise systems while scaling software use across sites and regions.

Rob McGreevy commented on the agreement in a statement released by the companies.

"Industrial companies are sitting on decades of operational data that holds enormous, untapped value," said Rob McGreevy, Chief Product Officer, AVEVA. "As AVEVA advances its multi-cloud strategy, building CONNECT on AWS gives our customers even greater flexibility and scalability, empowering them to turn that data into intelligence that helps them design faster, operate smarter, and optimise continuously. AVEVA's software sits at the heart of mission-critical operations for more than 20,000 enterprises across 150+ countries. This collaboration accelerates how the industrial world can harness cloud and AI with the freedom of choice they expect."

AWS said AVEVA's industrial specialism made it a suitable partner as the cloud provider targets more sector-specific workloads.

"AVEVA's deep domain expertise and mission-critical software make them a natural fit for AWS as we work together to bring the benefits of cloud computing to the industrial sector," said Uwem Ukpong, Vice President of AWS Industries, Amazon Web Services. "Together, we will help industrial companies around the world accelerate their digital transformation, reduce costs, and unlock new insights from their operational data using the breadth and depth of AWS services."