--- title: "Energy and Manufacturing | Solutions | SurrealDB" description: "Monitor and optimise energy production, edge devices, industrial operations, and public infrastructure with real-time data and AI-driven insights." url: https://surrealdb.com/solutions/energy-and-manufacturing --- # AI-driven operations at scale Unified, AI-ready database platform for real-time infrastructure monitoring, predictive maintenance, and intelligent automation - from cloud to edge. [Start free with SurrealDB](https://studio.surrealdb.com/current/instances/deploy) [Talk to sales](https://surrealdb.com/contact/sales) 1. ![Babcock](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/babcock.lo4rnVg1.svg) 2. ![ING](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/ing.X3I6S3_V.svg) 3. ![British Airways](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/british-airways.KEsZiwV-.svg) 4. ![Nvidia](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/nvidia.DaIEuMil.svg) 5. ![Apple](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/apple.D5pq4flY.svg) 6. ![SpaceX](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/spacex.CQJEk-IL.svg) 7. ![Samsung](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/samsung.CH-vQgnb.svg) 8. ![adidas](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/adidas.DdTC5qhk.svg) 9. ![Tencent](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/tencent.paQmLxyy.svg) 10. ![Alibaba](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/alibaba.B16idgfM.svg) 11. ![PolyAI](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/poly-ai.c3w_fAg6.svg) 12. ![Later](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/later.Ds736jFO.svg) 13. ![Verizon](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/verizon.BI7CajdX.svg) 14. ![Liberty Mutual](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/liberty-mutual.B7qOU1pd.svg) 15. ![Walmart](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/walmart.BjDg_Sr8.svg) 16. ![Carrier](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/carrier.D21gC6NX.svg) 17. ![Saks Fifth Avenue](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/saks-fifth-avenue.COIDpLSb.svg) 18. ![San Francisco Compute Company](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/sfcc.B7jlImq4.svg) 19. ![Shield AI](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/shield-ai.pINZ0KJr.svg) 20. ![Wix](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/wix.DvHhmoBi.svg) CAPABILITIES ## Security and portability from edge to cloud SurrealDB capabilities built for distributed industrial environments and edge deployments. ### Robust memory safety and high performance Written in Rust for memory safety guarantees with performance equivalent to C/C++, trusted by security-critical industries. ### Portability to edge and embedded systems Process data on-site, in-browser via WebAssembly, or across remote environments. Ideal for IoT-driven energy grids, smart factories, and field-deployed systems. ### AI-ready: native vector and knowledge graph Native vector search for embedding-based retrieval combined with knowledge graphs for representing complex entity relationships. ### Flexible deployment: cloud to edge to browser Run as a cloud service, self-hosted, embedded, or in-browser. Perfect for offline-capable control systems and mobile maintenance apps. SEE IT IN ACTION ## Detect anomalies in sensor data Use time-series queries to monitor equipment telemetry and flag deviations before they cause failures. ``` 1-- Detect temperature anomalies in the last hour2-- by comparing against the rolling 24h average3LET $avg = (SELECT VALUE math::mean(value)4 FROM reading5 WHERE sensor = sensor:turbine_016 AND timestamp > time::now() - 24h)[0];78SELECT timestamp, value9FROM reading10WHERE sensor = sensor:turbine_0111 AND timestamp > time::now() - 1h12 AND value > $avg * 1.3; ``` USE CASES ## Core use cases for energy and manufacturing How energy and manufacturing teams apply SurrealDB across operations and infrastructure. ### Predictive maintenance and fault detection ML models for equipment wear prediction and fault detection, integrated directly in edge-based instances. ### AI-driven energy load forecasting Optimise renewable generation assets via embedded AI logic and vector search for real-time grid optimisation. ### [Digital twin modelling](https://surrealdb.com/use-cases/digital-twins) Model production lines, energy assets, and supply networks as living graphs. Combine asset relationships, real-time telemetry, configuration, and engineering documents in one transactional engine, with versioned-record queries for rewinding, replaying, or branching system state. Learn more ### Supply chain visibility Native graph engine for supply chain traceability and root-cause analysis in manufacturing. ### Cybersecurity risk modelling Anomaly detection in energy infrastructure and fraud detection in smart metering systems. ### Time-series and historical analysis Longitudinal data analysis and compliance audits with historical querying for operational systems and risk assessments. WHY SURREALDB ## Why decision makers choose SurrealDB The technical and operational advantages that set SurrealDB apart in industrial settings. ### [Horizontal scalability without sharding](https://surrealdb.com/surrealdb/features) Scale to petabytes of sensor, operational, and telemetry data without manual sharding across plants and distributed control units. Learn more ### [OLTP, BaaS, and real-time in one](https://surrealdb.com/surrealdb/features) Bridge transactional workloads and backend-as-a-service use cases with AI pipelines for real-time inference at the data layer. Learn more ### [Graph capabilities for intelligent systems](https://surrealdb.com/surrealdb/features) Complex, multi-relational data modelling for supply chain visibility, cybersecurity risk, and compliance tracing. Learn more ### [Time-series and historical querying](https://surrealdb.com/surrealdb/features) Time-series ingestion from IoT sensors, market feeds, and SCADA systems with historical time-travel queries for rollback analysis. Learn more ### [Low operational overhead](https://surrealdb.com/surrealdb/features) Minimal operational complexity for both private sector modernisation and public sector digital transformation. Learn more FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ## Energy and manufacturing Can SurrealDB handle industrial IoT sensor data? Does SurrealDB run on edge devices in manufacturing environments? How does SurrealDB support predictive maintenance? Can SurrealDB model supply chain and asset relationships? Does SurrealDB support historical queries for compliance reporting? Can SurrealDB act as the data backbone for digital twins? GET STARTED ## Start building with SurrealDB Telemetry, digital twins, and predictive maintenance in one real-time engine. ![Samsung](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/4c58b81e7b3c9466.C_Hv0eml.svg)![NVIDIA](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/nvidia.DaIEuMil.svg)![Apple](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/f7dc2519e0d212bc.Cn8MYAK7.svg)![Verizon](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/18b99996c689000f.B5PQ-nI9.svg)![Tencent](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/401d8346058682c8.DqM87mst.svg) SOC 2 Type 2 GDPR Cyber Essentials Plus ISO 27001 [Start free with SurrealDB](https://studio.surrealdb.com/current/instances/deploy) [View documentation](https://surrealdb.com/docs/surrealdb) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","name":"SurrealDB","url":"https://surrealdb.com","logo":"https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/logo.BG7_TG2b.svg","description":"SurrealDB is the unified data layer for AI. 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