
Smart Cities Can Be Smart Business for Utilities
“What Makes A City Smart?” The answer to this question is broad but the smart infrastructure is surely the first thing that a city smart has. Smart infrastructure is has a direct connection with utilities. Utilities such as gas, water, grid, or lighting play a significant role in building a smarter city. Two-thirds of the U.S. population live in cities, and by 2050, over 70% of the population of the world will be in cities (T&D World). According to Gartner, almost 1.4 billion connected things will be used to create efficient and sustainable cities by 2020. Statista predicts that the