Digital Utilities

More than half of Australian fleets now use in-cab video technology, leading a 65 per cent boost in driver safety...

OMICRON has released CMC CT-Check, a new add-on for its CMC 500 testing device that enables protection and commissioning engineers...

Gippsland Water has trialled 360-degree camera technology at sewer pump stations to improve the safety and efficiency of infrastructure inspections. ...

From around 37MW in 2005 to approximately 1.3GW in 2025, Australia’s data centre sector has expanded more than forty-fold, with...

Geotab and Swinburne University of Technology have officially opened a new transport innovation hub in Melbourne.  It is aimed at advancing...

Fuel has always been a major operational cost for utilities, but recent volatility has placed renewed pressure on fleet managers...

Ozwater’26 wrapped up in Brisbane with a strong final day of discussion, collaboration and forward-looking conversations across the water sector....

Day two of Ozwater’26 kept the momentum going in Brisbane, with packed sessions, busy exhibition halls and plenty of conversations...

Remote pumping stations, unmanned substations and mine-site control rooms increasingly depend on cloud-hosted compute. But moving data to and from...

Water utilities today face increasing complexity: growing demand, climate variability, expanding infrastructure, and rising expectations for reliability. For SA Water, which...

For decades, the performance of water and wastewater has been defined by physical infrastructure, primarily pipes, pumps, and treatment assets...

Bluebeam, a leading developer of solutions and services for architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) professionals worldwide and part of the...

Yarra Valley Water has installed more than 50,000 digital water meters across its network.  According to Yarra Valley Water, customers already benefiting...

Productivity is the currency of every utility and contractor. Yet across maintenance and construction crews, some of the biggest losses...

Across the utilities sector, accurate data has never been more critical. With ageing infrastructure, tighter regulatory requirements, and increasingly complex...

Helicopters are scanning powerlines across the Goulburn Valley and Murray Valley as part of Powercor’s year-round bushfire mitigation and vegetation...

Storms, floods and rising digital demand in 2025 exposed a growing risk for utilities: they may be resilient individually, but...

“Resistance” in the water industry isn’t about refusing change — it’s about building the capacity to withstand shocks, adapt to...

Yarra Trams has slashed water use at its New Preston Depot by almost 70 per cent, saving around 6.6 million...

Unitywater has announced the next Moreton Bay and Sunshine Coast suburbs set to receive digital water meters in April. Installations will prioritise older...

Schneider Electric is expanding its collaboration with Microsoft to help industrial companies modernise operations, move beyond proprietary legacy systems and...

A major transmission project supporting Australia’s energy transition is also helping to close long-standing mobile coverage gaps across regional NSW. ...

Bucher Municipal has announced a significant expansion of its demonstration fleet across Australia and New Zealand, following strong market uptake...

Unlocking the potential for big water users to become big water savers is a major opportunity for Australia’s water sector....

The use of both cellular and satellite technologies for in-vehicle connectivity has grown in recent years, driven by the need...

Pressures on energy and water grids by burgeoning global data centres could be eased by appropriately located precincts, a new TBH report has found.  The report, ‘Powering Data Centres: Are Integrated...

There is growing momentum across the water sector to “go digital”, with strong focus on digital water meters and sensors,...

Aurora Energy has signed a three-year retail service agreement with Firmus Technologies to supply up to 104MW of electricity for...

The demands placed on field technicians continue to grow as utilities and metering providers drive accelerated smart meter rollouts. Crews...

Across the utility sector, expectations around fleet performance, accountability and efficiency continue to rise. Assets are no longer judged solely...