LTTS Partners with Databricks to Advance Industrial AI

12 Jun 2026 CW Team

L&T Technology Services (LTTS) has entered a strategic partnership with Databricks to co-develop Industrial AI solutions for asset-intensive industries, including energy, petrochemicals, and manufacturing. The collaboration leverages LTTS’ engineering expertise across 600+ major plants with Databricks’ AI and analytics platform to convert operational data into actionable Engineering Intelligence.

The partnership will deliver solutions spanning Predictive Asset Reliability, Energy & Emissions Optimisation, Overall Equipment Effectiveness, Production and Quality Intelligence, and Sustainability Analytics. By integrating real-time data, AI, machine learning, and natural language insights, industrial teams can access, analyse, and act on operational intelligence with speed and accuracy.

Julien Debbard, Director for Energy and Utilities at Databricks, highlighted that combining domain expertise with AI platforms bridges the gap between raw data and actionable engineering insights. Alind Saxena, Executive Director at LTTS, added that the outcomes-driven collaboration aims to unlock measurable business value at scale for global clients.

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