Utilities stories
London AI risk monitor Augur raises USD $15m seed round led by Plural to scale privacy-first surveillance across European infrastructure.
Totalmobile and Solvares merge to create an 800-strong field service software group serving 4,000 customers across Europe and beyond.
Energy boards warned AI ambitions are racing ahead of software quality and security, leaving critical grids exposed and oversight lagging.
Synechron merges Chamonix IT, Exposé and iGreenData into a single Australian consultancy, unveiling a new national leadership team.
Virtual power plants are emerging as cheaper, flexible grid allies, turning homes, EVs and batteries into a fast-growing virtual energy network.
Xiid inks trio of security deals to harden EV charging, healthcare AI data and multi-cloud landing zones against network-based attacks.
Antevia and Benetel team up to offer a jointly validated outdoor Open RAN private 5G solution, targeting faster, lower-risk deployments.
eSmart Systems launches AI Studio, a modular platform that lets utilities build and deploy custom grid inspection vision models via web and APIs.
Ericsson and Future Technologies are deepening their North American push to deliver AI-ready private 5G for industrial and critical infrastructure.
Smart CT lands three global IT support deals covering 65,000-plus devices as it accelerates expansion across Europe, Asia and Australia.
DataIQ's 2026 Top 10 names Europe's most influential data and AI leaders, with UK-based executives dominating the cross-sector list.
Women in tech and finance say workplaces must be redesigned, with data-led accountability and digital finance access to match women's ambitions.
Codific warns power grids face repeat cyberattack patterns and urges utilities to bolster resilience to outages and cascading disruption.
Ericsson and NTT DATA strike global deal to deliver managed private 5G and edge AI for large enterprises across multiple industries.
Ultimo appoints Philip Neal as Chief Revenue Officer to drive global growth and AI-augmented EAM strategy across North America, EMEA and APAC.
Australian firms plan to lift energy-transition capex as tech, AI and renewables drive momentum, but green skills shortages loom.
Aeris links its IoT Watchtower with Palo Alto Networks' Prisma SASE 5G to unify zero-trust security and connectivity for global IoT fleets.
Specialised AI is set to transform Australian enterprise networks, outgunning generic tools in resilience, reliability and local relevance.
Australia proposes tougher grid connection standards for data centres as rising electricity demand tests system stability and reliability.
As AI drives explosive data centre growth, success hinges on power-ready sites, faster build-out and cultivating cross-functional talent.