02 — Technology
Cloud Technology
Industrial IoT and AI reference architectures across the major hyperscalers — from device and edge layers through streaming, analytics, GenAI and agents.
5 providers · IoT + AI stack · edge to cloud
Reference stack
Universal IoT + AI layers
- L01
Device Layer
Sensors, actuators, PLCs, embedded controllers, SCADA
- L02
Edge Layer
Edge gateways, local inference, protocol translation, OPC-UA
- L03
Connectivity Layer
MQTT, AMQP, HTTP/2, 5G, LoRaWAN, Zigbee, LTE-M
- L04
Cloud Platform
Data ingestion, stream processing, storage, orchestration
- L05
AI & Analytics Layer
ML training, inference, GenAI, agents, predictive analytics
- L06
Application Layer
Industrial apps, digital twins, dashboards, APIs, mobile
Providers
Choose a cloud architecture
AWS
Amazon Web Services
The broadest industrial IoT and AI portfolio — from Greengrass and SiteWise at the edge to SageMaker MLOps, Bedrock foundation models, and agentic workflows.
Azure
Microsoft Azure
Enterprise-grade industrial IoT with IoT Hub, Azure IoT Operations and Digital Twins — plus Azure AI Foundry and Azure OpenAI for copilots and agents.
GCP
Google Cloud Platform
Data-first industrial analytics with Pub/Sub and BigQuery, plus Vertex AI, Gemini and Agent Builder for multimodal and agentic workloads.
NVIDIA
NVIDIA AI Cloud & Edge
GPU-accelerated edge and cloud AI — Jetson and IGX at the plant, TensorRT and NIM for inference, Omniverse for digital twins, and DGX Cloud for training.
OCI
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Industrial IoT applications wired into ERP and SCM — OCI Streaming, Autonomous Database, Generative AI, Select AI and in-database machine learning.
Quick comparison
Where each provider leads
| Provider | IoT strength | AI strength | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | Broadest service catalog, SiteWise for OT, TwinMaker | SageMaker MLOps + Bedrock GenAI & Agents | End-to-end enterprise IoT + AI |
| Azure | IoT Hub, IoT Operations, Digital Twins, hybrid Arc | Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, Fabric | Microsoft ecosystem & industrial digital twins |
| GCP | Pub/Sub streaming, BigQuery analytics, Edge TPU | Vertex AI, Gemini, Agent Builder, TPUs | Data-heavy analytics & AI-first workloads |
| NVIDIA | Jetson edge AI, Isaac ROS, DeepStream, Omniverse | NIM, TensorRT, Triton, DGX Cloud | Edge AI inference, robotics & vision |
| Oracle | Industrial IoT apps, OPC-UA native, OIC to ERP | OCI GenAI, Select AI, Vector Search, OML | Manufacturing & ERP-integrated IoT |