数字化赋能，垂直农业蓬勃发展

80 Acres Farms has made supplying fresh food for a growing population its mission. How? With fully automated, indoor vertical farming. As it turns out, controlled environment agriculture is also more sustainable than traditional farming methods.

Who said the plants we eat must be grown outdoors? All over the world, city populations are increasing in size. At the same time, more and more consumers are demanding clean, locally grown food. Metropolitan agricultural efforts seek to combine these trends with controlled environment agriculture.

A leader in this area is 80 Acres Farms, which grows everything from salad, microgreens, and herbs to tomatoes and baby cucumbers. Siemens supports the industrialization and scaling of the company's proprietary Loop platform from 80 Acres Farms’ technology-focused subsidiary Infinite Acres. This comprehensive solution encompasses crop management software, algorithms, environmental controls, robotics, and automation.

A typical vertical farm is stacked high with layers of plants. Picture fields stacked on top of fields lit with LED lighting at each level, efficiently utilizing the vertical space and significantly increasing food production. The conditions in a vertical farm are monitored around the clock to ensure the plants have the perfect amounts of light energy, carbon dioxide, nutrients, air, temperature, and humidity they need.

2023 年初，Siemens 与 80 Acres Farms 正式宣布达成合作，共同推动 Infinite Acres 自主研发的 Loop 系统实现工业化与规模化落地。在 Siemens Financial Services (SFS) 股权投资的支持下，双方携手应用作物管理软件与算法、环境控制、机器人技术及自动化等创新解决方案。以下是 Siemens 提供的多项核心技术：

Siemens 为农场设施提供智能配电设备与楼宇管理技术，通过统一界面实现消防、生命安全、安防及配电系统的集中监控。此外，Siemens 先进的工业自动化技术套件与边缘设备将助力生产线自动化，边缘设备与人机界面则实时监控并更新农场控制系统。

为更深入地优化运营，Siemens 与 80 Acres Farms 正合作打造数字孪生，对植物生长与生产流程进行模拟。通过这一技术，可预测植物在不同环境下的生长情况，并更好地将生长周期与配送计划相匹配。