Partnership pairs ai&'s sovereign AI compute infrastructure with Voltaiq's Enterprise Battery AI Platform to accelerate grid interconnection, lower power costs, and ensure industry-leading safety and reliability.
CUPERTINO, Calif., Aug. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- ai& ("ai-and"), a vertically integrated frontier AI technology company, and Voltaiq, the leading Enterprise Battery AI company, today announced plans to deploy battery energy storage systems (BESS) across ai&'s AI data centers in Japan, backed by Voltaiq's unique AI-powered platform for tracking and ensuring battery quality and safety across the full lifecycle, spanning selection, integration, deployment, and operation.
The rapid expansion of AI and its associated data center power needs places significant demands on an already overburdened electric grid. Battery storage addresses key challenges to lessen the burden on electricity providers, enabling operators to accelerate grid interconnection, reduce peak demand charges, increase usable power capacity beyond nominal interconnect limits, and maintain uptime through grid disturbances; protecting against failed training runs and breached service-level agreements. At the same time, battery underperformance, downtime, and safety incidents such as thermal events remain among the most serious operational risks facing modern data centers.
Voltaiq will provide ai& AI data centers with the digital infrastructure to monitor and link every stage of the battery lifecycle from design and cell manufacturing through system integration, commissioning, and in-field operation, into a single continuous record. Utilizing a purpose-built data ontology, Voltaiq provides a common language across the battery lifecycle, linking materials, manufacturing, testing, operations, and quality so data can be compared, traced, and analyzed consistently.
Voltaiq's Enterprise Battery AI links field performance to upstream manufacturing and design factors, enabling automated detection and rapid resolution of battery quality anomalies to ensure on-time commissioning and maximized uptime and asset lifetime across ai&'s data centers.
"Data centers can't afford to guess on batteries," said Tal Sholklapper, Co-Founder and CEO of Voltaiq. "The cost of getting it wrong is significant unplanned downtime, re-running model training, higher power bills, and in the worst case, fire. Voltaiq has combined decades of battery expertise and data engineering with the latest AI algorithms to help partners like ai& scale quickly, safely, and as profitably as possible. Our Enterprise Battery AI will help ai& choose the highest-quality batteries, commission them correctly, and operate them at peak performance and safety. This partnership will set the standard for how AI infrastructure is powered — starting in Japan and extending globally."
"Power is the defining constraint of the AI era, and how you store and manage it determines whether you can build fast, run reliably, and operate profitably," said David Bennett, Co-Founder and CEO of ai&. "As we evaluate how to best power our data centers in Japan, Voltaiq gives us confidence that we can ensure the highest performance and safety for our batteries throughout their entire lifespans."
The collaboration is initially focused on ai&'s planned deployments in Japan, where data residency and grid constraints make quality-assured, locally sovereign energy infrastructure especially valuable. Both companies intend to expand the approach across additional sites and markets over time, and to extend the model to additional battery and system partners.
About Voltaiq
Voltaiq is the leading Enterprise Battery AI platform, providing agentic battery engineering and reporting workflows, data management, and analytics that span the full battery lifecycle — from product development and cell manufacturing through system production and in-field operations. Voltaiq's platform is used by leading enterprises across automotive, cell manufacturing, energy storage, and other sectors to ship battery products faster and ensure quality, safety, and performance. Learn more at www.voltaiq.com.
About ai&
ai& is a global AI technology company founded on the simple conviction that whoever owns and optimizes the full stack wins. By integrating next-generation data center infrastructure, heterogeneous compute, and frontier model services into a single optimized platform, ai& gives enterprises and developers the performance, economics, and data sovereignty that no single-layer provider can match. Founded in Japan and expanding globally, ai& is building the foundation for the AI-native future. For more information, visit www.aiand.com, or follow ai& on LinkedIn and X.
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ai& Collaborates with Voltaiq to Ensure Quality, Reliability, and Safety of Battery Energy Storage for AI Data Centers
ai& Collaborates with Voltaiq to Ensure Quality, Reliability, and Safety of Battery Energy Storage for AI Data Centers
The energy technology leader strengthens executive leadership and aligns Grid Intelligence and Connected Platforms to help utilities meet growing demand from AI, electrification and an increasingly distributed energy system
CHAM, Switzerland and ALPHARETTA, Ga., Aug. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Landis+Gyr Group AG (SIX: LAND), a global energy technology leader today announced two senior leadership appointments and an evolution of its operating model as the company expands its focus in the growing U.S. utility market.
Roque Martin has joined as Senior Vice President of Connected Platforms, and Eugene Mazo has joined Landis+Gyr as Senior Vice President of Grid Intelligence.
Together, they will lead two complementary businesses aligned with how utilities are modernizing electric and gas networks.
Connected Platforms brings together the intelligent devices, communications technologies and services that form the trusted foundation of utility operations. Grid Intelligence brings together software, analytics, AI and intelligent applications that transform infrastructure and operational data into actionable insights and better decisions.
"The level of investment and innovation happening across the U.S. energy sector is unlike anything we've seen in decades," said Peter Mainz, Chief Executive Officer of Landis+Gyr. "Today, a new story about where our grid is headed is being written as utilities make generational investments in the infrastructure and intelligence required to power AI, advanced manufacturing, transportation and a more electrified economy."
U.S. electricity demand is entering a period of sustained growth after remaining relatively flat for much of the past two decades. Some industry forecasts project U.S. load growth approaching 5% annually through 2035. Data centers are becoming one of the most significant sources of new load. The U.S. Department of Energy cites research estimating that data centers could account for as much as 9% of U.S. electricity consumption by 2030, driven in part by the rapid development and adoption of AI.
"For Landis+Gyr, this is an opportunity to build on generations of utility trust while bringing greater focus and investment to the technologies our customers will need next," Peter said. "The future of the grid will depend on both connected infrastructure and the intelligence to operate it more effectively. Eugene and Roque bring the experience to scale those capabilities and help our customers navigate this next era with confidence."
Leadership for the next era of intelligent energy
Roque most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of Aras and previously held senior leadership positions at PTC and IBM. He has extensive experience leading global technology and enterprise software organizations through periods of growth and transformation while maintaining a strong focus on customers. As Senior Vice President of Connected Platforms, Roque will lead the intelligent devices, communications technologies and services that connect critical assets across electric and gas networks.
"Utilities need secure, resilient platforms that can support today's operations while creating the foundation for capabilities that are still emerging," Roque said. "Landis+Gyr has earned the trust of utilities over more than a century. We're excited to help build on that legacy as our customers prepare their networks for the next generation of energy demand and innovation."
Eugene joins Landis+Gyr from Acuity Brands, where he served as General Manager of the Atrius business, leading the strategy, growth, and global operations of a connected software and IoT platform for intelligent spaces. Prior to that, he was co-founder and CEO of DGLogik, which he scaled and successfully exited through acquisition by Acuity Brands. Throughout his career, Eugene has built and led software-driven businesses that combine data, IoT, and intelligent technologies to help customers solve complex operational challenges. As Senior Vice President of Grid Intelligence, Eugene will lead the company's software, analytics, AI and intelligent applications portfolio. The business is focused on helping utilities use data from connected infrastructure to strengthen reliability, resilience, safety, operational performance and customer service.
"The opportunity is not simply to connect more assets, but to help utilities understand what is happening across their networks and act on that information with greater speed and confidence," Eugene said. "Landis+Gyr has the installed infrastructure, customer relationships and industry expertise to turn grid data into meaningful operational intelligence at scale."
The appointments of Eugene and Roque build on a broader effort to strengthen Landis+Gyr's executive leadership team as the company accelerates its strategy around intelligent energy and long-term growth.
Over the past year, the company has added senior leaders across marketing, strategy and human resources to help position Landis+Gyr for its next phase of growth.
Sheila Dehdashti joined as Chief People Officer and is leading the company's global people strategy, talent development and organizational transformation, helping ensure Landis+Gyr continues building the capabilities and culture needed to support its long-term ambitions.
Lisa Magnuson joined as Chief Marketing Officer and is leading the company's global marketing, communications and brand strategy, helping sharpen how Landis+Gyr communicates its value to customers, partners and investors.
Carter Shoop joined as Chief Strategy Officer and is leading corporate strategy and strategic initiatives, helping align the company's long-term priorities, investments and execution as it expands its position in intelligent energy.
"Building the future of intelligent energy requires exceptional leadership across every part of the business," Peter said. "Together, this leadership team brings deep expertise in technology, strategy, people and market leadership that will help us innovate faster, execute with greater focus and create even greater value for our customers."
About Landis+Gyr
Landis+Gyr is a global energy technology leader delivering intelligent solutions that connect devices, data and decisions across the grid. Our mission is to accelerate the energy evolution through purposeful innovation and trusted partnerships. Trusted by more than 2,000 utilities worldwide, we transform traditional infrastructure into intelligent, networked systems that provide real-time grid visibility and control. With these insights, electric, gas and water utilities can anticipate demand, optimize operations and deliver energy that is more reliable, resilient, accessible, safe and sustainable. For more information, please visit landisgyr.com
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Landis+Gyr Adds Senior Leaders to Drive Growth as U.S. Grid Investment Accelerates
Landis+Gyr Adds Senior Leaders to Drive Growth as U.S. Grid Investment Accelerates
