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Street LightingWest Sussex Begins £24M Smart LED Upgrade for 64,000 Streetlights

West Sussex begins £24M programme to replace 64,000 streetlights with LED and smart controls, targeting 10.7M kWh annual savings.

 WasteCity Detect Raises $13M to Scale AI-Powered Urban Blight Detection Across US Cities

City Detect secures $13M in Series A funding led by Prudence to expand vehicle-mounted AI cameras tracking blight across at least 17 US cities.

 Environmental MonitoringRío Negro Deploys OroraTech Satellite Wildfire Detection Across Patagonia

Río Negro deploys OroraTech satellite wildfire detection across 20M hectares of Patagonia with two new control centres.

 Mobility and TrafficBangkok Scales AI-Powered Traffic Signals After Cutting Travel Times Up to 41%

Bangkok is adding AI traffic signals to 50 more intersections after trials across 74 junctions cut travel times by up to 41 percent.

 WaterToronto Launches CAD 103 Million Programme to Swap 470,000 Failing Water Meter Units

Toronto begins CAD 103M programme to replace 470,000 failed water meter transmission units, joining a growing list of North American cities facing early MTU…

 WaterExtremadura Water Networks Get Hydraulic Mathematical Model From Veolia

Villanueva de la Serena's water network to receive Veolia hydraulic model under EU-funded DIGITALASVEGAS PERTE project in Extremadura, Spain.

 Mobility and TrafficPhiladelphia Deploys AI-Powered Cameras on Trolleys to Tackle Illegal Parking

Philadelphia becomes the first U.S. city to deploy AI-powered enforcement cameras on trolleys, targeting illegal parking with Hayden AI technology.

 WaterAndalusia Turns to AI-Powered Leak Detection as Veolia and Cetaqua Launch SMARTFLOW

Veolia, Cetaqua, and Hidralia launch SMARTFLOW, an AI-powered leak detection project targeting Andalusia's water-stressed coastal networks.

 Street LightingTALQ Protocol 2.7.0 Advances Street Lighting Interoperability With DALI D4i and Zhaga

TALQ Consortium releases Protocol 2.7.0 integrating DALI D4i and Zhaga profiles to strengthen outdoor lighting interoperability standards.

 WaterA Single Software Update Knocks Out 73,000 Smart Water Meters In Texas

Plano, Texas, approves $765,000 for manual meter reading after a botched firmware update disables over 73,000 smart water transmission units.

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