60% of Nordic Utilities Cite Automation Gaps as Barrier to Data-Driven Decisions, Itron Finds

By Public Technologies
  • Itron's Oct. 19, 2026, report identifies inadequate automation as Nordic utilities' leading barrier to data-driven decisions, cited by 60%.
  • Load growth tops grid pressures at 47%; customer expectations and distributed energy resource growth each register 38%.
  • Major data investments enabled at least two additional use cases for 87% of Nordic utilities; 47% report four or more.
  • Technical integration hinders data-driven decisions at 49% of utilities, followed by data quality at 43%.
  • Over the next three years, cloud analytics leads investment priorities at 24%, followed by executive decision support at 22%.


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