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Fivetran has been selected by WM New Zealand as the core data foundation to support its AI and digital transformation journey. The leading waste and environmental services provider in New Zealand is leveraging Fivetran to rapidly integrate operational systems, SaaS applications, and high-volume IoT data into a centralized, trusted platform.
Fivetran connects operational systems, SaaS applications, and high-volume IoT data into Snowflake, with transformations managed in dbt Cloud from dbt Labs. This creates a centralized, AI-ready data foundation across WM New Zealand’s business.
WM New Zealand is undergoing a major digital business transformation with data and AI at its core. With more than 900 trucks, over 100 sites, and extensive IoT data across collections, fleet, and environmental monitoring, the company faces significant complexity in managing fragmented data sources.
The lean data team needed a solution that could handle growing leadership demand for real-time insights while addressing the scale and complexity of moving data across diverse environments.
Fivetran has enabled WM New Zealand to reduce source onboarding timelines from months to days. This speed has allowed the company to meet an aggressive 12-week delivery target and freed the data team to focus on higher-value analytics and AI initiatives.
The platform reliably supports high-volume IoT data alongside on-premises, SaaS, and custom data sources. It delivers predictable performance at scale without the need to build or maintain bespoke pipelines.
“AI only delivers value when the underlying data is reliable, complete, and available when it’s needed,” said George Fraser, CEO of Fivetran. “Many organizations are investing heavily in AI but are still constrained by fragmented systems and brittle pipelines. By automating data movement across complex operational and IoT environments, WM New Zealand is building the trusted data foundation needed to support analytics and future AI initiatives.”
“Speed and reliability were non-negotiable for us,” said Lena Jenkins, Chief Digital & Customer Success Officer, WMNZ. “Fivetran gave us the speed we needed to stand up our data foundation in weeks rather than months. Our team can now focus on data and AI enablement: applying AI and advanced analytics to improve how we operate, how we serve our customers, and how we deliver on our decarbonization and circular economy ambitions. That foundation is critical as we apply advanced analytics and AI to improve operational efficiency and environmental outcomes across New Zealand.”
With automated pipelines feeding Snowflake and transformations managed in dbt Cloud, WM New Zealand now operates on a single, trusted source of data. The modern architecture enables faster, more timely access to trusted data while preserving flexibility across platforms.
This setup ensures WM New Zealand can evolve its analytics and AI strategy without architectural constraints, supporting long-term goals in operational efficiency and environmental outcomes.
WM New Zealand is building a strong foundation for its AI initiatives by automating complex data movements. The partnership with Fivetran positions the company to unlock significant value from its operational and IoT data across New Zealand.
About Fivetran
Fivetran is the data foundation for AI. The Fivetran platform moves, manages, and transforms data from every system a business runs on into a secure, reliable foundation engineered to evolve, with the flexibility to work across clouds, engines, and tools. With Fivetran, analytics, operations, and AI run on data you trust and control. Leading organizations like LVMH, Pfizer, Verizon, and OpenAI rely on Fivetran to turn data into a competitive advantage.
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