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Ariel Santamaria is the vice president of Reliability 360 Operations at Advanced Technology Services, and is responsible for leading and executing reliability-centered initiatives.
Rapid changes in the utility industry have left many teams struggling to catch up. Increases in consumption from innovations like AI data centers, along with pressure to reduce waste and improve operational efficiency, call for enterprising solutions. Although plenty of utilities are stepping up to upgrade their monitoring systems, they don’t always have the tools or the processes to make the new data useful.
This situation can leave teams collecting data without a clear or consistent way to turn it into actionable insights. The use of analytics tools and creation of stronger data management processes can take that data and put it to effective use.
Utilities face a host of challenges to successfully utilizing data, including data overload and disconnected systems.
