Carrier joins forces with Google Cloud
6th March 2025
USA: Carrier has joined forces with Google Cloud in a move that the company says will enhance grid flexibility and support smarter energy management.
Led by Carrier Energy, Carrier’s new energy solutions business, this initiative will integrate Carrier’s battery-enabled HVAC technology, delivered through its Home Energy Management System (HEMS) solutions, with Google Cloud’s AI-powered analytics and WeatherNext AI models built by Google DeepMind and Google Research.
The combined solution is expected to create intelligent, connected solutions for residential HVAC energy customers.
By combining real-time energy forecasting and intelligent grid interaction, Carrier and Google Cloud are working to ensure Carrier’s HEMS technology will help balance supply and demand across the grid.
For homeowners, this could mean they can store energy in batteries and use it during peak demand periods, when electricity costs are typically higher.
Google’s AI-powered WeatherNext models further optimise HVAC operation, enabling greater efficiency and potential cost savings.
Under this partnership, Carrier and Google Cloud will collaborate on innovative solutions to help unlock capacity and grid expansion in US markets.
By working together, Carrier and Google Cloud aim to create scalable benefits for the local grids where Carrier customers live.
Carrier’s next-generation heat pump will feature battery storage, intelligent energy forecasting and grid-interactive capabilities to help utilities flatten demand peaks and enhance energy efficiency.
By integrating Carrier’s HEMS technology with Google Cloud’s BigQuery, Vertex AI, generative AI solutions, and WeatherNext’s forecasting models, the system is designed to intelligently manage energy flows in real time – charging, discharging and redirecting energy based on grid conditions, energy demands and weather forecasts – contributing to a more balanced and sustainable energy grid.
The project will roll out in phases through 2027, with a focus on scaling nationwide adoption thereafter.
