ENN Group China Aims to Boost Cambodia’s Tourism Through AI Collaboration

In a significant move to enhance Cambodia's tourism sector, ENN Group, a leading artificial intelligence (AI) company based in Hebei, Guangxi Province, has expressed its intention to collaborate with the Cambodian Tourism Association. The partnership aims to leverage smart travel solutions to catalyze further growth in the country’s tourism industry. During a meeting between H.E. Huot Hak, Mini...

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Infrastructure Is About People, Not Concrete: How Leaders Are Rethinking What We Build, Where We Build, and How We Pay For it

By Tomas Kellner Nothing is certain except death and taxes, the cliché goes. But even taxes come with surprises—like the cost of crumbling infrastructure. “When we fail to invest in infrastructure, that’s a hidden tax we pay today,” said Tom Smith, executive director of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). “Instead of paying a real tax that would produce something, we’re paying in...

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Shinto Holdings Expresses Interest in Investing in Environment & AI Sectors in Cambodia

In a recent meeting in Tokyo, Japan, Prime Minister Hun Manet discussed potential investment opportunities in Cambodia with Deng Minghui, President of Shinto Holdings Inc. The Japanese company focuses on environmental initiatives and artificial intelligence (AI) as part of its investment strategy. Shinto Holdings, established in 1984 and listed on the Japanese stock exchange, boasts extensive e...

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US tariffs: Impact on data centre construction

The US tariffs will negatively impact data centre construction and, as a result, drive up the cost of AI processing. Building data centres requires materials and supplies, construction equipment, electrical components, and cooling systems, even before IT and network infrastructure are deployed. As all construction costs increase, so will the cost of data centre builds, which will be passed on to e...

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Protecting The Big Easy: This Year’s Mardi Gras Showed Again How Infrastructure And Digital Twins Can Help Keep New Orleans Safe and Dry

By Tomas Kellner New Orleans is home to awe-inspiring music, food and street parties. But let’s not forget equally awe-inspiring infrastructure, which keeps the Big Easy dry. That was evident in early March when New Orleans entered “Deep Gras,” the boisterous coda to months of revelry culminating in Fat Tuesday, the end of the Mardi Gras season. Sitting on land near and below sea level and surr...

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Q&A: Driving Innovation for Integrating AI and Sustainability in Transportation Solutions for a Greener Future

In the last decade, there has been a significant focus on digital technology and artificial intelligence worldwide. Bentley Systems, a leading company in infrastructure engineering software, recently held the 2024 Year in Infrastructure and Going Digital Awards in Vancouver, Canada. This event brought together prominent industry leaders and users from around the globe to discuss advancements in th...

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Bentley Systems Announces Generative AI Game-Changer for Civil Site Design

Company unveils first-to-market AI-powered civil engineering application that delivers optimized, accurate site designs up to 10 times faster than traditional methods VANCOUVER (Bentley Systems’ Year in Infrastructure 2024) – Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced new generative AI capabilities for civil site design, includi...

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Network News: How Digital Twins and Analytics Are Shaping the Future of Connectivity And 5G

Not entirely out of sight, but almost always out of mind, cell towers quietly form the backbone of modern communication, powering everything from texts and phone calls to TikTok videos. Some topping 200 feet, they can stand tall like sentinels along roads or poke up from the roofs of high buildings. Their thistle-like tops bristle with antennas, transmitters, and other equipment that keep us conne...

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Becoming Bentley: 40 Years Ago, Bentley Brothers Launched A Software Company That Helped Change How We Live

Five brothers enamoured with computers and their potential pursued a bold idea to create software that could revolutionise how engineers design and build things. They spent the last four decades developing engineering software that has helped shape infrastructure around the world, helping make roads and bridges more resilient, water systems more sustainable, and communities more prepared for a cha...

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Benesch Pilots AI/ML and Digital Twin Technology to Streamline Traditional Pavement Assessment Workflows

Using Bentley’s iTwin Applications Facilitates Data-centricity, Industrializing Industry Pavement Management Practices Traditional pavement management practices and technology lack efficiency and comprehensiveness, failing to maximize asset Benesch initiated a research and development project, exploring the integration of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and digital twins for a ...

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