EKZ accelerates digital transformation in energy through AI-powered coding assistant
Elektrizitätswerke des Kantons Zürich (EKZ), a prominent Swiss energy utility, adopted GitHub Copilot with the Azure cloud to boost developer productivity and streamline infrastructure automation. Facing software development bottlenecks, EKZ integrated Copilot into its DevOps pipeline, leveraging AI to automate code generation, infrastructure scripts, and application delivery. The initiative resulted in significant reductions in coding and deployment times and improved developer satisfaction. EKZ’s use of Copilot also underpinned a broader shift toward digital transformation within the Swiss energy sector, setting a benchmark for innovation, operational efficiency, and enhanced service delivery.
- Organization
- EKZ
- Industry
- Energy & Utilities
- Location
- Switzerland
- Published
- June 2025
Reported outcomes
Strategic outcomes
Why do we believe this deployment?Customer identity, provider attribution, maturity, and source checks
- Customer
- EKZ
- Provider
- Microsoft
- Maturity
- Production
- Linked source
- thedevopsrunner.com
EKZ’s use of Copilot also underpinned a broader shift toward digital transformation within the Swiss energy sector, setting a benchmark for innovation, operational efficiency, and enhanced service delivery
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- 1AI-Assisted Software Development for Utilities
- 2Automated Infrastructure Provisioning using Copilot
- Manual coding slowing down infrastructure and app delivery
- Resource constraints due to limited developer workforce
- Need to automate software development processes and reduce errors
- Pressure to accelerate digital transformation in the energy sector
- Integrated GitHub Copilot within Azure DevOps pipelines
- Automated generation of code and infrastructure-as-code scripts using AI
- Streamlined deployment and delivery processes on Azure cloud
- Enabled developers to focus on higher-value activities
- Reduced coding and deployment time
- Boosted developer productivity and satisfaction
- Faster delivery of applications and infrastructure
- Demonstrated digital innovation in Swiss energy sector
Sources & evidence1
- Customer explicitly identified
- Deployment status explicitly supported
- Technical implementation details available
- Recent evidence check available
- Last evidence check: Jun 1, 2026.
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- Cited source last checked Jun 1, 2026 — broken (1/1 broken).
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