Accenture forms ties with Palantir & DLB to drive AI reinvention, boost data center development

Accenture is partnering with Palantir Technologies Inc. to accelerate the delivery of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and data solutions that power new value and drive growth for global clients. Accenture has also signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake (65 percent) in US-based AI data center engineering and consulting firm DLB Associates.

The collaboration with Palantir sees with creation of the Accenture Palantir Business Group and Accenture become a Palantir preferred global partner for enterprise transformation.

The DLB transaction will expand Accenture’s end-to-end data center capabilities in order to help software and platforms and high tech clients accelerate time to market and meet demand for the enablement of AI.

Accenture partners with Palantir

The Accenture Palantir Business Group will combine Palantir forward-deployed engineers with more than 2,000 Accenture professionals trained on Palantir platforms to help clients rapidly reinvent business processes.

Working closely with clients, these teams will transform siloed data into integrated, AI-driven decision making across industries. Building on momentum in government, energy, and oil and gas, the group will expand into healthcare, telecommunications, manufacturing, consumer goods, and financial services.

A key focus will be supporting complex data center and AI infrastructure programs essential to economic resilience. Together, Accenture and Palantir will help clients deploy Palantir Foundry and the Artificial Intelligence Platform, enabling secure, scalable computing in commercial and mission-critical environments.

“With this significant expansion of our ecosystem partnership with Palantir, our clients can accelerate advanced AI across the enterprise and deliver business outcomes faster,” said Julie Sweet, chair and CEO at Accenture. “In our focus areas, the combination of Accenture’s broad industry and functional experience with Palantir’s powerful platforms will help enable organizations to build AI and data solutions and develop scalable enterprise AI systems that drive reinvention, create value and foster growth.”

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Accenture acquires major stake in DLB

Upon the closing of the transaction, DLB’s approximately 620 employees, led by David Quirk and Neil Chauhan, will join forces with Accenture‘s Industry X practice, augmenting its infrastructure and capital projects (I&CP) capabilities.

Founded in 1980, DLB is a leader in data center site selection, due diligence, design engineering, commissioning, construction quality management, and energy optimization services.

“As AI-driven demand for data center capacity accelerates, our clients increasingly face infrastructure constraints that impact their core value chains,” said Sweet. “Along with DLB's deep expertise, Accenture will offer an end-to-end capability from the earliest stages of conceptual design and strategic site development through to advanced engineering, rapid deployment, and operational performance. This approach will ensure our clients can meet the ever-increasing demands of AI with speed, scale, and reliability.”

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