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Honeywell has launched Forge Cognition, an AI platform for building and industrial operations. Developed with NVIDIA and Dell, the system is already being tested at several sites.
Forge Cognition is designed to help facility operators manage equipment, alarms and energy use across existing systems. It combines AI agents with digital twin technology so teams can assess conditions, model scenarios and coordinate responses.
Honeywell is targeting a familiar problem in large buildings and industrial sites, where operators often face high volumes of alerts and equipment data while trying to keep systems running efficiently. The platform can operate in manual, semi-autonomous or autonomous modes, with operators able to set oversight levels and intervene when needed.
Partner roles
NVIDIA supplied the AI models and simulation tools for the platform, while Dell provided the computing and storage infrastructure behind it. The system uses NVIDIA Nemotron models for AI agents, Omniverse libraries for simulation work, and Dell server and data systems to support development and deployment.
NVIDIA is also an early user of the platform through a pilot at its Voyager campus in Santa Clara, California. The site has been used to test alarm management, equipment monitoring and energy analysis in a live operating environment.
According to the companies, results from the Voyager pilot included an average reduction of up to 90% in unnecessary alerts. The system also identified up to 10% potential savings in energy and utility consumption while maintaining a comfort score above 95%, based on temperature, humidity and carbon dioxide measurements across zones.
The pilot also monitors real-time HVAC data to generate health predictions intended to support maintenance planning and reduce the risk of unplanned downtime. These functions are aimed at helping operators focus on events that require action rather than false positives.
Installed base
The launch marks a broader commercial push across Honeywell's existing footprint in buildings and industrial sites. Forge Cognition is intended for use across its installed base of more than 300,000 sites, although other launch material referred to an installed base of about 350,000 sites.
Early deployments and pilots include the Fairmont Hotel in Dubai, NEX Mall in Singapore, Vanderbilt University in the US, and Honeywell's own campuses in Bangalore and Richardson, Texas. Those sites span hospitality, retail, education and corporate facilities, giving Honeywell a range of operating environments in which to test the platform.
Suresh Venkatarayalu, Chief Technology Officer, Honeywell, said the system is intended to connect AI tools with the operational realities of physical assets and facilities. "The physical world demands more than a powerful AI model. It requires AI to understand how systems actually operate and interact-that is where the next breakthrough is happening," he said.
"Forge Cognition combines AI with operational context and engineering expertise, opening a new era of intelligent operations where AI can analyze, recommend and act alongside people," Venkatarayalu said.
For NVIDIA, the partnership extends its push into industrial and building operations beyond its core chips and software businesses. The company said the platform shows how AI and simulation can be applied to the infrastructure organisations already run.
"Physical AI is bringing new intelligence to the complex systems that run our buildings and industrial facilities," said Deepu Talla, Vice President of Robotics and Edge AI, NVIDIA.
"Honeywell Technologies is combining NVIDIA AI and simulation technologies with its deep industrial expertise to help customers anticipate equipment issues, improve reliability and energy efficiency across the infrastructure they already operate," Talla said.
Dell's role centres on supplying the backend infrastructure for model development, training and deployment. Its work on the project includes servers, storage and cyber resilience systems.
"The next wave of AI innovation will be driven by intelligent systems that can reason, learn and act in the context of real-world operations," said John Roese, Global Chief Technology and AI Officer, Dell Technologies.
"The Dell AI Factory provides the infrastructure and services that support Honeywell's vision for intelligent physical operations," Roese said.