Building OT Resilience: Energy Management for Manufacturing

Within manufacturing, energy management has emerged as a critical driver of operational resilience, competitiveness and sustainability. With rising energy costs, growing environmental regulations, and pressure to reduce carbon emissions, manufacturers must prioritise visibility and control over energy consumption. Splunk’s approach to energy management centres on three key metrics - energy cost, energy efficiency and carbon footprint - and provides manufacturers with a unified, real-time view across buildings, data centres and factory operations. Leveraging the Splunk Sustainability Toolkit and integrations like Electricity Maps, organisations can monitor and optimise energy usage down to the device level, identify inefficiencies, and ensure compliance with global frameworks such as CSRD, EED and EPBD.

The platform ingests data from a wide array of IT and OT sources to deliver actionable insights through dashboards, alerts and machine learning-powered forecasts. This allows businesses to make informed decisions, implement energy-saving strategies and strengthen resilience at scale. Real-world results from manufacturers highlight significant cost reductions and emissions savings - up to 30% lower energy costs and 25% fewer emissions. From optimising peak energy usage and machine standby modes to shifting data centre workloads based on real-time carbon intensity, Splunk enables data-driven energy strategies that reduce environmental impact and improve business outcomes.