Smart City & Utility Industry News

The EIB lends €50 million to Vilniaus vandenys to upgrade water and wastewater networks serving over 600,000 residents in Lithuania.

Uniwater agrees to acquire three firms in Norway and Denmark with 59 total staff, expanding its water and wastewater automation across the Nordics.

Paris-based UPCITI secures $20 million in Series A funding to expand its edge-AI urban sensor platform to the United States and scale globally.

SWARCO UK & Ireland installs flood warning systems at two Warrington sites, using sensors to activate signs and set traffic lights to red.

Buffalo wins a federal SMART Grant to pilot sensor-equipped digital curb management across three city districts to improve emergency response times.

Montauban deploys moveable AI cameras from Vizzia to fine illegal waste dumping, targeting hotspot areas with technology that can cut offenses by 90%.

Hidraqua is deploying a 7.8 million euro water digitalization project across 13 Vinalopo municipalities to cut leakage and boost climate resilience.

Larimer County, Colorado deploys OroraTech’s platform using over 25 satellites to detect wildfires as small as 10x10 meters and model spread.

Xcel Energy is installing 38 Pano AI wildfire detection stations across Minnesota by 2026 to scan power lines and alert fire crews to smoke.

Zaragoza launches a €14 million risk project funded by AWS, installing sensors across 28 ravines to feed real-time environmental data into an AI system.