Horticulture | Greenhouse automation | Smart greenhouse
06 October 2026
For many years, your greenhouse network provided a reliable foundation for your climate control, sensors and other systems.
But the way you grow is changing. You collect more data, add more digital applications and your greenhouse keeps expanding. As a result, your existing network runs into its limits more and more often.
Why is this happening?
Still working with only analog sensors, without digital communication between your equipment? That has served you well for many years, but it's becoming less suited to what modern greenhouse automation asks of you.
Such setups are relatively slow, hard to scale and often need extra components such as gateways and managed switches. That makes your installation more complex and prone to faults on the line.
Your greenhouse keeps growing in both size and complexity. You connect more sensors, add new departments and manage more and more processes digitally.
As a result, your network needs to cover longer distances and support more connected devices. Traditional network technologies were not designed for that, which often leads to extra cabling, extra hardware and a greater risk of installation errors. Maintenance increasingly calls for a different skill set too: installers are more likely to need a laptop than a multimeter to resolve issues, and network expertise has become essential to keep larger greenhouses running smoothly.
The further you expand your network, the more components you need to keep everything connected. Gateways, converters and managed switches let different technologies communicate, but they also make your network more complex.
That increases installation time, makes maintenance more challenging and makes troubleshooting harder. For you, it means more work and less time for your crop.
Data plays a bigger role in your business every year. Your sensors generate more information than ever, and digital services are becoming a bigger part of how you run your greenhouse day to day.
To support that growth, you need infrastructure that grows with you. Infrastructure that runs reliably today and prepares you for whatever comes next. With an open platform, you connect whatever you want, from any supplier, without locking yourself into a single system.
Traditional networks have served you well for many years. As greenhouse automation keeps evolving, the demands on your network are changing fast.
By investing in an open infrastructure that grows with new technologies and applications, you keep the freedom to choose what fits your crop best. You work smarter, avoid unnecessary complexity and stay ready for every next step.
