Paris — At the Salon des Maires et des Collectivités Locales, Akila, a digital-twin and artificial-intelligence platform dedicated to building performance, and Ubicité, a national operator of territorial digital solutions and a subsidiary of Altitude Group, announced a strategic alliance designed to accelerate the sustainable, long-term modernization of public buildings at scale.

Ubicité: territorial expertise serving public-sector performance

Ubicité designs, integrates and operates long-term, sovereign data-collection networks that support local authorities strengthen public-sector performance.

As a subsidiary of Altitude Group, France’s third-largest telecom-infrastructure operator, Ubicité draws on more than twenty years nationwide deployment of open and sovereign networks. This experience positions Ubicité as a trusted partner engaged in ambitious modernization strategies.

Ubicité operates across the entire value chain:

• IoT and LoRaWAN networks
• Installation and operation of sensors
• Energy and environmental monitoring
• Public-building management
• Territorial operations and field support

With UbiOne, its new 360° territorial monitoring and data-visualization platform, Ubicité provides local authorities with a unified, sovereign environment for visualizing assets, analyzing usage patterns monitoring performance indicators and supporting strategic decision-making

Merging territorial infrastructure and building intelligence

Under the partnership, Akila integrates its operational digital twin and unified data model with Ubicité’s territorial IoT ecosystem, creating a seamless digital continuum from real-time sensing through to strategic decision-making.

This collaboration builds on an initial deployment in Côte-d’Or, where Ubicité delivered a sovereign architecture for IoT and public-building data. Akila will now extend this foundation by activating its NVIDIA-powered AI agents to optimize energy performance, maintenance operations, comfort and investment planning.

“Ubicité relies on the national presence of Altitude Group to deliver reliable and sovereign digital services to local authorities. Our alliance with Akila creates a new form of digital continuity between territorial infrastructure and building optimization. It offers a concrete, operational response to the performance and sustainability challenges facing public assets.”

— Guillaume Rochette, Managing Director, Ubicité

A sovereign model for France and Europe

Akila provides a digital-twin and AI platform deployed across several million m² worldwide. Built on a semantic data model, OpenUSD integration, and a unified reference of assets, the solution turns fragmented data into actionable operational intelligence.

Its AI agents — powered by NVIDIA technologies — automatically optimise HVAC, energy consumption, maintenance, work planning and carbon performance.

“Ubicité’s territorial presence and the strength of Altitude Group make it the ideal partner to deploy the Akila digital twin at scale in France and Europe.” says Pierre-Manuel Patry, EMEA Director at Akila. “Together, we are building a fully sovereign end-to-end modelfrom the sensor layer to investment committees, delivering immediate and measurable results.”

An ambitious and replicable roadmap

The partnership includes:

• Extending the deployment in Côte-d’Or to other additional public buildings.
• Ensuring complementarity between UbiOne’s territorial monitoring platform and the Akila digital twin (building optimisation).
• Integrating Akila’s NVIDIA-based AI agents.
• Developing replicable models for municipalities, departments, metropolitan areas and regions.
• Building a 100% sovereign digital chain in cooperation with other French and European actors.

Together, Akila and Ubicité aim to provide local authorities with concrete, sovereign and AI-enabled solutions to enhance building performance, reduce carbon emissions, and modernize real-estate portfolios at scale.

Jotun, the global paints and coatings manufacturer operating in more than 100 countries, has selected Akila to deploy an AI-driven energy platform across its worldwide manufacturing portfolio.

Akila is proud to announce a strategic partnership with Jotun Group to deploy a unified energy-intelligence layer across Jotun’s production facilities worldwide. Headquartered in Norway and recognized as a leading manufacturer in its sector, Jotun operates extensive industrial sites across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, South East Asia & Pacific, North East Asia, Latin America and the Americas.

This program represents one of the most significant global energy-intelligence initiatives undertaken by Akila to date, establishing asset-level monitoring and portfolio-wide optimization from the outset—and positioning Jotun to unlock measurable savings across its global network.

Transforming Industrial Energy Management Across a Global Portfolio

Akila’s AI energy platform will integrate with Jotun’s existing metering and control infrastructure, while working with Jotun to add and integrate new sensors and gateways as required to reinforce and expand their data-capture infrastructure. All data—whether from existing or supplemental sources—will be unified within a single platform serving as the energy-intelligence layer across the portfolio.

The platform will deliver a unified data model for all energy-related insight, enabling Jotun to:

• Monitor electricity, energy quality, HVAC performance, compressed air, natural gas and other utilities across critical production assets
• Detect significant energy users and anomalies early and at scale
• Benchmark and optimize performance across regions, facilities and processes
• Reduce energy waste and improve operational efficiency across Scope 1 and Scope 2
• Track carbon footprints and align decisions with sustainability targets
• Apply AI-driven analytics for deviation detection, automated baseline comparison and actionable optimization recommendations

This unified approach ensures that operational teams gain consistent, portfolio-wide intelligence capable of driving targeted improvements and measurable cost reductions.

Accelerating Impact With Actionable Insight

Rapid deployment is central to this program. With Akila’s platform architecture, Jotun will begin receiving actionable insight within the first three months—enabling teams to identify savings opportunities quickly and apply corrective actions across the portfolio.

Historically, similar deployments have generated measurable savings of 3–5%, and this program aims to replicate and further improve energy savings across Jotun’s global manufacturing network.

A Milestone in Akila’s Portfolio-Level Vision

“Partnering with Jotun at this scale is a defining moment for Akila,” said Philippe Obry, Vice President, Akila. “This is exactly what the Akila platform was built for—centralizing industrial data at the global portfolio level to unlock advanced analytics, benchmarking and a clear pathway toward AI-driven optimization and asset performance.”

A Shared Commitment to Efficiency and Sustainability

“We selected Akila because their platform met our rigorous technical and safety requirements and demonstrated the transparency and collaboration we value,” said Trine Finnevolden, Group Technical Director HSEQ at Jotun. “This partnership will enable us to unlock new levels of energy performance, operational insight, and sustainability across our global manufacturing network.”

Akila is proud to support Jotun’s leadership in energy efficiency, operational excellence and sustainable industrial growth—setting a new benchmark for AI-led energy management across a global portfolio.

June 23rd, Sydney – Akila, a global leader in digital twin and smart building technology, today announced a strategic partnership with Thinxtra, an Australia-based Internet of Things (IoT) solutions provider. The collaboration marks a significant step in Akila’s regional expansion and demonstrates growing demand for digital solutions that drive sustainability, efficiency, and compliance across the built environment.

This partnership combines Akila’s advanced digital twin platform which unifies energy, asset, and carbon data into a single intelligent interface, with Thinxtra’s proven expertise in deploying connected IoT infrastructure across Australia and New Zealand. Akila powers the software intelligence layer enabling real-time monitoring, AI-led optimization, and portfolio-level decision-making, while Thinxtra delivers reliable field execution through expert integration, deployment, and support services.

The partnership is currently supporting the rollout of a smart building solution for a global retail brand with multiple commercial sites across Australia. This builds on a multi-year collaboration between Akila and the brand spanning Asia, Europe, and America, covering more than 4 million square meters of building assets. In Australia, Thinxtra ensures successful local implementation through hardware integration and connectivity, while Akila leads project delivery through its digital twin and AI-driven analytics engine.

“We’re proud to partner with Akila to bring smarter, more sustainable operations to life in Australia,” said Sam Sharief, Chief Operating Officer at Thinxtra. “The real value in any smart building project lies in turning raw data into actionable information, and doing it at scale. By combining Akila’s powerful platform with our local expertise in deploying connected solutions, we’re helping organisations unlock meaningful efficiencies, reduce waste and make faster, smarter decisions.”

The current rollout focuses on enabling data-driven energy management and operational optimization in 11 commercial sites across Australia. This project will include energy monitoring, HVAC optimization, asset management, and carbon tracking, providing full visibility into building performance across the portfolio. The solution is expected to deliver 15–20% energy savings, increase operational efficiency, and support ESG compliance, creating a scalable foundation for future sustainability initiatives.

“Australia is a key market in Akila’s global expansion strategy, and Thinxtra has been an exceptional partner in turning our platform’s potential into real-world outcomes,” said Calvin Sun, Head of Asia Pacific, Akila. “Their local knowledge, professionalism, and technical execution give us confidence in scaling Akila projects throughout the region.”

Following the success of this deployment, Akila and Thinxtra plan to extend their collaboration across Australia and New Zealand, and deepen their impact within the regional facility management sector.

About Thinxtra

Thinxtra enables efficient, cost-effective, and scalable IoT solutions for asset tracking, facilities management and utilities. With extensive experience delivering complex technology projects across Australia and New Zealand, Thinxtra empowers organisations to take control of their critical infrastructure with smart, reliable solutions.

Learn more at https://thinxtra.com/