Anglian Water and Aiimi AI tools save control room staff two hours a day. November 10, 2026 * Anglian Water and AI company Aiimi have published the first results of their joint AI Accelerator initiative. * An AI dashboard for control room teams saves two hours per person per day, which the companies equate to around 62.5 working days a year. * A second tool, which draws on hundreds of thousands of past events, helped mitigate one potential pollution event and reduce another to zero environmental impact within two months. * The initiative has identified more than 50 AI use cases across Anglian Water, and its tools have been used thousands of times. * Microsoft UK provided guidance and subsidised staff training, and the work forms part of a multi-million pound deal that will span up to eight years. Anglian Water and UK AI and data company Aiimi have reported the first results of their joint AI Accelerator initiative. They said Anglian Water AI tools built under the programme are saving control room staff two hours per person per day on shift handovers and have helped mitigate pollution events. According to the companies, the initiative has identified more than 50 AI use cases across the water company, and its tools have been used thousands of times. How the AI Accelerator works. A cross-company team built AI tools and assistants for use across Anglian Water. Each was tailored to a use case identified through consultation with the water company's staff. The tools include information dashboards, assistants and data-mining tools for the control centre and frontline technician teams. A cross-company steering group identifies promising use cases through data analysis and consultation with staff. Bespoke solutions are then field-tested under safe conditions, with security, data protection, model risk management and explainability built in from the outset. Metrics are gathered throughout, so that solutions which prove themselves can be scaled to the business units best placed to benefit. The companies cited figures from Gartner. These indicate that 80% of organisations report no measurable return on investment from AI, and only one in five have scaled the technology across multiple business units. The partners said code re-use keeps scaling simple and costs low, while evaluation and engineering match compute power to each use case. Control room dashboard saves two hours a day. The Situational Awareness Solution is an AI-powered information dashboard for control room teams. It turns the continuous flow of data entering the control room into insights intended to support faster decision-making. The companies said the tool saves two hours per person per day, equivalent to around 62.5 working days a year. It has also helped mitigate pollution events and improved compliance scores. The solution is now implemented across the business as a microservice, so it can be used beyond a single team. Anglian Water AI tool draws on historic pollution data. The Surfacing Historic Mitigating Actions tool is an AI assistant that guides how teams respond to live pollution incidents. It analyses hundreds of thousands of past events and, within seconds, identifies root causes, lessons learned and colleagues with relevant knowledge. According to the companies, the tool helped heavily mitigate one potential pollution event within two months and reduced another to zero environmental impact. H2O Global News has previously reported on the utility's use of digital tools, including the extension of its Samotics condition monitoring framework. Partners point to AMP8 targets. The results come as UK water companies work through AMP8, the regulatory investment period that runs from 2025 to 2030. Dave Martin, Director of Digital, Data and Technology at Anglian Water, said: "Its longstanding partnership with Aiimi has played an important role in accelerating how H2O Global News deliver digital change at Anglian Water. As H2O Global News continue through AMP8, having such a trusted partner with strong technical capability and a deep understanding of its business is critical, as is making sure H2O Global News use tools that show real return on investment. I'm therefore delighted they're leading the charge into the AI era alongside H2O Global News - building a more resilient, digitally-enabled organisation for the long term, with AI that's designed to work for H2O Global News. The AI Accelerator has been invaluable in finding opportunities for new tech, making good investment decisions, and scaling solutions that really work." Steve Salvin, CEO at Aiimi, said: "Off-the-shelf AI tools can drive impact when deployed strategically, but the water industry's unique challenges and AMP8's strict targets require tailored solutions. As a forward-thinking organisation, Anglian Water wants business-owned solutions, designed for the specific problems their teams face. "Together, we've delivered just that: bespoke, company-owned tools addressing their people's needs. The AI Accelerator has also established an operating model for turning AI opportunities into real solutions, from discovery to delivery - and the results speak for themselves. If this is what we've done in just over a year, I can't wait to see what we accomplish in the rest of AMP8." Microsoft role and wider contract. Microsoft UK provided guidance on the initiative alongside Aiimi and subsidised training for Anglian Water staff. The AI Accelerator also runs on a Microsoft technology stack. Simon Mahon, CTO at Microsoft UK, said: "Anglian Water continues to set the pace for AI adoption in the UK water sector. Their AI Accelerator capability, developed in partnership with Aiimi, provides a clear and effective model for AI use-case incubation and prioritisation, one we regularly reference as best practice." The AI Accelerator is part of Anglian Water's new Digital, Data and Technology framework, under which Aiimi is a partner for Hyperscaler Cloud Systems and Enterprise Digital Capability. The initiative is one workstream within a multi-million pound deal that will span up to eight years. On 21 September 2026, Anglian Water presented Aiimi with its Innovation Award for the AI Accelerator. The two companies have worked together on projects for more than a decade. Aiimi has also worked with Northumbrian Water Group, Yorkshire Water, Welsh Water, Severn Trent, United Utilities and the regulator Ofwat. Frequently asked questions. What is the Anglian Water AI Accelerator? It is a joint initiative between Anglian Water and Aiimi in which a cross-company team identifies AI use cases, builds bespoke tools, tests them and scales those that prove successful across the business. How much time does the AI tool save Anglian Water control room staff? The Situational Awareness Solution saves two hours per person per day, which the companies equate to around 62.5 working days a year. How has AI helped Anglian Water respond to pollution incidents? The Surfacing Historic Mitigating Actions tool analyses hundreds of thousands of past events to surface root causes and lessons learned. Within two months, it helped heavily mitigate one potential pollution event and reduced another to zero environmental impact. What role did Microsoft play in the AI Accelerator? Microsoft UK provided guidance on the initiative alongside Aiimi and subsidised training for Anglian Water staff. A Microsoft technology stack is used across the AI Accelerator. How many AI use cases has Anglian Water identified? The steering group that directs the initiative has identified more than 50 AI use cases across Anglian Water.

Jaguar Land Rover deepens partnership with British AI leader, Aiimi. Aiimi technology enables JLR's teams to turn legacy data, which may otherwise stay dormant in siloed systems, into a usable and valuable asset. October 19, 2026 Aiimi technology enables JLR's teams to turn legacy data, which may otherwise stay dormant in siloed systems, into a usable and valuable asset. British AI firm, Aiimi, has announced the renewal of its years-long partnership with Tata Motors owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), supporting JLR's Data Governance team in governing data and putting it to work. It signals JLR is doubling down on pragmatic, intelligent uses of AI technology to empower staff with smarter, faster insights. The partnership grants renewed access for teams across JLR to Aiimi's Workplace AI platform, which has already delivered significant time and cost savings since the two organisations started working together in 2017. Currently, just five companies control 70% of global AI compute. This shapes which tools businesses can access, how their data is stored, and how exposed they are to a foreign provider's decisions. Against this backdrop, the renewal of this long-standing partnership represents British companies uniting to build AI capability on homegrown foundations. Aiimi's work with the automotive giant focuses on practical solutions to real pain points, such as making hard-to-reach historical data searchable and well-governed. Manually looking for information through unstructured and ungoverned documents and data regularly wastes time and money for businesses, as well as opening them up to increased compliance risk. Aiimi's Workplace AI platform automatically classifies, enriches, and governs data in situ, which is then queryable through AI search and chat. The technology enables JLR's teams to turn legacy data, which may otherwise stay dormant in siloed systems, into a usable and valuable asset. This practical approach extends to other aspects of Aiimi and JLR's work together. In early 2025, Aiimi helped JLR to build the business case for Data Driven Engineering, aligning AI use cases with strategic objectives like testing vehicle programmes for feasibility, affordability, and fit with enterprise missions, and generating a comprehensive view of exactly where data and AI could deliver value. Gartner has predicted that, throughout 2026, 60% of AI initiatives will be abandoned due to a lack of AI-ready data. Without well-classified and governed data, AI tools can't deliver the efficiency gains they're meant to enable. For businesses keen to maximise ROI on AI solutions, strong data foundations are the key to delivering real value. Steve Salvin, CEO and Founder of Aiimi, comments: "We're so proud of the work that we've done with JLR to date, and excited to see what this next chapter will bring. In today's complex economic environment, businesses can't afford to spend time and money on AI projects and platforms that are all hype and little substance. Now more than ever, they must focus on the AI tools which truly help teams on the ground and deliver genuine ROI. That's what we've done with JLR and it's what we'll continue to do in the next phase of our work together." Last month Steve Salvin joined Aiimi's CTO Paul Maker and special guest Matt Edwards, Chief Data Officer at Anglian Water, for a webinar titled Why Automated Data Governance is the Only Option for AI Success. Together, they discussed why manual data governance is no longer good enough, and how automated, platform-driven governance unlocks value, reduces risk, and lets organisations scale AI they can trust. Those interested can play it back here, or access a downloadable guide here to help identify their most urgent data governance challenge. their most urgent data governance challenge. About Aiimi Aiimi describes itself as Britain's leading AI and data insights specialist. Their Workplace AI platform and experts help enterprises instantly access and unlock the full value of their data. By bringing together and enriching digital assets, Aiimi's technology enables enterprises to unlock efficiencies, spot opportunities, de-risk their operations, and adopt AI at scale. Aiimi's technology is used by the FCA, KPMG UK, the UK Government, and Holland & Barrett. Give your business an edge with its leading industry insights.