Gareth Vest and Neil Walker explore the importance of a data-driven approach to O&M
By 2025, the amount of data generated globally by IoT devices will reach 79.4 zettabytes (ZB) — that’s 79 trillion gigabytes. And nowhere is this data explosion creating more of a challenge than in the infrastructure sector.
Almost every asset we’re managing, seeing acquired or building now comes with connected sensors built in — or the ability to add them at a trivial cost. They’re combining this data intelligence from maintenance reports and asset inspections. As a result, many infrastructure operators find themselves inundated with terabytes of data daily, covering almost every aspect of their assets’ status and operations.