Akila Deployed in Deloitte’s Hermitage Data Center in Nashville to Optimize Energy Usage with Advanced Digital Twin Technology 

NASHVILLE, TN – August 19, 2024 – Akila is proud to announce the successful deployment of its innovative digital twin technology at Deloitte's Hermitage Data Center in Nashville. This project demonstrates how advanced data collection and analytics can enhance building performance, sustainability, and provide comprehensive insights across multiple systems. The deployment marks a significant advancement in leveraging technology to meet sustainability goals, optimize operational efficiency, and enable data-driven decision-making in complex environments.

“More than 39% of carbon emissions come from the built environment. In the United States, the power grid is often complex and highly localized. How and where real estate companies choose to source that energy from can have an impact on individual asset and portfolio wide emissions, costs, and resiliency. In fact, when given several options for top sustainability initiatives for 2024, 40% of global real estate respondents to the 2024 Outlook survey said installing or procuring renewable energy sources such as wind or solar was their top priority.”

Transforming data center operations with digital twin technology

The Hermitage Data Center, a critical hub for Deloitte's operations, has integrated Akila's digital twin solution to revolutionize how building data is collected, aggregated, and analyzed. This cutting-edge technology enables:

1. Real-time monitoring and simulation of physical and digital assets

2. Establishment of detailed baselines for building performance

3. Aggregation of data from multiple systems for comprehensive reporting

4. Tracking of performance anomalies and energy conservation measures (ECMs)

5. Transparent performance tracking across various metrics

By implementing the digital twin, Deloitte aims to reduce energy consumption, lower operational costs, and gain deeper insights into their facility's performance. This initiative aligns with Deloitte's broader commitment to sustainability, innovation, and operational excellence.

“We are thrilled to partner with Deloitte in implementing our digital twin technology at the Hermitage Data Center,” said Mark Bawtree, Chief Sustainability Officer at Akila. “This project exemplifies how digital twins can revolutionize portfolio management by providing comprehensive insights at system, building, and portfolio levels, while enabling transparent non-financial data reporting.”

Balancing sustainability, security, and data-driven insights

Akila's digital twin technology is engineered to meet the highest international standards for data security protocols. This ensures that while optimizing energy use and providing detailed performance data, the solution maintains the robust security, essential for sensitive environments like data centers.

Built to generate comprehensive reports that provide insights at system, individual building and portfolio levels. This balance of efficiency, enterprise-grade security, and portfolio-wide transparency demonstrates the versatility and strength of Akila's solutions in meeting the complex needs of modern real estate and data center management.

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Deloitte's Hermitage Data Center now serves as a flagship example of how organizations can leverage cutting-edge technology to drive performance, ensure security, and promote environmental responsibility across their entire real estate portfolio. The project illustrates the potential for digital twin technology to transform building management on a large scale, preparing organizations for the increasing demands of non-financial data reporting, operational efficiency, and data security in the digital age.

About Akila

Akila is a cloud-based digital twin data platform for the built environment. It is our mission to transform the full lifecycle of properties to be more sustainable through data. Akila gives building owners and tenants unprecedented control over the performance of their buildings with the Akila Platform and operational SUITES, scalable to entire portfolios.

Since 2021, Akila has been expanding rapidly. As of today, we have a team of 150+ people across Asia, Europe, and North America, with in-house engineering, AI, and R&D teams. Akila's customers span many industries and property types, from retail to hospitals, and factories to office towers totaling totalling over 100 million square sqft managed across 300 deployment sites.

We are striving to be the go-to platform for decarbonizing buildings for organizations across the world.

Media contact: Sharon Chen Head of North America, Akila sharon.chen@akila3d.com