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Freeport believed the answer lay in improving operations with advanced analytics.</div></div></div></div></div><div class="mdc-u-grid mdc-u-grid-gutter-lg mdc-u-grid-col-sm-1 mdc-u-grid--align-start GeneralUp_mck-c-general-up__generic-item___T5Id GenericItem_mck-c-generic-item__sGwKL GenericItem_mck-c-generic-item--with-hover-effect__hmVy2"><div class="GenericItem_mck-c-generic-item__image__F_tIc"><a data-component="mdc-c-link" href="/capabilities/mckinsey-digital/how-we-help-clients/rewired-in-action/xcel-energy-driving-towards-net-zero-with-the-power-of-digital" class="mdc-c-link___lBbY1_2734c4f"><picture data-component="mdc-c-picture"><img alt="Overhead night-sky view of a large metropolis " src="/~/media/mckinsey/business%20functions/mckinsey%20digital/how%20we%20help%20clients/impact%20stories/xcel%20energy/xcel_thumb_571751995_1536x1536.jpg?cq=50&mw=767&car=16:9&cpy=Center" loading="lazy"/></picture></a></div><div data-component="mdc-c-content-block" class="mdc-c-content-block___7p6Lu_2734c4f mdc-u-grid-gutter-xs GenericItem_mck-c-generic-item__content__gq1m0"><div data-component="mdc-c-content-block" class="mdc-c-content-block___7p6Lu_2734c4f"><h5 data-component="mdc-c-heading" class="mdc-c-heading___0fM1W_2734c4f"><a data-component="mdc-c-link" href="/capabilities/mckinsey-digital/how-we-help-clients/rewired-in-action/xcel-energy-driving-towards-net-zero-with-the-power-of-digital" class="mdc-c-link-heading___Zggl8_2734c4f mdc-c-link-heading--with-icon___ssPll_2734c4f mdc-c-link___lBbY1_2734c4f"><span>Xcel Energy: Driving towards net zero with the power of digital</span></a><span data-component="mdc-c-icon" class="mdc-c-icon___oi7ef_2734c4f mck-arrow-right-fat-icon mdc-u-ts-9 mdc-c-heading__icon___TbFKK_2734c4f"></span></h5><div data-component="mdc-c-description" class="mdc-c-description___SrnQP_2734c4f mdc-u-ts-7"><span class="GenericItem_mck-c-generic-item__display-date__6Py5E"><time dateTime="2023-06-20T12:00:00Z">June 20, 2023</time> - 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