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Austin
- Country
- United States
- Population
- 960K
- Projects
- 1
- First project
- 2016
- Best evidence
- Official
- Last verified
- 2 August 2026
The atlas documents 1 project in Austin: 1 with a documented success. The entry carries an evidence grade — the strongest here is official (1 entry) — and links its sources.
All 1 project in Austin
✔ Every published entry is checked against the public sources it cites before publication.
Outcome: 1 succeeded — Evidence: 1 official
Deeper reads
Where Austin appears in the atlas's own analysis.
Compare with other cities
🇯🇵 Fujisawa
Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town
Different scales of storage-backed renewables: Austin coordinated batteries with solar for the grid; Fujisawa gave each home its own.
🇺🇸 Anchorage
Railbelt Battery Storage & Fire Island Wind Integration
Austin's SHINES pilot proved the DERMS software; Anchorage's 2024 Megapack shows the same solar-plus-battery idea at grid scale.
🇺🇸 Chattanooga
EPB Quantum Network Infrastructure
Same DOE-funded pattern: a city-owned utility hosting federally backed grid research that produced infrastructure, not a product.
Official strategy and sources
↗ City of Austin, with Austin Energy — the city-owned utility that runs the entry hereThe organization driving the city's smart-city work.
📎 Cite this city
1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Smart-city projects in Austin, United States.” The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/cities/austin/ (last verified 2026-08-02). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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