The 2030 Factory Floor Will Be Data, Not Dust

Data Is the New Steel.🤖📊Factories once ran on gears, grease, and manpower. But today, the real machinery is invisible, streams of data powering predictive models, sensors, and AI loops.By 2030, assembly lines will look more like data centers: every robot, motor, and meter will generate insights instead of just output. Production will run not on metal and muscle, but on algorithms and uptime analytics.In this week’s StayWired, we explore how Industry 4.0 is redefining manufacturing, from predictive maintenance to digital twins and why the next great industrial revolution runs on bytes, not bolts.