# 01 - DERMS Architecture: Aggregating Millions of Distributed Resources

Designing DERMS systems to aggregate and manage millions of distributed energy resources: architecture, scaling and optimization.

## What you'll learn

- The Management Systems Hierarchy
- Reference Standards: IEEE 2030.x and OpenADR
- Key Architectural Principles
- How VPP Aggregation Works
- DER Data Model

*This article is part of the **EnergyTech** series on federicocalo.dev.*

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## Read the full article

The complete article (26 min read) with code examples, diagrams, and practical exercises is available here:

**➡️ [01 - DERMS Architecture: Aggregating Millions of Distributed Resources](https://federicocalo.dev/en/blog/derms-architecture-aggregating-distributed-resources)**

`https://federicocalo.dev/en/blog/derms-architecture-aggregating-distributed-resources`

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*By [Federico Calò](https://federicocalo.dev) — Software Developer & Technical Writer*