Smart City & Utility Industry News

Spark and Dryad deploy New Zealand's first AI wildfire sensor network at Waitangi Forest, with 250 solar IoT sensors for early fire detection

Schréder acquires EdgeMachines to bring edge AI urban sensing in-house, serving 20+ cities via existing street lighting infrastructure with no new network investment.

Sovereign satellite radar company ICEYE closes €1B Series F, crosses €250M revenue milestone. European defense demand accelerates space-based intelligence capabilities.

Telford & Wrekin Council launches its biggest-ever EV charging rollout: 200 charge points across 35 car parks, targeting 18,000 tonnes in carbon savings.

NYC scales AI sensors to 100 intersections to track pedestrians, cyclists, and vehicles with privacy-protected machine vision for safer streets.

Imperial Beach votes for four Flock Safety ALPR cameras in sheriff-led pilot as county surveillance expands.

Suffolk ends curbside recycling July 1 as SPSA and AMP roll out AI sorting across Hampton Roads, targeting 50% landfill diversion.

JMI Equity backs SewerAI, an AI platform managing 30,000+ miles of US pipe, as cities face accelerating water and sewer deterioration.

Corsica's OEHC is replacing 10,000 mechanical water meters with Itron ultrasonic devices to hit a 5 million m³ conservation target by 2035.

Brussels scales its AI street cleanliness program with CortexIA to 16 trucks across 3 communes, with a region-wide rollout possible by 2027.