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Resilience, Scalability and AI’s Arrival: Lessons from AWS re:Invent 2024

Resilience, scalability and effective applications of AI were the three key themes that Renan Augusto de Silva saw at AWS re:Invent 2024. Read for his breakdown.
11 September 2025
Ed Betts
Client Unit Director
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The enterprise push into artificial intelligence (AI) is accelerating, and with it comes the transformation of a utility into a constraint: power. Large language models and generative systems require vast quantities of computing power, which in turn demands far more power than traditional enterprise applications. As a result, energy is more than a cost center now—it is a potential bottleneck.

Companies with big AI ambitions are running into hard limits. Power supplies that once sat quietly in the background are now a gating factor for new models, new infrastructure and new deployments. This is especially true in the oil and gas sector, where remote operations and industrial-scale workloads can stretch existing infrastructure past its limits. 

 

It’s not a surprise that an increasing amount of enterprise leaders are paying attention to microgrid solutions. 

Turning Energy Into Intelligence

How Cloud Microgrid Control and Smart Microgrid Platforms Enable Scale 

 

GFT helps enterprises bridge the gap between energy ambition and operational reality. The focus isn’t hardware—it’s intelligence. 

 

That means designing smart microgrid platforms that can automate energy decisions in real time, using cloud microgrid control to manage power across sites and systems. It means embedding AI into the orchestration layer, using models to detect anomalies, predict demand and respond dynamically. Importantly, it is defined as connecting energy data to business data, so enterprises can align uptime with output, and resilience with opportunity. 

 

As enterprise infrastructure becomes more distributed, GFT is helping clients treat energy, not as a fixed cost, but as a flexible, digital asset. 

Energy Strategy is Now a Tech Strategy

Why Microgrid Management Software is Essential to Remote Microgrid Deployment 

 

This isn’t just about keeping the lights on, it’s about building a foundation strong enough to support AI innovation, platform growth and future transformation. 

 

That means visibility, control and deploying microgrid management software that integrates with broader systems—and doing it now, not later. 

 

As enterprises evolve, power can no longer be a limiting factor. It has to be part of the solution. Remote microgrid deployment may be one of the last levers that transformation leaders have not yet pulled. 

 

It’s time. 

 

Whether you’re planning a remote microgrid deployment or looking to optimize existing infrastructure, GFT is here to help. We specialize in designing the digital layer that turns power systems into intelligent and adaptive platforms. We stand ready to support your AI ambitions and operational goals. 

 

Reach out and connect with a GFT expert today and explore what a resilient energy strategy looks like for your enterprise.