San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), a subsidiary of Sempra (NYSE:SRE), Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and the University of California San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography today announced Edge Alert Sentinel (EAS), a new collaboration that will bring artificial intelligence (AI) directly to the front lines of wildfire and extreme-weather response. Designed to detect and analyze rapidly changing conditions in real time, the initiative represents a new approach to environmental intelligence — processing critical data at the point of risk to help utilities and emergency responders act faster when it matters most.

While the initial deployment is in San Diego, the collaboration is intended to demonstrate how edge-based AI can support grid reliability, emergency preparedness and climate resilience.