Case Study: Jacobs achieves 20% plantwide power savings with Palantir Foundry

Driving power savings at Agua Nueva with predictive modeling + operations

Jacobs, a global solutions firm, sought to shift its water treatment plant operations from reactive to proactive at its Agua Nueva site. The challenge involved overcoming data overload from SCADA systems and lagging performance indicators, which forced operators to rely on qualitative gut-decisions instead of predictive insights for optimization. To address this, Jacobs partnered with Palantir and deployed the Palantir Foundry platform to accelerate its digital transformation.

By implementing Palantir Foundry, Jacobs integrated real-time sensor, lab, and financial data to build predictive models. This solution provided operators with simple, actionable email recommendations for blower set points, creating a direct feedback loop between the field and data scientists. As a result, Palantir helped Jacobs achieve a 20% plantwide power savings, reduce electricity usage from 2,000 to 1,500 KWh per million gallons treated, eliminate operational fines, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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