The Town of Vail is implementing the **HPE Agentic Smart City Solution**, an AI-powered platform designed specifically for municipalities that want to make city operations smarter, safer, and more sustainable. At its core, the solution is built on **HPE Private Cloud AI**, co-developed with **NVIDIA** as part of the NVIDIA AI Computing by HPE portfolio. This gives Vail:

• Full control over data and AI models – sensitive municipal data stays local, secure, and under the town’s own governance.
• High-performance AI infrastructure – using NVIDIA AI Enterprise software and NVIDIA RTXPRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs to accelerate time-to-first inference and support real-time AI workloads.
• Agentic AI capabilities – a mesh of intelligent AI agents that can reason across departments (housing, emergency services, transportation, etc.) to automate tasks and support better decisions.

The platform is delivered with a curated ecosystem of partners, including:

• SHI International – integration and deployment services.
• Blackshark.ai – geospatial AI and early wildfire detection.
• Kamiwaza – automation, intelligence, and real-time decision-making, including accessibility compliance.
• ProHawk AI – enhanced computer vision in challenging visual conditions.
• Vaidio – video analytics AI agents for real-time monitoring and insights.

All of this runs on Vail’s own **solar- and wind-powered data center**, aligning AI adoption with the town’s sustainability goals. The result is an **AI-ready foundation** that can support current use cases—like wildfire detection and traffic optimization—as well as future workloads such as rental management and parking assistance during peak seasons.

Vail is using the HPE Agentic Smart City Solution to **reimagine how city services are delivered** across safety, operations, and citizen engagement. Here are some of the concrete changes the town expects:

• Enhanced public safety and faster emergency response
  AI will help analyze data from multiple sources to accelerate emergency response times and support first responders with better situational awareness.
• Earlier wildfire detection and risk prediction
  In Colorado, 11 of the 20 largest wildfires have occurred in the past five years. Vail will use AI to analyze drone footage, vegetation health, and seasonal dryness data to predict fire risk earlier and guide proactive action to protect residents and visitors.
• Smarter traffic and peak-season management
  The town has about 4,300 permanent residents but can host up to 30,000 visitors per day during peak season. AI will help optimize traffic flow and, over time, support new use cases like parking assistance and rental management to ease congestion and improve the visitor experience.
• Automated administrative processes
  Repetitive tasks such as housing permits and business licensing applications will be streamlined with AI. This reduces manual work, shortens turnaround times, and frees staff to focus on higher-value community priorities.
• Improved accessibility and compliance
  The platform will deliver AI-driven 508 compliance to help ensure municipal websites are accessible to people with disabilities, aligning with federal and state requirements and making digital services easier to use for everyone.
• 24/7 digital concierge for residents and visitors
  Vail will introduce a round-the-clock digital concierge at the town’s library, creating a social hub where people can access real-time local information, services, and guidance whenever they need it.

Behind the scenes, the agentic AI platform connects departments—housing, emergency services, transportation, and more—on a unified data foundation. This helps the town eliminate silos, improve communication, and deliver services that feel more responsive and coordinated to the people who live, work, and visit there.

Vail is intentionally designing its AI strategy to align with long-term sustainability and responsible technology use. Here’s how:

• Running AI on renewable energy
  The town is operating its smart city platform on a solar- and wind-powered data center. This allows Vail to support advanced AI workloads while staying aligned with its climate and sustainability goals.
• Addressing AI’s growing energy footprint
  AI is expected to be a major driver of data center energy use. A 2025 International Energy Agency report projects that global data center electricity consumption could more than double by 2030, reaching about 945 terawatt-hours, driven largely by AI workloads. By using renewable infrastructure and efficient AI computing, Vail is showing how municipalities can adopt AI without significantly increasing their carbon footprint.
• Proactive climate resilience
  With 11 of Colorado’s 20 largest wildfires occurring in the past five years, Vail is using AI for early wildfire detection and risk prediction. This supports a more proactive approach to climate-related disasters—helping the town plan evacuations, shelter, and emergency response before conditions escalate.
• Secure, governed AI deployment
  By using HPE Private Cloud AI, Vail keeps data and AI models under local control, with strong governance and compliance. This approach helps the town balance innovation with privacy, security, and regulatory requirements.

Overall, Vail’s deployment illustrates a model for cities that want to use AI to improve safety, services, and economic development while still honoring environmental commitments and responsible data practices.