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6h agoFreeland Municipal Authority Deploys $225,033 Digital Twin With 74 Leak Loggers in Pennsylvania 7h agoEddy Solutions Signs Water Detection Deal With FirstService Residential, Monitoring 30 Communities 7h agoViterbo Deploys 12 AirQino Air Quality Stations With Boldyn Networks Italia and CNR 7h agoBadger Meter Acquires Australia’s 37South to Enter Market After SmartCover and UDlive Deals 2 NoveThekwini Municipality Plans Citywide Smart Water Meter Rollout Against 58% Non-Revenue Water 2 NovThe Australian Renewable Energy Agency Funds A$4.1M JET Charge V2G Trial 31 OctTALQ Consortium Releases Edition 5 Tender Template For Interoperable Smart Street Lighting 31 OctCity Of Zadar Selects ELIPSA For €197,900 Design Of Intelligent Transport System Phase Two 31 OctTrashLab Raises $12M Growth Round Led By Ventana For Waste Hauler Software 31 OctCovilhã Municipality Awards €19M 16-Year Contract For 19,533 Connected LED Streetlights

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21 May VideosurveillanceAI-Powered Detection Vendors Are Losing Cities. Here Is Why, and What Comes Next

US cities are canceling AI surveillance contracts at scale. The pattern reveals what vendors must fix to survive the next procurement cycle.

21 May Mobility and TrafficWestern Cape Government Deploys AI Solution to Monitor 5,000 km of Roads

Western Cape deploys Bentley's Blyncsy AI across 5,000 km of roads to detect hazards amid growing climate pressures.

21 May EnergyDubai’s DEWA Deploys Agentic AI in Daily Operations

Dubai utility DEWA adopts Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork, becoming the UAE's first government body to use agentic AI for autonomous workflows.

20 May Environmental MonitoringPattaya Installs AI Flood System With Over 100 Sensor Nodes

Pattaya is rolling out an AI-powered flood monitoring system with 100+ sensors and real-time alerts across the city by August 2026.

20 May WaterOfwat Awards £58 Million to 19 Water Innovation Projects

Ofwat's Water Breakthrough Challenge 6 funds 19 projects worth £58M: AI wastewater, mycofiltration, and 3D printing.

20 May Mobility and TrafficHanau, Maintal, and Schöneck Deploy Sensors to Keep Emergency Routes Clear

Three Hessen municipalities use IoT sensors on LoRaWAN to detect illegal parking and keep emergency routes clear in residential zones.

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.

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