{"id":10920,"date":"2026-07-24T10:42:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T08:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.doitnowgroup.com\/?p=10920"},"modified":"2026-07-29T15:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T13:56:12","slug":"empowering-engineers-with-secure-offline-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.doitnowgroup.com\/fr\/technical-papers\/empowering-engineers-with-secure-offline-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Empowering engineers with secure, offline AI"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10920\" class=\"elementor elementor-10920\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e7c517d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2e7c517d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dfd38e1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" 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With approximately 400 employees in Germany, Poland, and Slovenia, AST Anlagenbau &amp; Engineering GmbH executes complex industrial projects for critical energy and chemical sectors.<\/p><p data-start=\"1501\" data-end=\"1781\">Recognizing the growing importance of technological advancement, the company embarked on a strategic initiative to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to significantly enhance its engineers&rsquo; ability to manage and utilize technical documentation more efficiently and effectively.<\/p><p>Both in HPC and High Availability (HA) clusters, state of the art technical support is a critical component to get the best ROI from your HPC infrastructure. Do IT Now professionals can leverage 30 years of experience in management and support of HPC systems and users. This knowledge enables us to provide the best user support, give advice and solve any technical difficulties that may arise during the use of many types of software applications run by a supercomputer.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64a9bcc5 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"64a9bcc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16c6905a elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"16c6905a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">AST Anlagenbau &amp; Engineering GmbH Needs<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29106c35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29106c35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"1831\" data-end=\"2212\">AST Anlagenbau &amp; Engineering GmbH sought to explore how artificial intelligence could streamline their engineers\u2019 daily work, particularly in managing the vast amount of technical documentation across their projects. They required a secure, fully offline AI environment that would enable free experimentation while ensuring all data remained safely within their own infrastructure.<\/p><p data-start=\"2214\" data-end=\"2265\">The desired characteristics of the system included:<\/p><ul data-start=\"2267\" data-end=\"3649\"><li data-section-id=\"iqabr5\" data-start=\"2267\" data-end=\"2443\">A completely isolated AI setup: The platform had to operate entirely offline, guaranteeing that no information ever left AST Anlagenbau &amp; Engineering GmbH\u2019s internal network.<\/li><li data-section-id=\"tv5s85\" data-start=\"2444\" data-end=\"2653\">Support for AI experimentation: Engineers required a flexible environment to leverage, test, and compare different AI models, adjust configurations, and identify the most effective workflows for their needs.<\/li><li data-section-id=\"2dfx4g\" data-start=\"2654\" data-end=\"3006\">Retrieval-grounded answers: The system had to go beyond generative AI responses\u2014it needed to cite and display relevant excerpts from AST Anlagenbau &amp; Engineering GmbH\u2019s internal technical documentation to substantiate its answers. The legacy data included approximately 650 GB of a digital library containing scientific and engineering documentation.<\/li><li data-section-id=\"li0ogy\" data-start=\"3007\" data-end=\"3196\">Monitoring capability: A framework ensuring the system tracks progress regarding accuracy and depth of knowledge over time, incorporating user feedback for continuous response refinement.<\/li><li data-section-id=\"hiy7pt\" data-start=\"3197\" data-end=\"3649\">Comprehensive system backup and recovery: Reliability was paramount. AST Anlagenbau &amp; Engineering GmbH required a Bacula-based backup strategy, including database-specific preparation steps for MongoDB and Milvus. The setup needed to be capable of being reset and restarted from previous checkpoints to avoid loss of configuration, indexed knowledge, database state, and time-consuming reprocessing or re-indexing, while preserving user interactions.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-276f7d9 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"276f7d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d97c53c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d97c53c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Project Challenges<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d6eea7b elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d6eea7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"3678\" data-end=\"3876\">Developing this project presented several significant challenges. Initial objectives were open-ended, necessitating an adaptive approach to define technical requirements and guide agile development.<\/p><ul data-start=\"3878\" data-end=\"4484\"><li data-section-id=\"dw3j1e\" data-start=\"3878\" data-end=\"4020\">Resource Constraints: All components, from model inference to OCR, had to operate efficiently on a single, resource-constrained workstation.<\/li><li data-section-id=\"1h0a1xq\" data-start=\"4021\" data-end=\"4230\">Document Complexity: Processing AST Anlagenbau &amp; Engineering GmbH&rsquo;s complex documents, replete with formulas and diagrams, demanded a highly accurate and swift OCR pipeline for reliable knowledge extraction.<\/li><li data-section-id=\"7cn6c9\" data-start=\"4231\" data-end=\"4357\">Data Traceability: Ensuring clear data traceability for every AI response was critical for engineering trust and compliance.<\/li><li data-section-id=\"1pp85yg\" data-start=\"4358\" data-end=\"4484\">Future Readiness: Designing an easily evolving, modular platform that lays the groundwork for subsequent development phases.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11ac479 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"11ac479\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8593ac2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8593ac2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Solution Developed by Do IT Now Group<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c560a61 elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c560a61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"4532\" data-end=\"5036\">Do IT Now Group designed a self-hosted solution, precisely tailored to AST Anlagenbau &amp; Engineering GmbH\u2019s technical and security requirements. The solution enables AST Anlagenbau &amp; Engineering GmbH to conduct in-house AI research and development, ensuring data integrity and confidentiality while fostering secure innovation within their proprietary technical data. This project underscores Do IT Now Group&rsquo;s expertise in delivering secure, high-performance AI solutions for complex operational demands.<\/p><p data-start=\"5038\" data-end=\"5219\">\u201cThis project has been particularly interesting, it allowed us to evaluate different technologies tailoring the solution to AST Anlagenbau &amp; Engineering GmbH needs and constraints.\u201d<\/p><p data-start=\"5221\" data-end=\"5261\">\u2014 Thierry Porcher, CTO, Do IT Now France<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a003ce elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"0a003ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ec4ba6 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2ec4ba6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Technical Overview<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79fecd84 elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"79fecd84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li data-section-id=\"qlrpw4\" data-start=\"5290\" data-end=\"5420\">Hardware: A purpose-built workstation with an NVIDIA RTX 6000 GPU, providing the necessary computing power for AI and OCR tasks.<\/li><li data-section-id=\"1adal55\" data-start=\"5421\" data-end=\"5946\">Core System Setup: The system environment was built for stability, performance, and modularity using the following components:<br \/><ul data-start=\"5552\" data-end=\"5946\"><li data-section-id=\"ol9w98\" data-start=\"5552\" data-end=\"5600\">Ubuntu 22.04 LTS as the base operating system.<\/li><li data-section-id=\"1mifje6\" data-start=\"5603\" data-end=\"5739\">An evaluated OCR pipeline incorporating both Tesseract-based and VLM-based approaches for high-fidelity text and structure extraction.<\/li><li data-section-id=\"li880e\" data-start=\"5742\" data-end=\"5830\">NVIDIA CUDA and NVIDIA Container Runtime to enable GPU acceleration within containers.<\/li><li data-section-id=\"1s0vahb\" data-start=\"5833\" data-end=\"5894\">Miniconda for Python environment and dependency management.<\/li><li data-section-id=\"2fkb6x\" data-start=\"5897\" data-end=\"5946\">MongoDB NoSQL database for document management.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li data-section-id=\"denjcd\" data-start=\"5947\" data-end=\"6236\">AI &amp; Application Layer:<br \/><ul data-start=\"5975\" data-end=\"6236\"><li data-section-id=\"1ge15p9\" data-start=\"5975\" data-end=\"6056\">vLLM inference engine with OpenAI-compatible API for flexible model deployment.<\/li><li data-section-id=\"venumb\" data-start=\"6059\" data-end=\"6127\">Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architecture based on Milvus.<\/li><li data-section-id=\"1uhp1eh\" data-start=\"6130\" data-end=\"6236\">LibreChat \/ custom RAG interface allowing engineers to upload, query, and interact with technical files.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f7521f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3f7521f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/www.doitnowgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AST_document_ingestion_pipeline-1024x598.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10945\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.doitnowgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AST_document_ingestion_pipeline-1024x598.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.doitnowgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AST_document_ingestion_pipeline-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/www.doitnowgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AST_document_ingestion_pipeline-768x449.png 768w, https:\/\/www.doitnowgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AST_document_ingestion_pipeline.png 1190w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9825dc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9825dc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/www.doitnowgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AST_interacting_with_the_system-1024x617.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10940\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.doitnowgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AST_interacting_with_the_system-1024x617.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.doitnowgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AST_interacting_with_the_system-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/www.doitnowgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AST_interacting_with_the_system-768x463.png 768w, https:\/\/www.doitnowgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AST_interacting_with_the_system.png 1220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f9055d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6f9055d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62d16e7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"62d16e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Outcome<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a278814 elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a278814\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"6346\" data-end=\"6657\">The AI infrastructure is now fully operational within AST Anlagenbau &amp; Engineering GmbH\u2019s internal network. It empowers engineers to securely experiment with AI, retrieve retrieval-grounded and traceable answers based on internal documentation, and benchmark model performance\u2014all without external dependencies.<\/p><p data-start=\"6659\" data-end=\"6909\">Do IT Now\u2019s solution provided AST Anlagenbau &amp; Engineering GmbH with a secure, high-performing foundation for AI innovation, helping the company explore intelligent tools while maintaining the reliability and data integrity essential to its industry.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5e47e7 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c5e47e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1aa9de elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d1aa9de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Added Value of Do IT Now Group<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6276480 elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6276480\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li data-section-id=\"12bzcir\" data-start=\"6983\" data-end=\"7233\">Collaborative design approach: Instead of a pre-packaged solution, Do IT Now developed the platform in close collaboration with AST Anlagenbau &amp; Engineering GmbH, adapting the design throughout development to perfectly match real operational needs.<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li data-section-id=\"1c99rr4\" data-start=\"7234\" data-end=\"7438\">AI Full-Stack knowledge and experience: The team handled every layer, from OS setup and GPU configuration to AI deployment, OCR tuning, and custom UI integration, ensuring seamless system functionality.<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li data-section-id=\"z8zb2q\" data-start=\"7439\" data-end=\"7638\">Benchmarking experience: To achieve optimal precision and efficiency, particularly with mathematical notation and technical content, various OCR engines underwent rigorous testing and optimization.<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li data-section-id=\"3z0wu6\" data-start=\"7639\" data-end=\"7802\">Modular Architecture: Do IT Now provided an ad-hoc modular platform both ready for immediate usage and perfectly structured for future scaling and customization.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91144fb elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"91144fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1661db elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f1661db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FUTURE OUTLOOK<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59fc45d elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59fc45d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"7823\" data-end=\"8108\">As a next step, AST Anlagenbau &amp; Engineering GmbH and Do IT Now are exploring a standardized memory and retrieval layer that can connect local and external AI models while keeping provenance, long-term context, and sensitive knowledge under AST Anlagenbau &amp; Engineering GmbH\u2019s control.<\/p><p data-start=\"8110\" data-end=\"8554\">\u201cAST Anlagenbau &amp; Engineering GmbH sees this project as an important step toward a secure and practical use of AI in industrial engineering. The local AI infrastructure allows us to evaluate AI capabilities with our own technical documentation while keeping sensitive knowledge under our control. For us, the key value lies not in generic AI experimentation, but in traceable, document-based support for real engineering and project workflows.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa41023 elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa41023\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2db3d18 elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2db3d18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doitnowgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/CS-AST-Group.pdf\">Download the case study here<\/a><\/h4><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bef2eff elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"bef2eff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f10423 elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f10423\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2db3d18 elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2db3d18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><h3><strong>Discuss your HPC needs today<\/strong><\/h3><h4>Contact us at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:info@doitnowgroup.com\">info@doitnowgroup.com<\/a><\/h4><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download the case study here AST Anlagenbau &amp; Engineering GmbH AST Anlagenbau &amp; Engineering GmbH, a leading German engineering company, boasts extensive expertise in pipeline construction, sophisticated steelwork, and comprehensive industrial plant services. 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