Repsol develops digital brain
The IOC is moving towards Industry 4.0 by building its own AI-based analytics platform
The digital transformation of Spain's Repsol is being driven by data and AI. Almost 60pc of the over 200 initiatives launched as part of the company’s digital programme correspond to projects related to the use of data and algorithms. AI is now the cornerstone of Repsol’s digital approach. And such is the importance of AI that Repsol has developed its own Big Data analytics platform hosted in the cloud, called ARiA, with the aim to scale up the use of data and analytics into most of the company’s business processes. Repsol's Valero Marin Fundamentally, ARiA is Repsol's digital brain. It is the analytical platform that will facilita

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