Advanced AMR Technologies is a subsidiary of Peabody , MA based AES Corp., (no affiliation with NYSE listed AES Corporation). AES Corp was founded in 1974 as a contract-engineering firm providing PCB design and manufacturing services. In 1976, under contract to the U.S. Government, AES Corp. began developing products for specialized security applications. This expanded from not only providing security component products, but also to provide security installation and design services to US Government facilities around the world. This family of products and services fueled the companies' growth for over two decades.

In the early 1990s, AES Corp. responded to a U.S. Government request to develop a wireless communications network that would serve the security communications needs of Americans in remote and often hostile parts of the world. The challenge was to create a 2-way data network that required no dedicated radio towers, no reliance on local phone or cellular providers, met high reliability standards, and was easy to install. As a result, AES Corp .developed and patented the first long-range wireless mesh network, known as AES-IntelliNet. AES-IntelliNet technology quickly became the industry leader in the Fire and Security Alarm industry in the 1990s and serves other market needs such as Home Arrest Monitoring, Vehicle Tracking and Vending Machine management.

Using this same AES-IntelliNet technology, AES developed a new family of products (AES-IntelliMeter) in 2000 specifically to serve the energy information and control needs of the Energy Management industry. These products monitor, report and control energy usage in situations that require real time, wide area, low cost energy management solutions that were previously not practical.

The Advanced AMR Technologies business unit of AES Corporation was established to serve this market.