Customer Voices - Research Center Scada System by CERN

In this interview, Fernando Varela from CERN’s Industrial Controls Systems Group explains how WinCC OA has become a core part of CERN’s control systems over the past 25 years. He shares how the platform supports everything from particle accelerators to complex detector infrastructures.

Fernando talks about what it takes to operate millions of datapoints reliably, why distributed and redundant architectures are essential at CERN, and how both standard and custom protocols fit naturally into their environment. He also explains how the close partnership with ETM and the ongoing support have helped CERN keep its systems stable and ready for future challenges.