European Cities Turn to NVIDIA-Powered AI Agents for Urban Operations
Cities and local technology partners across the EMEA region are building physical AI agents and digital twins on NVIDIA accelerated computing to support decisions on maintenance, planning and public services, according to NVIDIA. Projects span Belgium, Finland, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, the U.K. and other locations.
- Cities and partners across EMEA are building AI agents and digital twins on NVIDIA Cosmos, Nemotron, Omniverse and the Metropolis VSS blueprint.
- In France, agents across more than 500 public buildings in Côte-d'Or cut document search from weeks to minutes and reduce total operating costs by 10%, according to NVIDIA.
- Milan-region municipalities are deploying a locally operated AI factory, starting with Cinisello Balsamo and planning four more municipalities.
- Cisco, Dell Technologies, HPE, Lenovo and Supermicro package NVIDIA hardware into locally operated AI factories so cities keep control of data and models.
What the agents do
NVIDIA says software partners including ABA Technology, Akila, Galene AI, Honeywell Technologies, K2K, Linker Vision, Milestone, Onetera, ThinkDeep and Younite are using its physical and agentic AI to develop solutions for city operations. The applications are meant to anticipate maintenance needs, guide urban planning and make public services more responsive.
Two sets of tools sit at the core. NVIDIA Cosmos open models and the NVIDIA Metropolis Blueprint for video search and summarization (VSS) help agents interpret video and identify conditions that need attention, such as traffic congestion, equipment condition, underused spaces and safety hazards. NVIDIA Nemotron open models let developers build agents that reason over information, respond in natural language and deploy digital twins with NVIDIA Omniverse libraries.
Projects in the U.K., France and Italy
In the U.K., K2K is exploring AI factories for the Liverpool City Region using NVIDIA accelerated computing, Cosmos and the VSS blueprint, testing applications for mobility and safety. The Island of Jersey is working with K2K on decision-making, mobility and urban planning, alongside clean energy and public services. Innovation City Belfast is exploring a pilot with K2K focused on smart mobility, transport systems, citizen safety and event and response management.
In France, the Department of Côte-d'Or, Akila and ThinkDeep built operations agents that combine sensor, infrastructure and historical data in a sovereign digital twin. They use Nemotron, Omniverse and accelerated computing, and Cosmos adoption is planned for video data. Across more than 500 public buildings, the agents support energy, compliance, safety and climate resilience. According to NVIDIA, they cut document search time from weeks to minutes and reduce total operating costs by 10%, with a target of 30% at scale. Port Sud de France in Sète is also working with ThinkDeep's agentic platform, which uses Cosmos and Nemotron to analyze cargo and safety data, coordinate operations and guide secure handling of hazardous materials.
In Italy's Milan region, Galene.AI, Dell Technologies and TD Synnex are deploying a locally operated AI factory, starting with Cinisello Balsamo and planning expansion to four additional municipalities. Services include real-time translation, citizen chatbots and help with procurement and funding. The aim is to give people access to municipal data in seconds rather than hours while keeping local governance of data.
Ports, Nordic digital twins and Dubai
At the Port of Antwerp-Bruges in Belgium, Milestone and Dell Technologies are testing how agentic vision AI using Cosmos and the VSS blueprint could support complex cases such as oil-spill warnings. Models would be trained with synthetic data to prepare for incidents where real-world data is scarce.
In Sweden, Younite is developing a digital twin experience with Omniverse libraries for Gothenburg as part of the EU's Citiverse initiative. It is meant to help cities simulate changes and improve accessibility by offering event entrance previews, seating and crowd conditions before arrival. NVIDIA says the ambition is to adapt such applications to local needs and extend them across departments and to neighboring municipalities and countries, such as Wroclaw in Poland.
Outside Europe, Honeywell Technologies is deploying Forge Cognition, powered by Nemotron, Cosmos, Omniverse and the VSS blueprint, at the Dubai Fairmont Hotel. It connects AI agents with building systems to improve reliability, energy efficiency and operations.
Infrastructure for moving beyond pilots
NVIDIA argues that scaling from pilots to everyday operations requires infrastructure that can process local data, customize models and run AI agents. Cisco, Dell Technologies, HPE, Lenovo and Supermicro are packaging NVIDIA accelerated computing, networking and storage into locally operated AI factories. These systems let cities run intelligent applications locally while retaining control of their data, models and operations.
Nebius and Net Zero Compute are part of the wider ecosystem building AI factories meant to speed deployment and reduce costs for agentic services. EY and Accenture provide integration and operational expertise to connect applications with city systems, helping cities build repeatable deployment blueprints they can adapt across departments.
For city administrations, the examples point to a model where AI tools run on locally controlled infrastructure and data stays under local governance. Several projects remain pilots or explorations, and the cost and time savings cited come from NVIDIA's own account of the French deployment. NVIDIA is presenting its work with partners at Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona, running Nov. 3-5.
