GeSI Member Spotlight: Tata Consultancy Services

From Data Silos to Decarbonisation: Scaling Intelligent Energy Management with TCS Clever Energy™

As enterprises face mounting regulatory pressure, growing energy costs, and increasingly stringent ESG reporting requirements, energy and emissions management remains a complex challenge. For many organisations, data remains fragmented across operational technology (OT), IT systems, and multiple sites, making it difficult to optimise energy consumption and meet decarbonisation goals in real-time.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) addresses this issue through TCS Clever Energy™, available on Microsoft Azure Marketplace. This solution integrates energy and emissions data into a unified, intelligent environment, enabling organisations to manage energy performance across their entire operation while embedding sustainability into their daily decision-making processes.

The Challenge: Operational Complexity in Energy & Emissions Management

For global enterprises with multiple facilities, energy performance data often resides in separate, siloed systems, making it difficult for leadership teams to gain visibility across operations. Reporting is often retrospective, and energy inefficiency remains undetected until it escalates into higher costs and increased emissions.

The challenge is clear:

Fragmented data across systems leads to limited visibility and delayed decision-making.
Manual processes hinder the speed at which organisations can respond to inefficiencies or optimisation opportunities.
Lack of integration makes it difficult to align sustainability goals with operational performance.

As regulatory scrutiny intensifies, organisations need more than just energy data—they need an integrated, real-time system that enables them to optimise energy performance and drive decarbonisation across all operations.

The Solution: TCS Clever Energy™: A Digital Twin–Enabled Energy Intelligence Platform

TCS Clever Energy™ provides a comprehensive, cloud-based, IoT-enabled platform that integrates energy and emissions data across facilities into a unified digital twin environment. This solution connects operational technology (OT) and IT systems, providing real-time monitoring, predictive analytics, and AI-driven insights that support proactive decision-making.

Key features of TCS Clever Energy™ include:

Real-time monitoring of energy consumption and emissions
Centralised dashboards for visibility across multi-site operations
AI-powered anomaly detection that identifies inefficiencies before they scale
Predictive analytics that enable proactive optimisation

By leveraging Microsoft Azure’s cloud infrastructure, the solution ensures scalability, security, and rapid deployment across global operations. It offers enterprises the flexibility to standardise energy intelligence while adapting to local regulatory contexts.

The Impact: Measurable Environmental and Financial Outcomes

TCS Clever Energy™ transforms energy and emissions management by turning data into actionable insights. Organisations that have adopted the platform report significant improvements in both environmental and financial performance.

The results are clear:

8–15% reduction in energy-related operating expenses (OPEX) due to real-time optimisation and early anomaly detection
8–15% reduction in CO₂ emissions achieved through the platform’s integrated intelligence and predictive analytics
Up to 300% return on investment (ROI) within 8–16 months, demonstrating how sustainability and profitability can go hand in hand
Rapid standardisation across global operations, with implementation realised within 2 months

These results demonstrate how operational efficiency and decarbonisation can advance in parallel. By embedding energy intelligence into core processes, enterprises enhance regulatory readiness, strengthen ESG reliability, and unlock sustainable cost optimisation.

A Blueprint for Digital Sustainability at Scale

TCS Clever Energy™ illustrates how IoT, AI, cloud computing, and digital twin technologies can converge to enable system-level sustainability transformation.

By integrating energy data across distributed operations, the solution connects environmental performance directly with financial and operational outcomes—supporting resilient, future-ready enterprises.

This approach aligns with the GeSI vision of Digital with Purpose: leveraging advanced digital infrastructure not only to optimise operations, but to accelerate systemic sustainability transformation across industries.