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Earth Observation & Climate IntelligenceOrbitworks And Loft Orbital Launch First Of 50 AI Satellites Running Mistral Models In $1B Programme

Orbitworks launched Altair-1 the first satellite of a $1B, 50-satellite constellation running Mistral and NVIDIA onboard AI.

 V2XMaricopa County Adds Kapsch TrafficCom Roadside Units To USD 19.6 Million V2X Acceleration Zone

Kapsch TrafficCom will supply V2X roadside units for the Avondale corridor of Maricopa County's USD 19,600,000 Connected Vehicle Acceleration Zone.

 Smart CityEscobar Signs Four-Year Hikvision Agreement To Turn Monitoring Centre Into Smart City Innovation Lab

Escobar, Argentina signs a four-year agreement with Hikvision in Hangzhou to convert its monitoring centre into a smart city pilot laboratory.

 Mobility and TrafficAlchera Technologies Raises £2.7 Million Seed To Scale M25 Traffic Forecasting For UK Highways

Cambridge-based Alchera Technologies raises a £2,700,000 seed led by Maven Capital Partners and Innovate UK to scale traffic forecasting for UK roads.

 Smart GridSwitched Source Raises Over $17 Million To Scale Phase-EQ Grid Capacity Units

Chicago-based Switched Source raises more than $17,000,000 led by Cubit Capital to expand Phase-EQ manufacturing, with ABB and Southwire investing.

 WaterThames Water Opens Market Engagement On A 22-Year Smart Metering Framework Running To 2050

Thames Water opens market engagement on a smart metering framework for meters, maintenance and reading that could run from 2028 to 2050.

 WaterSubeca Raises About $3M Series A-2 From Burnt Island Ventures, Cycle H2O And SUEZ

Subeca, Cary NC, raises about $3,000,000 in a Series A-2 for Amazon Sidewalk water metering, live in 23 communities by the company's own count.

 Street LightingTronsanges Becomes Test Commune For LoRaWAN Street Lighting Controls In France’s Nièvre Department

Tronsanges, Nièvre, will host a LoRaWAN gateway and luminaire sensors at no cost to the commune, in a pilot run by Nièvre Numérique and…

 WaterGreek Probe Into €500M Of Smart Water Meter Tenders

Greek probe into at least €500,000,000 of EU-linked smart water meter tenders spans 50 municipalities, with the EPPO among five bodies involved.

 Street LightingLatina Council Backs €13.5M Engie Servizi–IFM Project for 110 Buildings and 14,500 Streetlights

Latina's Giunta backs a €13,500,000 project financing bid by Engie Servizi and IFM covering 110 buildings and 14,500 streetlights.

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