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5 min agoVoltus Raises $225M Series D Led By Generation Investment Management 36 min agoRabot Energy Raises €50M Series B Led By Endeit And DeepTech & Climate Fonds 43 min agoNew Orleans Sewerage And Water Board Installs Smart Meters For All Residential Customers 22h agoSouthern Water Tests Lightsonic Leak Detection On Openreach’s Fibre Network YesterdayConnexin Secures Up To £35M To Extend UK LoRaWAN Smart Water Meter Network 14 OctTelefónica Tech Launches In-House Cloud Platform For Remote Management Of Smart Water Meters 14 OctOrbitworks And Loft Orbital Launch First Of 50 AI Satellites Running Mistral Models In $1B Programme 14 OctMaricopa County Adds Kapsch TrafficCom Roadside Units To USD 19.6 Million V2X Acceleration Zone 14 OctEscobar Signs Four-Year Hikvision Agreement To Turn Monitoring Centre Into Smart City Innovation Lab 14 OctAlchera Technologies Raises £2.7 Million Seed To Scale M25 Traffic Forecasting For UK Highways

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26 Jul WasteTelefónica Tech Deploys Drones to Tackle Marine Waste in Palma

Telefónica Tech deploys an autonomous electric drone in Palma port to collect up to 500 kilograms of floating waste daily during a one-month pilot.

26 Jul VideosurveillanceHuntsville Delays Decision on AI Camera Proposal for Garbage Trucks

Huntsville City Council delays a vote on a $972,200 contract to put AI code enforcement cameras on garbage trucks after resident privacy concerns.

22 Jul EV ChargingGeorgia Launches V2X Pilot and Expands EV Charging Access

Georgia approves $52 million for Georgia Power to expand EV charging infrastructure and launches a bidirectional V2X pilot in ten school districts.

22 Jul WasteJaipur Robotics Secures €153K to Optimize Waste-to-Energy Plants with AI Vision

Swiss startup Jaipur Robotics raises €153,000 from Venture Kick to scale its AI vision platform, reducing downtime at waste-to-energy plants.

22 Jul VideosurveillanceAI Surveillance Network Launched in Mallorca’s Playa de Palma

Playa de Palma deploys a €6 million AI surveillance network with 15 cameras across six kilometers of coastline to detect nighttime beach thefts.

22 Jul EnergyVeolia Acquires Icetec to Strengthen North American Digital Energy Services

Veolia acquires Pennsylvania-based Icetec to expand distributed energy services and support plans to double North American revenue by 2030.

22 Jul VideosurveillanceMenorca Advances Smart Island Project with Over 3,500 Connected Devices

Menorca launches a €1.65 million smart island phase to install over 3,500 connected devices by 2026, prioritizing water metering and traffic.

22 Jul EnergyTokyo Gas Venture Arm Backs AI Energy Forecasting Firm Amperon

Tokyo Gas venture arm Acario invests in Houston-based Amperon to support the AI energy forecasting firm's expansion across North America and Europe.

22 Jul Mobility and TrafficTfGM Extends Use of CitySwift Platform to Continue Optimizing Bus Operations

TfGM extends its CitySwift partnership across Greater Manchester, where data-driven bus adjustments drove a 10% punctuality gain in key areas.

22 Jul IoT NetworksMemphis Utility Deploys First Standalone Private 5G Network with Nokia

MLGW deploys the first U.S. municipal standalone private 5G network with Nokia to modernize utility services for over 420,000 Memphis customers.

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