Côte-d'Or department, Akila and ThinkDeep build operations agents in a sovereign digital twin of public buildings
In France, the Department of Côte-d'Or, Akila and ThinkDeep built operations agents combining sensor, infrastructure and historical data in a sovereign digital twin using NVIDIA Nemotron, Omniverse and accelerated computing. Across more than 500 public buildings the agents support energy, compliance, safety and climate resilience; the source states they cut document search time from weeks to minutes and reduce total operating costs by 10%, targeting 30% at scale.
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In France, the Department of Côte-d'Or, Akila and ThinkDeep built operations agents combining sensor, infrastructure and historical data in a sovereign digital twin using NVIDIA Nemotron, Omniverse and accelerated computing. Across more than 500 public buildings the agents support energy, compliance, safety and climate resilience; the source states they cut document search time from weeks to minutes and reduce total operating costs by 10%, targeting 30% at scale.
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The Department of Côte-d'Or, Akila and ThinkDeep built operations agents that combine sensor, infrastructure and historical data in a sovereign digital twin, using NVIDIA Nemotron, Omniverse and accelerated computing. Cosmos adoption is planned for video data. Across more than 500 public buildings, the agents support energy, compliance, safety and climate resilience.
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According to the NVIDIA blog, the agents cut document search time from weeks to minutes and reduce total operating costs by 10%, with a target of 30% at scale. The figures are reported by the source and not independently measured.
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