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The Company anticipates an energy efficiency gain of around 30% across the pilot unit’s production chain.</p></div></div><div class="ck-widget bg-lighter-grey ck-widget bg-lighter-grey bloc-frame block-to-read row text-align-middle text-align-middle"><div class="ck-editor__editable ck-editor__nested-editable ck-editor__editable ck-editor__nested-editable col-first col-md-12"><h2><span class="title-level-2">Our Digital Factory develops solutions to improve our energy performance </span></h2><p><a href="/media/news/press-releases/total-opens-digital-factory-further-its-ambition-becoming-responsible-energy-major" target="_blank">TotalEnergies’ Digital Factory</a>, which opened in 2020, brings together up to 300 developers and data scientists.</p><p>Its mission is to develop the digital solutions the Company needs to improve its industrial operations, offer new services to customers (notably for managing energy consumption), develop in new energies and reduce its environmental impact. 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