Smart City & Utility Industry News

Florence opens a 2.5 million euro Smart City Control Room linked to 1,600 cameras to coordinate public services and municipal police operations.

South Bronx Unite and QuantAQ deploy 25 air quality sensors across Mott Haven and Port Morris to provide continuous local pollution data.

Severn Trent will install 250,000 smart water meters across Birmingham and nearby regions by March 2025 to curb leaks and track usage.

Spain's Sateliot secures 6 million euros from Banco Santander to fund its 5G IoT nanosatellite network, aiming to launch 64 satellites in 18 months.

Alexandria, Virginia, installs $14.5 million in adaptive traffic signals to dynamically adjust lights, reduce delays, and optimize real-time flow.

Badger Meter acquires remote water monitoring hardware and software from Trimble to expand real-time monitoring for water and wastewater systems.

ABB acquires Canadian firm Real Tech to expand its smart water management portfolio with real-time optical sensors and AI-driven monitoring tools.

US public EV charging installations fall 76% below forecasts for 2023, while the UK misses its targets for motorway service area chargers.

In the US, applications are open through January 31 for the 2024 Urban Heat Island mapping program to track neighborhood hot spots with car…

BT launches a pilot program to convert around 60,000 old street cabinets into EV chargers across the UK to address infrastructure scarcity.