Smart City & Utility Industry News

The Biden-Harris administration is allocating $79 million to improve U.S. wildfire management, including $10.5 million for remote sensing tech.

Paris will end the 20 million euro pneumatic waste collection system in its Martin-Luther-King eco-district on May 19 due to high costs.

Connexin and NYnet add 57 LoRaWAN gateways in North Yorkshire under an £80m project, helping Yorkshire Water cut leakage by 50% by

Faulty smart meters in Great Britain fell to 3.98 million at the end of 2023, down from 4.31 million in June, according

Arcadis partners with Houston Public Works on a $5.7 million project to build a digital twin that will help manage localized water pressure issues.

SEWA installs 91,155 smart water meters across Sharjah toward its 125,000 target by 2024, enabling real-time monitoring and leak detection.

San Jose tests AI-equipped cameras on a municipal vehicle to detect homeless encampments, raising local privacy and policing concerns.

Tempe, Arizona, tests an emergency vehicle pre-emption system on two roads to adjust traffic signals in real time for faster emergency response.

Andalusia approves a water management center in Seville to monitor over 31,000 km² using AI and 228 measurement stations across the region.

Telefónica Tech is transforming Santiago de Compostela's public lighting with smart tech for energy efficiency and improved management.