Pranav Hotkar
Charlotte, North Carolina, October 8, 2025- Honeywell and LS Electric have announced a global partnership to speed up innovation for data centers and battery energy storage systems (BESS). The deal pairs Honeywell’s building controls and software with LS Electric’s power hardware to deliver more reliable, efficient power for critical facilities.
The companies will co-develop integrated solutions that bring together switchgear and power distribution, real-time monitoring and control, and a modular BESS that can act like a local microgrid. The aim is straightforward: to help data centers and large buildings keep running, cut energy costs, and manage power more intelligently as demand grows.
“Our collaboration with LS Electric supports our continued focus on delivering smarter, scalable solutions that make energy more reliable and efficient,” said Billal Hammoud, President and CEO of Honeywell Building Automation.
A central promise of the partnership is a BESS that doesn’t just sit idle until the lights go out. Using utility signals, weather forecasts, and facility data, the system will predict when to charge, when to discharge, and when to lean on the grid, smoothing peaks, lowering bills, and reducing the risk of outages. For data centers, where minutes of downtime can cost millions, that mix of forecasting and fast backup is a big deal.
“By joining forces with Honeywell, we’ll deliver solutions that help big tech data centers and industrial buildings achieve both energy efficiency and reliability,” said JongWoo Kim, President of LS Electric.
The announcement does not include specific rollout dates or pilot locations, which suggests the work is still in planning and early development. But the move is strategic: Honeywell deepens its role in electrical infrastructure beyond traditional building controls, while LS Electric gains a global partner to reach data center and commercial markets where resilient power is now a business requirement.
As data demand climbs, and with it electricity use and sensitivity to outages, buyers are looking for simpler, more integrated ways to manage power. If Honeywell and LS Electric can deliver a reliable, easy-to-deploy package that marries hardware and smart controls, the partnership could change how data centers are built and operated.
