ʻO Itron Inc, ka mea hana i nā ʻenehana e nānā i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ikehu a me ka wai, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e kūʻai iā Silver Spring Networks Inc., ma kahi ʻaelike i waiwai ʻia ma kahi o $830 miliona, e hoʻonui i kona alo ma ke kūlanakauhale akamai a me nā mākeke pūnaewele akamai.
Kōkua nā lako a me nā lawelawe pūnaewele o Silver Spring i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke kahua pūnaewele mana i loko o kahi pūnaewele akamai, e kōkua ana i ka hoʻokele pono ʻana i ka ikehu. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Itron e hoʻohana ia i ka wāwae o Silver Spring ma nā ʻāpana pono akamai a me ke kūlanakauhale akamai e loaʻa ai ka loaʻa kālā hou ma ka ʻāpana polokalamu ulu kiʻekiʻe a me nā lawelawe.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Itron ua hoʻolālā ʻo ia e hoʻolako kālā i ka ʻaelike, kahi i manaʻo ʻia e pani ʻia i ka hopena o 2017 a i ʻole ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2018, ma o ka hui pū ʻana o ke kālā a me kahi $750 miliona ma kahi aie hou. ʻO ka waiwai o ka ʻaelike o $830 miliona ʻaʻole i komo i loko o $118 miliona o ke kālā a Silver Spring, wahi a nā hui.
Manaʻo ʻia nā hui i hui pū ʻia e hoʻolālā i nā hoʻolaha kūlanakauhale akamai a me ka ʻenehana grid akamai. Ma lalo o nā ʻōlelo o ka ʻaelike, e kūʻai ʻo Itron iā Silver Spring no $16.25 no kēlā me kēia mahele ma ke kālā. ʻO ke kumukūʻai he 25-pakeneka i ke kumukūʻai pani o Silver Spring i ka Pōʻalima. Hāʻawi ʻo Silver Spring i nā kahua Pūnaewele o nā Mea no nā pono hana a me nā kūlanakauhale. Loaʻa i ka hui ma kahi o $311 miliona i ka loaʻa kālā makahiki. Hoʻopili ʻo Silver Spring i 26.7 miliona mau polokalamu akamai a hoʻokele iā lākou ma o kahi kahua Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). No ka laʻana, hāʻawi ʻo Silver Spring i kahi kahua kukui alanui akamai uea ʻole a me nā lawelawe no nā wahi hopena ʻē aʻe.
—Na Randy Hurst
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Pepeluali-13-2022