Smart City & Utility Industry News

New Project (Full-Scale)Street LightingTeckal S.p.A.Rekeep GroupItaly

L’Aquila awards €151 million PPP for public lighting and energy-efficiency upgrades

Oct 29, 2025

In a major public-private partnership (PPP) deal, the Municipality of L’Aquila has awarded a contract worth approximately €151.5 million for the energy-efficiency upgrade of its public-lighting network, municipal buildings and housing units...

Upcoming projectMobility and TrafficEnvironmental MonitoringHewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)USA

Town of Vail Adopts HPE-NVIDIA AI Platform for Safer, Smarter Municipal Services

Oct 29, 2025

The town of Vail, Colorado has agreed to implement a new smart-city platform from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) that aims to enhance public-safety, sustainability and administrative functions. Vail will deploy HPE’s agentic AI infrastructure,...

Upcoming projectLuxembourg

Differdange Launches €3 M Smart LED Lighting Upgrade

Oct 29, 2025

The city of Differdange in Luxembourg is beginning a significant public-lighting infrastructure overhaul, replacing all 1 711 existing conventional and older LED luminaires with smart controllable LED units over the next three to four years. The...

New Project (Pilot)WasteFichaFrance

Riom Trials Grenoble Based Ficha’s AI System to Curb Recycling Errors

Oct 29, 2025

In Riom, near Clermont-Ferrand, the Syndicat du Bois de l’Aumône (SBA) has begun testing an artificial-intelligence solution designed to reduce recycling mistakes and lower waste-management costs. The technology, developed by Grenoble-based...

Upcoming projectSecurityWasteAustralia

Melbourne Expands CCTV Network Ahead of AI Upgrade

Oct 29, 2025

The City of Melbourne is set to significantly expand its surveillance infrastructure by activating more than 100 additional CCTV cameras as part of its Safe City Camera Program. The rollout stems from the council’s 2025-26 draft budget, which...

New Project (Pilot)Mobility and TrafficHayden AIUSA

Chicago Expands Automated Bus-and-Bike Lane Enforcement with Hayden AI Pilot

Oct 29, 2025

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) has launched a pilot program equipping six of its buses with the ­Hayden AI “ABLE” camera-systems to enforce parking and standing violations in bus lanes, bus stops and bike lanes as part of the City of...

New Project (Pilot)WasteMobility and TrafficAutogoK2 TechnologiesUAE

Abu Dhabi Introduces Autonomous Robosweepers to Maintain Corniche Cleanliness

Oct 29, 2025

The Integrated Transport Centre (ITC), part of Abu Dhabi’s Department of Municipalities and Transport (DMT), has deployed a fleet of autonomous “Robosweeper” cleaning vehicles along the Corniche as part of its drive to modernise public...

PartnershipNew Project (Full-Scale)EnergyMeralcoItronPhilippines

Meralco Partners with Itron for Smart Meter Rollout

Oct 24, 2025

Manila based utility Meralco has entered into a partnership with Itron, Inc. to deploy advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) across its franchise area in the Philippines. The initial phase will cover approximately 73,000 endpoints in Metro Manila,...

FundingEnergyExnaton

Swiss Startup Exnaton Raises Series A to Scale European Energy Management Platform

Oct 24, 2025

Swiss company Exnaton, a Zurich-based software spin-off from ETH Zurich, has secured a Series A funding round to expand its white-label billing and energy-sharing SaaS platform across Europe. The company’s platform enables utility companies to...

Project UpdateWasteBigbellyIreland

Smart Waste Bin Roll-out Expanded in Belfast

Oct 24, 2025

Belfast City Council has approved an extension of its smart bin deployment across the city, following a pilot in the city centre that delivered major efficiency gains. The trial deployed smart bins made by Big Belly. During the pilot, one bin at...