I-Itron Inc, eyenza ubuchwepheshe bokuqapha ukusetshenziswa kwamandla namanzi, ithe izothenga iSilver Spring Networks Inc., esivumelwaneni senani elilinganiselwa ku-$830 million, ukuze yandise ubukhona bayo edolobheni elihlakaniphile nezimakethe zamagridi ahlakaniphile.
Izinsiza zenethiwekhi ye-Silver Spring namasevisi asiza ukuguqula ingqalasizinda yegridi yamandla ibe igridi ehlakaniphile, esiza ekuphathweni kahle kwamandla. U-Iron uthe uzosebenzisa umkhondo we-Silver Spring emkhakheni wezinsiza ezihlakaniphile kanye nomkhakha wedolobha elihlakaniphile ukuze uthole imali eqhubekayo engxenyeni yesofthiwe ekhula kakhulu nezinsizakalo.
U-Iron uthe uhlela ukuxhasa ngezimali lesi sivumelwano, okulindeleke ukuthi sivalwe ngasekupheleni kuka-2017 noma ekuqaleni kuka-2018, ngenhlanganisela yemali kanye nesikweletu esisha esingaba ngu-$750 million. Intengo yesivumelwano sika-$830 million ayifaki imali eyizigidi ezingu-118 zamaRandi emali yeSilver Spring, kusho izinkampani.
Izinkampani ezihlanganisiwe kulindeleke ukuthi ziqondise ukuthunyelwa kwedolobha elihlakaniphile kanye nobuchwepheshe begridi ehlakaniphile. Ngaphansi kwemibandela yesivumelwano, u-Iron uzothenga iSilver Spring ngesabelo esingu-$16.25 esiyimali. Ithegi yentengo iyiprimiyamu engamaphesenti angama-25 enanini lokuvala le-Silver Spring ngoLwesihlanu. I-Silver Spring inikeza izinkundla ze-inthanethi Yezinto zezinsiza namadolobha. Le nkampani inemali elinganiselwa ku-$311 million ngonyaka. I-Silver Spring ixhuma amadivayisi ahlakaniphile ayizigidi ezingu-26.7 futhi iwaphathe ngenkundla ye-Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). Isibonelo, i-Silver Spring inikeza inkundla yokukhanyisa yasemgwaqweni ehlakaniphile engenazintambo kanye nezinsizakalo zamanye amaphuzu okuphela.
—NguRandy Hurst
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Feb-13-2022