Agro City Living Lab

Interface and cloud configuration

Implementation of a cloud environment for acquiring, storing, and visualizing the data collected by the sensors.

Logical configuration and virtualization

Creation of the logical infrastructure and installation of software that enables communication between servers and devices.

Physical infrastructure and connectivity

Assembly of the physical and Wi-Fi network, with equipment such as switches, antennas, and support racks.

Field validation and testing

Validation of sensor kits and IoT devices, ensuring that the data is accurate and stable under different environmental conditions.

API development

Creation of programming interfaces that connect agricultural stations to the cloud and to UCS systems.

Security and scalability

Multiple layers of protection (VPN, Firewall, WAF, tokens) and global backups, ensuring data integrity and availability.

The fundamental role of technology is to support projects that unite economic, social, environmental, and human benefits.

With this vision, the partnership with the University of Caxias do Sul (UCS) was created to develop the technological infrastructure of the Agro City Living Lab, an innovation ecosystem that integrates research, agriculture, and smart cities.

The initiative represents the beginning of a living platform for data and experimentation, where technology and nature interact to create knowledge and real solutions for the future.

How to connect the field, the city, and the cloud?

The mission of the Agro City Living Lab is to create an environment where sensors, data, and people connect to generate applied intelligence. The challenge was to build a solid technological foundation capable of unifying information from different suppliers and devices, ensuring interoperability, security, and scientific accuracy.

SPO was responsible for designing and implementing all the IT, hardware, and software infrastructure that supports the Living Lab, an ecosystem that connects weather stations, agricultural sensors, and cloud platforms.

The project ranged from the physical installation of networks and antennas to the development of APIs and integration systems that enable the continuous and reliable flow of data between the field and the laboratory.

With this, SPO created the technological foundation that will allow the Agro City Living Lab to evolve toward advanced applications of Artificial Intelligence and predictive analysis, opening space for studies on agricultural productivity, sustainability, and territorial management.

Interoperability as the essence of innovation

The project’s greatest differentiator was addressing the challenge of interoperability: making systems from different providers “speak the same language.” This integration is the heart of the Living Lab: it ensures that soil, humidity, temperature, and other variable data are consistent, readable, and actionable.

In practice, this means transforming fragmented data into strategic information for research and sustainable development.

“Our work is to build the invisible bridge between data and decision. When a sensor sends a signal and the researcher can turn it into knowledge, that is when technology fulfills its role.” — Odair Pianta, CEO of SPO.

Technology in the service of sustainability and knowledge

The project with UCS reinforces SPO’s commitment to responsible innovation—innovation born from listening, collaboration, and the pursuit of positive impact.

The Agro City Living Lab infrastructure creates the conditions for universities, producers, and companies to experiment with new ways to cultivate, preserve, and innovate. It is the union of scientific knowledge and digital transformation to drive the future of agribusiness and smart cities.

Beyond enhancing productivity, the initiative enables waste reduction, rational water use, and mitigation of climate impacts on crops. It is purpose-driven technology, connecting science, environment, and society.

Technical excellence and SPO methodology

The project follows SPO’s established methodology, structured in four stages:

Discovery: immersion in the client’s context and understanding of specific challenges.
Architecture: modeling the ideal data structure and infrastructure.
Development: incremental prototyping and system integration.
Testing and Implementation: validation, approval, and active post-launch monitoring.

SPO also provides continuous monitoring and dedicated technical support, ensuring stable and secure operation even with large volumes of real-time data.

SPO as the link in transformation

If science is the brain and agriculture is the heart of the Agro City Living Lab, SPO is the nervous system that makes everything work in harmony.

It ensures that every sensor, server, and dashboard communicate smoothly, so that data becomes insight, insight becomes decision, and decision generates impact.

Through the UCS project, SPO reaffirms its role as a purpose-driven technological transformation agent, building bridges between the human, digital, and sustainable.