“ The project demonstrates that this approach to AMI deployments could be scaled to both support a smart water network and provide the infrastructure needed for other LoRaWAN IoT sensors deployed for other use cases ”
SMART CITIES
The UK ’ s Minister for Exports , Graham Stuart MP , recently co-launched the UK-Thailand Tech Export Academy , a virtual trade mission , alongside Thailand ’ s Minister of Digital Economy and Society , H . E . Mr Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn , that has led to over 200 business matching sessions between British and Thai businesses . In the past year , total trade between the UK and Thailand exceeded £ 5bn . expansions , Digital Edge expects to invest over US $ 120mn and is committing US $ 1bn to build the Digital Edge platform in Asia .
“ The acquisition of these strategic assets in South Korea will form a solid core for our maturing regional platform ,” said Yongsuk Choi , Chief Infrastructure and Data Centre Operations Officer of Digital Edge . “ It will position Digital Edge as a credible and reliable data centre and interconnection service provider in South Korea , with high-quality assets from Seoul to Busan and a large , diversified ecosystem of Korean and multinational businesses .”
“ The project demonstrates that this approach to AMI deployments could be scaled to both support a smart water network and provide the infrastructure needed for other LoRaWAN IoT sensors deployed for other use cases ”
SCOTT STEWART CEO , IBI GROUP
In focus : Smart water and energy savings Speaking at the City of London Green City Briefings , James Hitchmough , Professor of Horticultural Ecology at the University of Sheffield , presented ways to reimagine urban landscapes from a water management perspective , referencing Copenhagen ’ s success in separating stormwater from sewage , the UK London Olympic flood plain design , and Longquanshan , Chengdu , where stormwater is being held in catchments in a mountain landscape . He highlighted the need to think on a larger scale in city planning instead of single streets or isolated projects , using the Grey to Green Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems of Sheffield as an example , which , although the largest in the UK , is still a small-scale approach .
He proposed that in Sheffield , where there is a lot of water that runs off the top of the ridge and many green spaces dotted around , the city could think about retrofitting and connecting green spaces to capture the water , in turn creatingmany biodiversity benefits and community interest .
“ Water management is talked about but is not yet part of the big picture . This radical view has to become the new normal to collectively achieve our goals .
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