NeXTnet Expands Cloud Offering to Building MEP Infrastructure

Businesses need more than just reliable and secure cloud management for on-premise IT equipment. They need to extend the cloud management system to also include building MEP (Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing) infrastructure which includes Low Voltage (LV) applications like surveillance, physical access control, electronic locks, and more.

Problem Statement:

1. There is rapid expansion in building infrastructure of all kinds around the world. According to Open AI, there are between 61,500 and 97,000 new building projects across the globe.

2. Energy is a scarce resource and is very expensive.

3. A sustainable, green(er), and smarter environment is high on everyone’s agenda.

4. Buildings already have significant amounts of smart infrastructure deployed, but managing such infrastructure is challenging and involves multiple systems that do not communicate each other. This makes event-driven decision making a slow, complex, and error-prone process.

5. Present-day Building Management Systems (BMS) simply made dumb mechanical/electrical/electro-mechanical devices smarter; however, they are closed (proprietary) and limited in their abilities to analyze trends, predict failures, and suggest remedial actions before a problem occurs.

The Solution:

An AI driven, IP-based BMS System is key to optimizing energy consumption and paving the path towards a greener and smarter future. NeXTnet has built such a system, focused on helping businesses around the world build smarter buildings that can optimize energy consumption and utilize outcome driven integration between MEP equipment and LV systems. We call this system NeXTnet BMS; it is an extension to NeXTnet Cloud.

What is unique about this system is the following:

• Agnostic of any leading brand of MEP equipment (e.g: Daikin Industries, Carrier Global, Honeywell International, Schneider Electric SE, etc.)

• AI powered

• IP (Internet protocol) based

• Multi-tenant and single-pane-of-glass view into the MEP plant at Commercial and Residential buildings (be they owner operated and managed or be they managed by third parties like ISS Facility Services, CBRE Group, JLL, and Cushman & Wakefield, etc.

• Supports both wireless and wired BMS infrastructure

• Can run on-premises (edge edition), in the cloud (includes analytics) or a hybrid model

How large is the Global BMS software market?

2024: US$10 Billion

2030: US$ 30 Billion

Sources: WiseGuy Research, Global Market Insights, and Mordor Intelligence.

Bottom line – we now offer a unique extension to NeXTnet’s Agentic AI driven Cloud Management System to include Building Infrastructure. This is an industry first and opens new markets for NeXTnet.

NeXTnet is helping businesses build networks for an autonomous era.

If you would like to know more, please contact us.