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Scaling Predictive Maintenance for the Intelligent Utility

Continuous by design. Distributed by nature. Built to turn asset data into earlier action across the future grid
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Maintenance can't wait for the next inspection.
The issue is no longer proving predictive maintenance works
WHY THIS “SCALING PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE FOR THE INTELLIGENT UTILITY” CHALLENGE?

Utilities already monitor transformers, breakers, substations, turbines, and lines to reduce failures and extend asset life. Renewables, storage, and grid-edge devices are now creating a larger, more distributed asset landscape to manage

Key benefits
Asset Intelligence Must Scale With the Grid
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Turn scattered signals into earlier warnings

Detect degradation sooner across distributed assets before faults become failures

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See more assets. Send fewer emergency crews

Expand monitoring coverage while reducing reactive interventions and costly field disruption

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Move intelligence closer to the asset

Use edge AI, computer vision, thermal imaging and acoustic monitoring to accelerate operational response

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Make maintenance planning less reactive

Improve asset utilization, workforce productivity and lifecycle decisions with continuous operational visibility

How NTT DATA helps

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Utility-wide predictive maintenance strategy

Moving from isolated monitoring initiatives to scalable digital asset management models that match the future grid

Technical team monitoring digital substation systems in an industrial control room
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AI, edge and digital twin integration

Predictive analytics, digital twins, edge computing, and operational data connect so asset decisions happen closer to real conditions

Field technician using virtual reality for industrial digital twin inspection
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Private 5G-enabled asset connectivity

Communications architectures handle massive sensor density, high-frequency data, video inspections, and mobile monitoring platforms

Technician inspecting server infrastructure for private 5G asset connectivity
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Inspection modernization at scale

Drones, computer vision, thermal imaging, and acoustic monitoring integrate into practical workflows for field and asset teams

Field technicians using drone technology for large-scale infrastructure inspection
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Operating models that keep intelligence useful

Beyond connecting more sensors, asset data turns into maintenance decisions, planning discipline, and measurable operational value

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Technician monitoring predictive maintenance at an electrical substation
Proven impact
Earlier detection, fewer failures

Longer asset life follows when predictive maintenance scales with the grid instead of trailing behind it

Results that matter
Measurable Gains From Predictive Maintenance
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Reduce unplanned asset failures

20–40% reduction

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From reactive maintenance to controlled cost

10–25% reduction in maintenance costs

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Extend infrastructure value

10–20% extension in asset lifetime

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Improve inspection economics

15–35% reduction in inspection costs

Predictive Maintenance for the Intelligent Utility

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