The infrastructure is not intelligent: roads, power grids and water-distribution systems are all essentially networks of dumb pipes.

基础设施未智能化：道路、电网及配水系统基本都是哑管道网络。

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Power systems operators monitor and operate switchboards and related equipment in electrical control centres to control the distribution of electrical power in transmission networks.

电力系统操作员监视和操作交换机及电气控制中心的相关设备，控制传输网络中电力的分布。

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The configurations and operation conditions of distribution power networks are getting more and more complicated with the rapid developments of modern power systems.

随着现代电力系统的飞速发展，配电网的结构和运行情况日趋复杂。

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Storage capacity requirements are growing due to the proliferation of video cameras and sensor networks, user generated content and its use in social networks, content distribution systems as well as on-line storage to support backups and disaster recovery.

FORBES: Storage System Trends for 2013 and Beyond

But they are banking on the same sorts of improvements: cost savings from merging trading systems, better distribution networks and so on.

ECONOMIST: Euronext and the LSE