Infrastructure

The Oklahoma Broadband Office and AT&T will use federal American Rescue Plan Act and matching funds to deploy high-speed Internet across five local governments. The endeavor was announced Friday in Latimer County.

After a state inquiry, NorthWestern Energy has offered more details on its plans for two proposed data centers near Butte, Mont. The endeavor, it said, will support capital investments and infrastructure improvements.

Cubic has introduced gates for transit systems that are equipped with technology including artificial intelligence, to differentiate between a rider slipping through a gate without paying and a mother struggling with a stroller.

The $34 million ErieNet project, which benefited from federal American Rescue Plan funding, should wrap in October. A publicly owned network, it will lay hundreds of miles of fiber-optic cable, reaching all parts of the county.

In Arizona, Indiana, Mississippi and New Jersey, lawmakers hope to advance cybersecurity through new legislation to modernize IT infrastructure, protect data and prepare agencies for future digital challenges.

Municipalities in California, Colorado and Washington are working toward a deeper understanding of what goes on at their curbs, to solve persistent problems related to parking, congestion and deliveries.

Virginia’s Loudoun County has a famously high concentration of data centers, but a proposed rule would remove builders’ “by right” zoning status. If the state cools to their construction, might neighboring North Carolina gain?

A sewer district in Ohio is using rain gauge data, coupled with radar and other inputs, to better understand how rain events will impact its service area. The goal is to inform residents about extreme weather.

The demands of parcels coming and going, and other stressors at the curb, are prompting cities to design new approaches to managing these spaces. Often, they are turning to data and technology for support.

Advancing broadband deployment and equity means expanding the technology to institutions like correctional facilities, panelists said at the recent Expanding Digital Opportunity: Charting a Path Toward Full Inclusion conference.

Technology being deployed at 53 parking facilities serving the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority will guide drivers to open spots, and offer a real-time look at demand and other information.

An interactive online map shows progress made by a handful of Internet service providers laying fiber optic cable to reach homes and businesses in southeast Michigan with high-speed Internet.

A 2023 Michigan law gives the state authority to permit large-scale wind, solar and energy storage projects, but local governments can retain some permitting authority by passing their own compatible ordinances.

Four Internet service providers are seeking support from the county board as a deadline to apply for Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment funding nears. The quartet would serve households in hard-to-serve areas.

The crosswalk, near a middle school, is a pilot between the city and a maker of intelligent signal and traffic management technology. Its traffic detector with artificial intelligence detects people and cars nearby.

States are beginning to offer such programs in a pay-as-you-go format, as an alternative to the flat fees attached to electric vehicle and other high miles-per-gallon cars that pay little or no gas taxes.

Final agreements between Frontier Communications and the Greene County Economic Development Group have been reached and, after roughly four years in process, construction is close to getting underway.

Through a combination of vehicle, drone and in-person imagery, the New York State Electric & Gas company is examining its infrastructure. The work will be used to recommend equipment replacement and upgrades.