Emirates Global Aluminium, Microsoft to team up on Industry 4.0, digitalisation

Emirates Global Aluminium, Microsoft to team up on Industry 4.0, digitalisation

UAE - Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the largest industrial company in the UAE outside oil and gas, and Microsoft UAE are to team up on Industry 4.0 and broader digital transformation. The tie-up aims to set global best practice for the aluminium industry while improving the sustainability of EGA’s computing operations.

Both Microsoft and EGA are members of the UAE Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology’s Industry 4.0 Champions Network, which aims to accelerate Industry 4.0 adoption across UAE industry.

Under the new agreement, the two companies will work together to progress EGA’s Digital Roadmap, which is already transforming EGA’s operations through digital capabilities such as artificial intelligence and big data.

Power of cloud

EGA and Microsoft will leverage the power of cloud computing to accelerate and scale the development of new digital solutions, shifting a third of EGA’s server infrastructure and applications to Microsoft Azure Cloud.

Through digital transformation and by driving increased efficiencies, Microsoft’s cloud will empower EGA to make substantial energy savings. EGA is estimating to reduce the energy consumption of its overall computing operations by up to 65% and CO2 emissions by more than 80%.

EGA will also develop a private Microsoft Azure Cloud at its sites, shifting a further third of