Aligned Energy
Aligned Energy optimizes the management of its data centers with AVEVA PI System
Aligned Energy wanted to meet its customers' changing needs by making energy consumption and billing at its data centers far more transparent and flexible. The challenge was to take full advantage of the real-time data available and to manage load demands that varied widely from one customer to another, which required detailed modeling of the relationships between assets. The company deployed the AVEVA PI System Asset Framework to build customer portals with dashboards dedicated to capacity planning, utilization and billing information. Customers can now monitor their own consumption and unused capacity, turning the business relationship into a data-driven partnership. Billing transparency is significantly improved thanks to customized charging points. Aligned Energy thus strengthens the trust, flexibility and agility it offers its customers, while optimizing the management of its own data center infrastructure.
FAQ
How does AVEVA PI System make data center billing more transparent?
Aligned Energy deployed the AVEVA PI System Asset Framework to build customer portals with dedicated dashboards for capacity planning, usage and billing. Customers access their energy consumption and unused capacity in real time, while customized charging stations make billing more transparent. This data-driven approach turns an opaque business relationship into a trusted partnership, a major strategic differentiator in an extremely competitive data center market.
Why is modeling relationships between assets essential in a data center?
A modern data center involves thousands of interdependent assets: servers, racks, PDUs, UPSs, air conditioners and generators. The Asset Framework in AVEVA PI System models these relationships in detail at Aligned Energy, making it possible to understand how a customer's consumption translates into power load, cooling and capacity. This contextualization turns raw data into actionable information and is the foundation for flexible billing adapted to load profiles that vary from one customer to another.
How does AVEVA PI System support capacity planning in a data center?
Aligned Energy uses PI System dashboards to give its customers visibility into their used and unused capacity. This transparency allows customers to anticipate their needs, plan expansions and optimize their data center footprint. For Aligned Energy, it is also a strategic management tool: the platform reveals where available capacity lies and makes it easier to allocate to new customers. In a sector where electrical capacity is scarce and expensive, this data-driven management has become a key competitive factor.
How can load demands that vary from one customer to another be managed?
Aligned Energy's customers have very different consumption profiles: power-hungry AI workloads, steady transactional applications and overnight backups. AVEVA PI System segments these profiles and enables billing adapted to each load pattern. Rather than a uniform rate disconnected from reality, each customer pays according to actual consumption and benefits from flexible mechanisms. This customization is made easier by the rich modeling of the Asset Framework and turns the B2B relationship into a service truly aligned with needs.
What commercial benefits does a data center operator gain from AVEVA PI System?
For Aligned Energy, AVEVA PI System strengthens the trust, flexibility and agility offered to customers while optimizing management of internal infrastructure. Transparency becomes a differentiating selling point against traditional competitors. Customer portals speed up conversions and build loyalty among existing accounts. Real-time data also makes it easier to detect upsell opportunities (additional capacity, value-added services). It is an emblematic use case of the business value generated by industrial digital transformation.