Smart City & Utility Industry News

New Project (Full-Scale)Environmental MonitoringClarity MovementUSA

Philadelphia Deploys 76 IoT Air Sensors Citywide With Breathe Philly Dashboard

Feb 18, 2026

The City of Philadelphia has launched a network of 76 ground-level air quality sensors across its neighborhoods, providing residents with real-time pollution data through a new public dashboard called Breathe Philly. The initiative, announced on...

FundingWasteNando

NANDO Raises €3.3M To Scale AI Waste Monitoring Across Municipalities And Food Services

Feb 18, 2026

The Italian AI waste monitoring startup NANDO (formerly Re Learn) has closed a €3.3 million capital increase aimed at expanding its computer vision platform for municipal waste collection optimisation and food waste reduction. The...

New Project (Pilot)Mobility and TrafficAECOMAcusensusIreland

Scotland Launches £350,000 AI Camera Pilot to Detect Distracted Drivers

Feb 13, 2026

Transport Scotland has awarded a £350,000 contract to trial artificial intelligence-powered cameras on Scottish roads, targeting motorists who use mobile phones or fail to wear seatbelts while driving. The pilot, awarded to Edinburgh-based...

FundingMobility and TrafficUrban SDK

Urban SDK Raises $65M To Scale Geospatial AI Platform Across U.S. Public Sector

Feb 13, 2026

Jacksonville-based Urban SDK has closed a $65 million growth round led by Riverwood Capital, marking one of the largest single investments in a geospatial AI company focused exclusively on local and state government operations. The platform helps...

Mergers and AcquisitionsMobility and TrafficOusterStereoLabs

Ouster’s $35M StereoLabs Deal Could Reshape Smart City Perception Systems

Feb 13, 2026

Ouster has completed its $35 million acquisition of StereoLabs SAS, combining its digital lidar hardware with stereo camera technology and AI-driven perception software. While the deal targets a broad range of applications from robotics to...

New Project (Full-Scale)Street LightingTIMLiveable CitiesBrasil

Brazil’s Unicamp Deploys 2,600 NB-IoT Connected LED Streetlights With TIM Brasil

Feb 13, 2026

The State University of Campinas (Unicamp), one of Latin America’s top-ranked research institutions, has launched a large-scale IoT-enabled street lighting modernization across its main campus in Barão Geraldo, Campinas. The R$ 5 million...

New Project (Full-Scale)Mobility and TrafficLYTUSA

Salem’s Busiest Bus Corridor Gets Cloud-Based Signal Priority Across 22 Intersections

Feb 11, 2026

Oregon’s capital city has taken a tangible step toward modernizing its public transit operations. Cherriots, the Salem Area Mass Transit District, has activated Transit Signal Priority (TSP) technology along the Lancaster Drive corridor in...

FundingEnergyGasOctopus EnergymetiundoGermany

Octopus Energy Generation Pours €40M Into Smart Metering Firm metiundo

Feb 11, 2026

Octopus Energy Generation, the renewables investment arm of the UK-headquartered Octopus Energy Group, has committed €40 million in Series A funding to Berlin-based smart metering point operator metiundo, marking one of the largest cleantech...

Project UpdateMobility and TrafficINRIXUSA

Texas Department of Transportation to Strengthen Statewide Traffic Intelligence

Feb 11, 2026

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has renewed and expanded its longstanding data partnership with INRIX, the Bellevue, Washington-based mobility analytics firm. Announced in February 2026, the upgraded contract builds on a collaboration...

New Project (Full-Scale)Mobility and TrafficYunex TrafficUK

Lincolnshire Deploys Multimodal Adaptive Traffic Control Across 67 Junctions

Feb 11, 2026

Lincolnshire County Council has awarded a £357,426 contract to Yunex Traffic for the deployment of Yutraffic FUSION, a cloud-hosted adaptive traffic signal platform that will manage 67 signalised nodes across 15 regions of the county. The project,...