Smart City & Utility Industry News

New Project (Pilot)Mobility and TrafficLEOTEKUSA

Peachtree Corners’ Curiosity Lab Begins Live Evaluation Of LEOTEK Interlux AI Traffic Signal

Sep 16, 2026

The City of Peachtree Corners, a Gwinnett County, Georgia, municipality of 42,243 residents at the 2020 census, has begun evaluating an AI-based traffic signal system under live traffic at Curiosity Lab, its city-owned smart city test environment,...

New Project (Pilot)WasteLitterCamScotland

Transport Scotland Trials LitterCam Detection On Edinburgh City Bypass And A1 Trunk Roads

Sep 16, 2026

Transport Scotland and its South East Scotland trunk road operating company, BEAR Scotland, announced on 14 September 2026 a six-month pilot of LitterCam roadside detection cameras on the A720 Edinburgh City Bypass and the A1, after BEAR Scotland...

Public FundingSmart CityRed.esSpain

Red.es Awards €94 Million to 52 Spanish Smart Economy Projects Under RedCyTI

Sep 16, 2026

Red.es, the public business entity under Spain’s Ministry for Digital Transformation and Civil Service, has approved funding for 52 local smart city initiatives through its RedCyTI Smart Economy program. According to the government...

Public FundingWaterUSA

EPA Awards Georgia $499 Million To Rebuild Water Systems Damaged By Hurricane Helene

Sep 12, 2026

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Georgia $499,385,000 to repair and harden drinking water, wastewater and septic infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Helene. The Georgia Environmental Finance Authority will administer the money...

FundingWaterWint

Wint Closes $36 Million Series D To Expand AI Water Monitoring In Commercial Buildings

Sep 12, 2026

Wint, a water management company headquartered in Rosh Ha’ayin, Israel, with operations in the United States and the United Kingdom, announced on 9 September 2026 that it has raised $36 million in Series D funding co-led by LIP Ventures and...

New Project (Full-Scale)EnergyBudderflySchneider ElectricCity Of Cadillac

City Of Cadillac Approves $4.4 Million Energy-As-A-Service Deal With Budderfly, Schneider Electric

Sep 12, 2026

The City of Cadillac, a Michigan municipality of roughly 10,400 residents in Wexford County, has contracted Budderfly and Schneider Electric to install distributed energy and efficiency upgrades across seven municipal facilities under an...

Project UpdateAnglian WaterSamotics

Anglian Water Extends Samotics Condition Monitoring Framework To Strategic Pipeline Sites

Sep 8, 2026

Anglian Water has signed a two-year extension to its condition-based monitoring framework with Dutch industrial AI firm Samotics, agreed in April 2026 and made public in early September. The renewal keeps more than 250 clean water assets under...

FundingWasteEnergyJaipur RoboticsEquityPitcher Ventures

German Public-Private Seed Fund Co-Leads €4.3 Million Round In Waste-To-Energy AI Firm Jaipur Robotics

Sep 7, 2026

Jaipur Robotics, a Swiss computer vision company founded in 2024, announced on 7 September 2026 that it has closed a €4.3 million seed round co-led by EquityPitcher Ventures and High-Tech Gründerfonds, the German public-private seed fund whose...

Project UpdateWaterEnvocorePuerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA)USA

PRASA Adds Envocore To Puerto Rico Smart Meter Rollout Under $129 Million Contract

Sep 7, 2026

The Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority has contracted Maryland-based Envocore to carry out field deployment and program management for its island-wide water meter modernization program, under a five-year agreement valued at about $129 million...

Mergers and AcquisitionsEnergyGridsightInsight Partners

Gridsight Raises $26 Million Series B To Scale Utility Capacity Software In The US

Sep 2, 2026

Gridsight, a software company founded in Sydney in 2020 that helps electricity distributors measure and release unused capacity on existing networks, said on September 1, 2026 that it had closed a US$26 million Series B led by Insight Partners, with...