Alinta Energy achieved one million dollars in cost savings by adopting Databricks cloud-based software thus achieving better performance as well as improved observability and AI-driven analytics capability.

The conversion of Alinta Energy data architecture from Microsoft Azure to Databricks SaaS-based platform led to the elimination of more than $1 million in production platform expenses. Jake Roussis presented evidence at a Databricks event in Melbourne about how the company saved 40–50% of their costs during 12 months.

Alinta shifted from using Azure Synapse together with Tableau and Power BI to adopt Databricks SaaS tools that now power their complete SQL warehouse operation. The infrastructure savings were boosted by another 38% annually because of the platform replacement which resulted in better monitoring and enhanced system speed.

Databricks' Software as a Service platform fixed regular resource depletion problems and introduced absolute time monitoring capabilities with alert notification features. The database query optimizations of Databricks allowed Roussis to simplify data workflows because it provided faster and more efficient processing capabilities.

Alinta implemented its first generative AI SaaS solution through the AI/BI Genie proof-of-concept for call center agents to use natural language when querying customer information. Roussis underscored that responsible AI deployment requires keepable models and strong protective frameworks that are currently under development.

SaaS remains a strategic focus at Alinta as the organization works toward enhancing AI reliability and distribution throughout its business systems.