NTT DATA, NTT Infranet, NTT East, Tokyo Gas Network, TEPCO Power Grid, EARTHBRAIN, and SoftBank have been selected as the planned implementation sites for the “Digital Infrastructure Development Project for Industrial DX/Research and Development on Foundations Contributing to the Early Implementation of Digital Lifelines” publicly solicited by NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization).
Specifically, they will develop an infrastructure management DX system, develop data preparation tools, efficiently prepare data on underground infrastructure information, and demonstrate use cases.

Each infrastructure operator, such as an electric power or telecommunications operator, has their own infrastructure equipment information. This information is managed individually and is not shared.
On the other hand, when considering reconstruction plans in the event of a disaster, local governments need to individually grasp the equipment status and damage status of each infrastructure operator, and collecting this information takes time. To solve these problems, the seven companies have developed an infrastructure management DX system that will enable data sharing of equipment information from each infrastructure operator, and will enable excavation operators to check buried sites, machine guidance for construction machinery during excavation work, and information sharing in the event of a disaster.

Furthermore, they aim to standardize the operations of infrastructure operators and optimize resources.

NTT DATA will be responsible for the development of the infrastructure management DX system and overall project management.

NTT Infranet will also be involved in the development of the infrastructure management DX system. In addition, it will be responsible for developing data preparation tools and systems for checking underground buried objects.

NTT East Japan, Tokyo Gas Network, and TEPCO Power Grid will conduct data preparation of underground infrastructure information and verify its efficiency.

EARTHBRAIN will develop and demonstrate machine guidance for excavation. SoftBank will be in charge of developing and demonstrating a system for understanding and sharing damage situations in the event of a disaster.

The key to this initiative is to collect information held by infrastructure operators such as telecommunications, electricity, and gas operators, and visualize and manage the location information of underground pipelines and other objects with a high degree of accuracy.

They are also considering the distribution of such data. Because infrastructure information is sensitive information related to national security, they are prioritizing security and are distributing it in the form of spatial IDs. This type of initiative will be one of the key points.
As data sharing between infrastructure operators progresses, it may lead to the creation of new businesses.
They plan to implement this in society and test it in Saitama City and Hachioji City.

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