Itron Collaborates with Microsoft to Enhance Utility Operations with Generative AI
Natural Language Queries on Itron’s Intelligent Edge Operating System to Significantly Improve Data Access LIBERTY LAKE, Wash.- Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI), which is innovating new ways for utilities and cities to manage energy and water, is working with Microsoft to enhance the way utilities access data across their business operations, leading the utility industry with Grid Edge Intelligence. The companies are integrating Microsoft’s generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) Copilot technolo...
Xcel Energy to Deploy Advanced Virtual Power Plant in Colorado with Itron and Tesla
Integration of Itron's IntelliFLEX Aggregator DERMS Solution and Tesla Home Batteries Drives Grid Flexibility, Visibility and ControlLIBERTY LAKE, Wash.- Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI), which is innovating new ways for energy providers and cities to manage energy and water, is collaborating with Tesla Inc. to deploy an advanced virtual power plant (VPP) in Colorado in collaboration with Xcel Energy. The collaboration is part of a new effort in Itron’s ongoing work with Xcel Energy to manage the grow...
Itron to Bring NVIDIA-Powered Artificial Intelligence to the Grid Edge
Powering the Future of Utilities with High-Performance Edge Computing to Support Rapidly Increasing Demands of Grid Resilience, Customer Engagement and Affordability LIBERTY LAKE, Wash. — Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI), which is innovating new ways for utilities and cities to manage energy and water, today announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to address the industry’s most pressing challenges by accelerating the adoption of AI-powered solutions at the grid edge for utilities and communities...
Xona Space Systems Announces Collaboration with Trimble to Deliver Next-Gen Navigation Services
Collaboration is Poised to Deliver Reliable, High-Precision Navigation Anywhere on Earth BURLINGAME, Calif. and WESTMINSTER, Colo., March 11, 2025 — Xona Space Systems (Xona), a leading pioneer of advanced commercial satellite navigation solutions announces a new collaboration with Trimble® (Nasdaq: TRMB), a global leader in construction, transportation and geospatial technology. Xona and Trimble are pursuing the integration of Trimble correction services with Xona’s PULSAR™ high-perform...
Flow Labs and Carahsoft Partner to Streamline Access to AI-Powered Traffic Management Solutions for the Public Sector
OAKLAND, California, and RESTON, Virginia – March 11, 2024 – Flow Labs, a transportation software technology leader specializing in Artificial Intelligence (AI) that makes roads cleaner, clearer and safer, and Carahsoft Technology Corp., The Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider®, today announced a partnership. This nationwide partnership streamlines the procurement process for Government agencies, allowing them to procure Flow Labs’ innovative traffic management platform. Under the agreement...
Planera and Big-D Construction Partner to Drive Scheduling Innovation
Leading Intermountain Contractor Transitions to Visual Project Scheduling SAN JOSE, Calif. — Planera, the leader in visual CPM-based construction scheduling, announced today that Big-D Construction Corp. has adopted Planera as its visual scheduling solution of choice.Big-D specializes in construction management and design-build services for various sectors, including multi-family residential, commercial, industrial, and mission-critical projects. With multiple offices across the western U.S., i...
Esri Collaborates with Google Maps Platform to Offer High-Quality Photorealistic 3D Tiles
New Integration Provides Highly Detailed and Visually Immersive Basemaps in ArcGIS REDLANDS, Calif. — At its 2025 Partner Conference, Esri—the global leader in location intelligence—announced a collaboration with Google Maps Platform. Enabling users to create highly detailed and visually immersive 3D maps and scenes, this collaboration integrates Google’s Photorealistic 3D Tiles into the ArcGIS suite. "We are excited to collaborate with Google Maps Platform and bring this valuable data to o...
Trimble Announces SMS Equipment As First Trimble Technology Outlet Globally
Canadian Equipment Dealer Now Sells Trimble Grade Control Solutions for Komatsu, BOMAG and Takeuchi Equipment WESTMINSTER, Colo.- Trimble® (Nasdaq: TRMB) today announced SMS Equipment, Inc. as the first Trimble Technology Outlet worldwide. As a Trimble Technology Outlet, SMS Equipment will now sell Trimble grade control, site positioning systems and correction services technology directly to SMS Equipment customers using dozers, excavators, compactors and compact machines from trusted brands li...
DFI Announces New Sustainability Guides
Hawthorne, N.J. (March 5, 2025): DFI’s Sustainability Committee is working with the EFFC (European Federation of Foundation Contractors) Sustainability Working Group to develop guides that are intended to support geotechnical companies with practical suggestions for how they can play their part in enabling some of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which every member country in the United Nations has signed up to achieve by 2030. The guides are not minimum requirements or sector standa...
EDF Renewables North America and Masdar Sign Power Purchase Agreement with Soluna Holdings
Las Majadas wind project will supply clean power to co-located data center; Agreement provides an innovative solution to capture under-utilized electricity from wind farm. SAN DIEGO, United States and ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates: EDF Renewables North America and Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company – Masdar, co-owners of the Las Majadas Wind Project, have entered into a power purchase agreement (PPA) with data center developer and operator Soluna Holdings, Inc. (Soluna), (NASDAQ: SLNH). Un...
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