According to an analysis done by the Institute for Information Industry, as global warming becomes an increasingly serious problem, the development of cross-industry technologies like smart grids that combine energy and ICT is inevitable.
據資策會分析，在地球暖化「大限」將屆、燃煤發電廠已成為眾矢之的的情況下，智慧電網這種結合「能源」與「資通訊」的跨產業發展已勢不可擋。