Itron Inc, yomwe imapanga ukadaulo wowunikira momwe magetsi ndi madzi amagwiritsidwira ntchito, yati igula Silver Spring Networks Inc., mu mgwirizano wamtengo wapatali wa pafupifupi $830 miliyoni, kuti iwonjezere kupezeka kwake m'misika yanzeru ya mzinda ndi gridi yanzeru.
Zipangizo ndi ntchito za Silver Spring zimathandiza kusintha zomangamanga za gridi yamagetsi kukhala gridi yanzeru, zomwe zimathandiza pakuwongolera bwino mphamvu. Itron adati idzagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu ya Silver Spring m'magawo amagetsi ndi mzinda wanzeru kuti ipeze ndalama zobwerezabwereza mu gawo la mapulogalamu ndi ntchito zomwe zikukula kwambiri.
Itron yati ikukonzekera kulipira mgwirizanowu, womwe ukuyembekezeka kutsekedwa kumapeto kwa chaka cha 2017 kapena koyambirira kwa chaka cha 2018, kudzera mu kuphatikiza ndalama ndi ngongole zatsopano zokwana $750 miliyoni. Mtengo wa mgwirizanowu wa $830 miliyoni sukuphatikizapo ndalama zokwana $118 miliyoni za Silver Spring, makampaniwa adatero.
Makampani ophatikizidwawa akuyembekezeka kuyang'ana kwambiri kukhazikitsidwa kwa mzinda wanzeru komanso ukadaulo wamagetsi anzeru. Malinga ndi zomwe zili mu mgwirizanowu, Itron igula Silver Spring pamtengo wa $16.25 pagawo lililonse la ndalama. Mtengo wake ndi 25 peresenti poyerekeza ndi mtengo womaliza wa Silver Spring Lachisanu. Silver Spring imapereka nsanja za intaneti za zinthu zamagetsi ndi mizinda. Kampaniyo ili ndi ndalama zokwana $311 miliyoni pachaka. Silver Spring imalumikiza zida zanzeru zokwana 26.7 miliyoni ndikuziyang'anira kudzera pa nsanja ya Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). Mwachitsanzo, Silver Spring imapereka nsanja yamagetsi anzeru opanda zingwe komanso ntchito zina.
—Wolembedwa ndi Randy Hurst
Nthawi yotumizira: Feb-13-2022