The companies combine dynamic lighting and AI climate control as they aim to create more precise controlled environment agriculture
Sollum Technologies has announced a strategic partnership with Optimal, a leader in AI greenhouse control.
According to the lighting specialist, the collaboration integrates Sollum’s 100 per cent dynamic LED lighting with Optimal’s AI climate and irrigation control platform.
The aim is to enable growers to precisely execute their desired growing strategy under rapidly changing weather conditions.
“Growers today use Optimal to create their desired climate conditions without spending hours adjusting settings,” said Dave Hunter, CEO and founder of Optimal.
“With Optimal, growers spend less than ten minutes per week on climate and irrigation control, yet achieve higher yield, quality, and energy efficiency.
”Lighting is one of the most powerful levers in a greenhouse,” Hunter explained. “Integrating with Sollum’s dynamic LEDs gives our AI the flexibility to adjust that lever in real time. It’s a natural extension of our platform.”
By integrating with Sollum’s proprietary SUN as a Service platform, Optimal’s AI anticipates the impact of light and balances it with climate and irrigation in real time, the group stated.
Optimal said that its AI updates settings in the grower’s existing control computer, resulting in a fully automated system that executes growing strategies 24/7 across lighting, climate, and irrigation.
“Our dynamic lighting solution was built to adapt – and this partnership takes that adaptability to the next level,” noted François R.-Moisan, co-founder and CTO at Sollum.
“By connecting with Optimal’s decision-making engine, our platform becomes even more responsive to crop needs.
”Together, we’re providing growers with a seamless and intelligent way to optimise production,” he added.
