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LIBERTY LAKE, Wash., Oct. 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI), the intelligent infrastructure provider for modern energy and water management, today released the findings from its 2026 Resourcefulness Report: Data Analytics and the Intelligent Grid – How Do Utilities Turn Intelligence into Action? The research shows utilities in Sweden, Norway and Finland…

Water systems, like other industrial and manufacturing facilities, depend on pumps, valves, motors, drives, relays, analyzers, process sensors, engineering workstations, operator displays and communication networks. These are physical systems, not information systems. The pumps move the water. The valves control it. The motors and drives provide power. The analyzers measure chemistry. The process sensors measure…

The artificial intelligence boom is doing more than reshaping software, it’s cracking the foundations of America’s power grid. As data centers multiply to feed the compute needs of large language models, utilities are scrambling for new sources of baseload power, and increasingly they’re turning to an unlikely partner: fusion startups. The latest beneficiary is Realta…

The AI boom’s insatiable appetite for electricity is pushing power utilities into uncharted territory: striking deals with fusion energy startups that haven’t yet produced a single watt of commercial power. Realta Fusion is the latest beneficiary of this scramble, according to a new report from TechCrunch, as grid operators bet on fusion’s long-promised payoff arriving…