VINCI Energies acquires data engineering specialist Bluescale

Bluescale supports businesses in the digitalisation of their business processes by providing services and global solutions that help them get the most out of their data. In 2021, Bluescale achieved a turnover of €10 million with 80 employees.

With Bluescale, VINCI Energies – through its Axians brand – completes its Data Analytics offer in France, thus providing it with a presence along the entire data value chain:

– acquisition of Appex in 2020, a company which offers services in consulting and the integration artificial intelligence solutions,

– acquisition of SETRA Conseil in 2021, a company specialising in the consolidation of structured data.

Our goal was to partner with a company that was international in size and scope, and so we are very proud to join Axians, a VINCI Energies brand. By leveraging the power of our data analytics solutions and services through our alliance with Axians, we aim to become a key player in businesses’ digital transformation”, say Nicolas Minelle and Franck Bellenger, co-founders of Bluescale.

A comprehensive data analytics solution

Thanks to Bluescale’s expertise, we are now in a position to offer a comprehensive data analytics solution, covering the entire data value chain (data pipeline), from data capture through to business applications,” says Yves Pellemans, CTO and Director of Data Analytics at Axians Communication & Cloud.

The Bluescale acquisition brings Axians’ data analytics headcount in France to over 150 employees, and its turnover to €30 million. This line of business mainly addresses the needs of the industrial, energy, banking, insurance, education, research, retail and health sectors.

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