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Cambridge launches urban data IoT project

The Greater Cambridge Partnership, the delivery body for Cambridge’s City Deal with central government, is to trial a new service that will help it take charge of its citywide data assets using a Microsoft Azure-backed internet of things (IoT) network.

The so-called Urban Data Project has been developed by smart lighting and smart city applications specialist Telensa, and comprises a network of streetlight-mounted multi-sensor IoT pods feeding back into Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform to create a “trust infrastructure” for urban data, which should enable Cambridge to collect, protect and use IoT data to benefit everyone in the city.

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