How a county, city, utility or school district buys Aqueduct.
Public agencies usually buy Aqueduct through their normal procurement route, starting with a scoped pilot of one facility or one district. Aqueduct can run in the cloud or on-prem, with on-prem AI on NVIDIA infrastructure, and other security and contract answers are provided during procurement.
Start with one facility or one district, and buy through the route your rules allow.
One facility or one district, with results agreed upfront
- Site survey first
Start with one facility or one district, and bring 6 to 12 months of bills or a meter list.
- Results agreed
Sites, meters, systems to connect and the results to verify are agreed before the pilot starts.
- Verified at the end
The pilot ends with results verified at the meter against an adjusted baseline.
Cloud or on-prem, decided by your data rules
- On-prem option
Deploy on-prem, with on-prem AI on NVIDIA infrastructure, so data stays inside agency systems.
- Read alongside SCADA
At utilities, Aqueduct reads SCADA and AMI data, and control stays with SCADA.
- Command history
Where control is enabled, with owner approval, every command is logged with a lockout record.
Product from Milvian AI, installation through partners
- Product company
Milvian AI supplies the platform, and hardware installation is delivered through installation partners.
- Your systems stay
Aqueduct routes work into your CMMS and connects the systems that work, rather than replacing them.
- Security answers
Security questionnaire answers are provided during procurement, for your IT and security reviewers.
Buying facility software, before and after Aqueduct
- A full rollout is proposed before anything is proven.
- Results to expect are vague until after contract signature.
- Cloud-only tools fail the data residency review.
- A vendor asks to replace systems that already work.
- Security questions surface late and stall the purchase.
The Aqueduct way- A scoped pilot of one facility or district comes first.
- Results to verify are agreed before the pilot starts.
- On-prem deployment keeps agency data on site.
- Systems that work are connected, not replaced.
- Security answers are provided during procurement.
The usual path, from first call to rollout.
Each step is small enough to approve on its own.
Site survey
One facility or one district. Bring 12 months of bills or a meter list.
Pilot scope
Agree the sites, meters, systems to connect and the results to verify.
Procurement
Buy through the route your rules allow for the scope.
Pilot
Baseline, find, act and verify on the agreed scope.
Rollout
Extend to more buildings or districts, with each verified result as the new baseline.
Procurement routes, in general terms.
Public agencies buy software and services in several ways, depending on their own rules and the size of the purchase. Common routes include a direct purchase under a small-purchase threshold, a request for proposals or quotes, an existing cooperative purchasing contract, or a project delivered under an energy savings performance contract.
Which routes are open depends on your jurisdiction and on the scope. We will tell you which routes Aqueduct can be bought through today. We do not advise on your procurement rules; your procurement office decides the route.
What a pilot usually covers.
Scoped so that the result can be verified at the meter.
| Element | Typical pilot scope | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Sites | One facility, one campus or one district metered area | A live view of that site in Aqueduct |
| Data | Existing meters, BMS points, SCADA and AMI data, plus 6 to 12 months of bills | A weather-normalized baseline, on day one where bills are supplied |
| Added metering | Only where gaps block the result, installed through partners | Sub-metering that makes loss attributable |
| Actions | Tickets into your CMMS. Control only where enabled and approved | Faults and losses routed with a recommended fix |
| Verification | Results agreed before the pilot starts | Savings or loss reductions confirmed at the meter |
Data residency and deployment.
Where the data lives is a decision you make.
Cloud or on-prem
Aqueduct can be deployed in the cloud or on-prem, inside your environment.
On-prem AI
On-prem AI on NVIDIA infrastructure, for agencies that cannot send data out. Milvian AI is a member of the NVIDIA Inception program.
Network data stays in control
Aqueduct reads SCADA data. Control of the network stays with SCADA.
Data quality you can see
Each sensor reports connection rate and battery or capacitor voltage, so you know which readings to trust.
Public buyers should see verified results before committing to a full rollout.
Talk to our teamSecurity questionnaire: what we can state here.
These answers come from how the product works. Other questionnaire answers are provided during procurement.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Can it be deployed on-prem? | Yes. Aqueduct can run on-prem, with on-prem AI on NVIDIA infrastructure. |
| Can it run in the cloud? | Yes. Cloud or on-prem is the customer's choice. |
| Does it take control of equipment? | Only where control is enabled and with owner approval. |
| Are control commands recorded? | Yes. An auditable command history shows each command and whether it executed on the device. |
| Does it control SCADA? | No. It reads SCADA data. Control stays with SCADA. |
| Other questions | Provided during procurement, in your questionnaire format. |
The questions each seat asks.
“How do we buy it, and where does the data live?”
Through the route your rules allow, starting with a scoped pilot. Cloud or on-prem.
“Can it stay inside our network?”
Yes. On-prem deployment, with on-prem AI on NVIDIA infrastructure. Further answers are provided during procurement.
“Who installs the hardware?”
Installation is delivered through third-party partners. Milvian AI is a product company.
“Can the system change equipment settings on its own?”
Only where control is enabled and the owner approves. Every command is recorded in an auditable command history.
Who does what.
- BMS and BAS, where you choose to replace
- Energy and water management
- FDD
- M&V
- CMMS and EAM
- SCADA (control stays with SCADA)
- AMI
- Historians
- IWMS and CAFM
Milvian AI is a product company. Hardware installation is delivered through partners. We do not provide facility staff or O&M contracts.
Where teams put it to work
Small steps, each one approvable
Site survey, pilot scope, procurement, pilot and rollout, with each step small enough to approve on its own.
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Deployment on your terms
Cloud or on-prem, with on-prem AI on NVIDIA infrastructure, and security questionnaire answers provided to reviewers during procurement.
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Measured data for funding
Measured baselines and verified results support funding applications and the reporting that follows, with your team handling every submission.
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Common questions
With a site survey of one facility or one district. Bring 12 months of bills or a meter list.
That depends on your rules and the scope. We will tell you which routes Aqueduct can be bought through today; your procurement office decides.
Yes. On-prem AI on NVIDIA infrastructure, for agencies that cannot send data out.
Yes. Answers beyond those on this page are provided during procurement, in your format.
Installation is delivered through third-party partners. Milvian AI does not sell hardware as its core business.
Only where control is enabled and with owner approval, with every command recorded in an auditable command history.
See Aqueduct on your own facility.
Bring a site, a utility bill or a question. We will show you where the loss is.