In October 2017, GE announced a software and professional services agreement with the New York State Power Authority (NYPA).

NYPA intended to work with GE to explore the digitalization, from its 16 generating facilities and 1,400 miles of electricity transmission network, to the more than 1,000 public buildings it monitors throughout the state.

The company uses GE Digital's Proficy MES in their engine manufacturing facility in Changshu, connecting more than 100,000 integration points on a real time basis across 500 machines on the shop floor.

On April 5, 2020, the prime minister of India asked citizens to turn off their lights for nine minutes in a show of solidarity in the fight against COVID-19.

In Charleston, Tennessee, Wacker produces up to 20,000 tons of polycristaline silicon each year, a critical component for the solar photovoltaic and wider electronics sector.