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4h agoAllstate’s Arity To Acquire INRIX Assets To Merge Driving And Traffic Data 4h agoEZO Secures €150M Senior Debt Facility For 3,000 EV Charge Points In UK And Ireland YesterdayDortmund Installs 92 Sensor-Equipped Big Belly Bins In 14 Parks And Zoo For €367,000 YesterdayBarbados Government Explores Urban Hypervisor Platform Modelled On Brazilian System 18 OctPorto-Vecchio To Fit 12,800 Water Meters With Remote Reading In €1M Project 17 OctDuquesne Light Adds 20,000 Itron Edge Intelligence Endpoints To Pittsburgh Grid 17 OctVoltus Raises $225M Series D Led By Generation Investment Management 17 OctRabot Energy Raises €50M Series B Led By Endeit And DeepTech & Climate Fonds 17 OctNew Orleans Sewerage And Water Board Installs Smart Meters For All Residential Customers 17 OctSouthern Water Tests Lightsonic Leak Detection On Openreach’s Fibre Network

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Projects, tenders, funding and deals in smart water, mobility, lighting, energy and IoT, reported every day by the Kurrant news desk.

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19 May WaterGradiant Hits $2 Billion Valuation to Scale AI and Industrial Water Solutions

Gradiant closes Series E at a $2B valuation to expand AI-era water infrastructure, targeting data centers, semiconductor fabs.

18 May Environmental MonitoringXcel Energy Deploys AI Wildfire Detection Cameras Across Northwestern Wisconsin

Xcel Energy activates nine AI wildfire detection stations in northwestern Wisconsin, with plans to expand to 16 units near power lines.

18 May Street LightingToledo Invests €248,000 to Bring Smart LED Lighting to Its UNESCO Historic Quarter

Toledo's historic quarter gets 418 web-managed LED lanterns and ambient sensors in a €248,000 smart lighting overhaul.

18 May Street LightingBurriana Deploys NB-IoT Smart Lighting Across 6,500 Luminaires

Burriana replaces 6,536 streetlights with LED and NB-IoT point-to-point control in a EUR 9.8M, 15-year contract with Ferrovial and Endesa.

15 May WaterKuwait Prepares Tender for 300,000 Smart Water Meters as Subsidy-Driven Waste Mounts

Kuwait's MEWRE advances a 300,000-unit smart water meter tender to curb waste and rationalize consumption across all governorates.

15 May WaterLoveland Launches $12.4M Smart Water Meter Rollout Across 30,000 Connections

Colorado's Loveland begins converting 30,000 water connections to AMI in summer 2026, backed by bonds and a state conservation grant.

15 May Mobility and TrafficHouston Deploys AI Traffic Cameras Ahead of FIFA World Cup 2026

Houston approves $350K in AI traffic cameras for FIFA World Cup Almeda corridor amid privacy and cybersecurity concerns.

15 May WaterScottish Water Awards £50M AMI Contract for Business Customer Rollout

Scottish Water awards a £50M AMI contract to Elster Metering Ltd to deploy smart meters across 136,000 business customers from 2026.

15 May Mobility and TrafficBucharest Approves First Phase of AI-Driven Traffic Signal Overhaul Covering 92 Intersections

Bucharest's General Council approves AI traffic management rollout spanning 547 intersections across four planned phases.

15 May Mobility and TrafficMiami-Dade Relaunches AI-Powered School Bus Safety Program Across 900 Buses

Miami-Dade County Public Schools has relaunched its AI-powered school bus camera program, issuing $225 fines for illegal passing.

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