Insight Terra Enhances Environmental and Asset Risk Monitoring with Crosser

Insight Terra has integrated Crosser as a core component of its technology stack for environmental and asset risk monitoring. Together, they deliver real-time monitoring solutions that combine Crosser’s edge analytics and automation with Insight Terra’s cloud-native IoT and satellite platform.

The solution enables organizations to gain faster decision-making, improve data quality, proactively manage operational risks, and enhance ESG compliance — all while efficiently scaling across distributed and low-connectivity environments.

Project Background

Insight Terra works with clients in industries such as mining, water management, infrastructure, and energy, helping them monitor environmental and asset risks.

With distributed assets in remote locations and a mix of sensors and satellite data, Insight Terra needed a flexible and reliable edge solution to:

• Process and normalize heterogeneous data from diverse sources
• Minimize latency and bandwidth usage by computing closer to the source
• Provide a protocol bridge between unsecured protocols and data sources
• Enable predictive analytics and automated workflows at the edge
• Maintain seamless integration with Insight Terra’s cloud platform
• Data assurance by collecting at edge and ensure it is uploaded

Crosser was chosen as the edge layer in Insight Terra’s technology stack, providing a low-code, deployable runtime (Crosser Node) that allows Insight Terra to preprocess data on-site and orchestrate workflows without exposing clients to the complexity of the underlying infrastructure.

Crosser is a key enabler in our stack. It allows us to ingest data from diverse sensors and IoT devices, process it locally, and deliver meaningful insights to our customers, all without them even being aware of the underlying complexity,” says Alastair Bovim, CEO and Co-Founder, Insight Terra

The Challenge

Industries with distributed, remote assets face several challenges:

• Real-time monitoring of critical environmental and operational risks
• Handling complex and heterogeneous sensor and IoT data
• Enabling scalable, reliable monitoring in low-connectivity locations
• Ensuring compliance with ESG and regulatory requirements

Traditional approaches often struggle with siloed data, latency, and limited automation, leaving organizations exposed to risks that require proactive management.

Why Crosser?

Insight Terra evaluated several technologies to process edge data reliably and at scale. The team needed a solution that could handle distributed assets in remote locations, preprocess heterogeneous sensor data, and integrate seamlessly with their cloud platform.

Crosser stood out for several reasons:

• Low-code edge platform →enabling rapid deployment and configuration of data flows without deep coding expertise.
• Distributed processing & flexibility → allows preprocessing, normalization, and calculation at the edge, even in areas with intermittent connectivity.
• Seamless integration → acts as an invisible layer for customers; they benefit from Insight Terra solutions without seeing the underlying infrastructure.
• Scalability & reliability → easily deployable across multiple sites, supporting hundreds of sensors and distributed IoT devices.

‘Our technologies blend seamlessly into a single offering, in fact most of our clients will not even be aware that Crosser is there to ingest their edge data, helping integrate disparate data sources into our Insight Platform, where we in turm transform it into actionable insights.’ Alastair Bovim, Insight Terra.

The Joint Solution

Crosser + Insight Terra provide a complementary solution:

• Edge Analytics & Real-time Processing: Crosser Nodes collect, normalize, and preprocess sensor data locally, reducing latency before sending it to the cloud.
• Predictive Analytics & Anomaly Detection: AI/ML modules detect anomalies early, enabling proactive risk mitigation.
• Automated Workflows: Event-driven actions trigger operational responses and alerts directly at the edge.
• Scalability & Hybrid Deployment: Solutions run seamlessly across edge, on-premise, and cloud environments.

‘Insight Terra truly pushes the limits of remote distributed computing. Working with their outstanding team, we’ve proven that complex data processing can be handled effortlessly across diverse edge environments, all under centralized control.’ Göran Appelquist, Crosser CTO.

Real-World Example: Anglo American El Soldado Mine - HDS Facility

At Anglo American’s El Soldado mine in Chile:

• The site was chosen as a demonstration facility to pilot the technology efficacy.
• Crosser manages local collection and preprocessing of data from nine geotechnical sensor types (108 instruments, 500 data points), enabling low-latency anomaly detection and automated workflows directly on-site.
• Insight Terra aggregates processed data in the cloud for analytics, visualization, and decision-making, supporting risk assessment, compliance reporting, and alignment with the HDS tailings program and alignment with the HDS technology demonstration program."

An all-weather container houses the Crosser Node, LoRaWAN gateway, Inmarsat satellite terminal, and PV solar arrays for independent operation — ensuring reliable, remote deployment while complying with the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM).

Business Value

• Faster, actionable insights from combined edge processing and cloud analytics
• Reduced data transfer and storage costs by processing data on-site
• Improved data accuracy and reliability through integrated, normalized data
• Proactive risk management and ESG compliance
• Scalable monitoring for remote and distributed industrial assets

Conclusion

Crosser and Insight Terra together provide a robust, flexible, and scalable solution for distributed environmental and asset risk monitoring. By enabling edge processing, local anomaly detection, and cloud-based insights, the partnership allows clients to focus on operational decisions and ESG compliance, while keeping complexity hidden behind the scenes.

About Crosser

Crosser designs and develops a hybrid-first Stream Analytics & Integration software for any Cloud, on-premise or Edge. The Crosser Platform enables real-time processing of streaming, event-driven or batch data for Intelligent Pipelines & Automations and for Industrial IoT. All managed from a single Control Center and powered by a low-code and low-effort experience.

The platform is ideally suited for businesses in various industries with ambitions for event-driven experiences for their data movement, integrations or automations.

www.crosser.io