Telenor IoT and PLAATO Partner to Power Brewing with Real-Time Production Data and AI

• Chinmay
• June 17, 2025
• Artificial Intelligence, Industrial IoT, News
• AI in fermentation, brewery analytics, brewing MES, data-driven brewing, edge computing fermentation, industrial IoT beer, IoT in distilleries, PLAATO brewing, PLC integration brewing, smart brewing solutions, Telenor IoT
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Data is changing the way the brewing and fermentation industry works.

Gone are the days when production relied solely on instinct and manual oversight. Today, real-time insights from smart sensors and connected control systems are unlocking new levels of consistency, efficiency, and quality — and at the heart of this shift is a new collaboration between Telenor IoT and PLAATO.

The Mission: Smarter, Data-Driven Brewing

Norwegian startup PLAATO, known for its intuitive production monitoring and analytics software, has partnered with Telenor IoT to deliver a complete, plug-and-play solution for breweries, distilleries, and fermentation-based industries.

The collaboration aims to:

• Simplify data capture from sensor-rich environments
• Unify diverse PLC control system data
• Enable AI-powered insights across the production cycle
• Improve resource utilization, product quality, and efficiency

With this partnership, small and mid-sized breweries can now tap into industrial-grade analytics — without massive hardware upgrades or complex integrations.

Telenor IoT Brings Plug-and-Play Connectivity

A key challenge in most breweries is data fragmentation: different types of equipment, protocols, and controllers (PLCs) make it hard to unify operations. This is where Telenor IoT’s “IoT Complete” solution comes in. It standardizes data across all control systems and sends it to PLAATO’s analytics platform, enabling brewers to:

• Access real-time production insights
• Track productivity and consistency
• Monitor fermentation variables remotely
• Reduce manual data logging and guesswork

“It truly is a plug-and-play solution that shortens development cycles drastically,” said Niklas Agerhem, Head of IoT Complete at Telenor IoT.

PLAATO’s Edge: From Sensor to Insight

With PLAATO Edge, breweries gain:

• A seamless end-to-end data platform
• Deep analytics for efficiency, quality, and benchmarking
• Visual dashboards to monitor brewing in real time
• AI tools to compare performance against industry peers

Brewers can now access the full story of their beer — from raw material to finished product — through one unified interface. No more flying blind. “We’re a data and insights company. Partnering with Telenor allowed us to focus on what we do best — not reinvent connectivity,” said Magnus Valmot, CEO of PLAATO.

Global Impact, Local Simplicity

Since 2021, PLAATO has served 300+ customers across 35+ countries, with a team spanning Europe and the U.S. Their goal is simple: help brewers make better decisions, faster. With AI models in development for benchmarking, predictive maintenance, and process optimization, the partnership is set to influence not just brewing — but the entire fermentation-based industry.

The Future is Fermenting — With Data

This collaboration shows how industrial IoT and AI are becoming accessible even to traditionally craft-driven sectors. From reducing stress for brewers to improving batch quality and output — the benefits are measurable.

The future of brewing is not just craft.  It’s craft + code + connectivity.