The Colorado town of Vail will become the first US municipality to implement HPE’s new agentic AI smart city solution. The new installation will provide a scalable AI smart city infrastructure, developed with NVIDIA, SHI International, Blackshark.ai, Kamiwaza, ProHawk AI, and Vaidio, that will run on the town’s own solar and wind-powered data centre.

Vail aims to use AI to enhance public safety, accelerate emergency response time, detect wildfires earlier, optimise traffic flow, and streamline repetitive administrative tasks like housing permits and business licensing applications.

The town will gain AI-driven 508 compliance to ensure its municipal websites are accessible to people with disabilities, further aligning with federal and state legal requirements.

The agentic AI platform is planned to help the town build stronger connections with residents and visitors with a new 24/7 digital concierge at the town’s library, creating a social hub for real-time, local information.

“As our municipality of 4,300 permanent residents hosts up to 30,000 visitors per day during peak season, we value innovation to provide our community members, employers, and guests with the best Vail has to offer,” said Russell Forrest, town manager of the Town of Vail. “Our new smart city infrastructure from HPE will enable us to considerably improve how we communicate with residents and visitors by eliminating mundane processes, freeing up staff to focus on what matters, making Vail more efficient and responsive for everyone.”