Smart City & Utility Industry News

New Project (Full-Scale)VideosurveillanceMobility and TrafficFlock SafetyUSA

Huntington City Council Approves $2.1 Million AI Surveillance Contract Amid Opposition

Jul 17, 2026

The Huntington, West Virginia city council voted 6-4 early Tuesday, July 14, 2026, to approve a five-year, more than $2.1 million contract with surveillance technology vendor Flock Safety, clearing the way for citywide deployment of license plate...

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Punta Arenas To Install 600 Smart Streetlights With Remote Management System

Jul 17, 2026

The Municipality of Punta Arenas has been awarded 332,107,699 Chilean pesos (roughly US$359,000) by Chile’s Subsecretaría de Desarrollo Regional y Administrativo, known as Subdere, to replace 600 first-generation streetlights in the...

New Project (Full-Scale)IoT and Smart City PlatformTelefonicaSpain

Oviedo Council and Telefónica Deploy Smart Tourism Platform for Camino Primitivo

Jul 17, 2026

Telefónica and the Oviedo City Council announced on July 14, 2026, the rollout of a smart tourism data platform for the Asturian capital, the historic starting point of the Camino Primitivo pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela. The project...

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TALQ Consortium And LUCI Association Form Smart Lighting Partnership

Jul 17, 2026

The TALQ Consortium, a global standards body for interoperable smart city technology, and the LUCI Association, a Lyon-based network of cities focused on urban lighting, announced on July 16, 2026 that they have entered a formal collaboration to...

New Project (Full-Scale)WaterVeoliaSpain

Torredembarra Awards €300,712 Contract To Digitalise Its Drinking Water Network

Jul 15, 2026

The Ajuntament de Torredembarra, a coastal municipality of roughly 18,200 residents in the Tarragonès county of Catalonia, has awarded a €300,711.70 works contract to digitalise and improve control of its low-pressure drinking water distribution...

New Project (Pilot)Mobility and TrafficEnvironmental MonitoringLas Rozas InnovaSchréderSpain

Las Rozas Innova And Schréder Deploy Edge AI Multisensors In City Centre Mobility Pilot

Jul 15, 2026

Las Rozas Innova, the municipal innovation and technology company of Las Rozas de Madrid, has begun a live urban sensing pilot with the Belgian lighting group Schréder and the backing of the Ayuntamiento de Las Rozas, installing three SENSE ONE...

New Project (Full-Scale)EnergyMaritime ElectricItronCanada

Maritime Electric Mounts 1,300 Pole Collectors as PEI Smart Meter Rollout Advances

Jul 14, 2026

Maritime Electric, Prince Edward Island’s principal electric utility, is nearing completion of the installation of roughly 1,300 pole-mounted data collectors across the province, the communications backbone for a plan to convert about 90,000...

New Project (Full-Scale)Environmental MonitoringIQAirUSA

MKE FreshAir Collective Adds Solar Air Sensors Along Milwaukee’s Beerline Trail

Jul 14, 2026

The MKE FreshAir Collective, a Milwaukee nonprofit that monitors neighborhood air quality, is installing four solar-powered air sensors along the city’s Beerline Trail through September 2026, funded by a $15,000 share of a $100,000 Daybreak...

New Project (Full-Scale)Environmental MonitoringClarity MovementUSA

Chicago Health Department Turns On 277-Sensor Open Air Chicago Monitoring Network

Jul 14, 2026

The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) and the University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health have begun publicly releasing data from Open Air Chicago, a 277-sensor hyperlocal air quality network the city describes as the largest...

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EIB Lends €100 Million To PWN For North Holland Drinking Water Upgrade

Jul 14, 2026

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to provide €100 million to PWN, the publicly owned drinking water utility for the Dutch province of North Holland, under a loan announced on 10 July 2026. The financing, backed by the European...