Managed IoT Hosting
ChirpStack, ThingsBoard, and Grafana on hardened infrastructure. Operations, backups, and monitoring for Bottrop-based companies and climate protection projects - you focus on your core business.
View serviceFrom LoRaWAN network planning to energy monitoring and managed IoT hosting - your IoT service provider for Bottrop and the Innovation City Ruhr. Designed around documented data paths, clear operating responsibilities, and personal technical support.
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Regional requirements, robust technology
Bottrop is the Innovation City Ruhr - the flagship project for climate-friendly urban transformation in the Ruhr Area. Since the closure of the Prosper-Haniel colliery in 2018, the city has been fully committed to energy efficiency, renewable energy, and intelligent infrastructure. Whether energy monitoring for retrofitted buildings, PV system surveillance on brownfield sites, or smart city sensors: we host the IoT platforms that support Bottrop's transformation with data-driven insights.
Sensors, gateways, data platform, business application, identities, interfaces, and operations are planned together. Additional sites, cloud services, or local edge systems can then build on the same architecture model.
Your IoT stack on privacy-focused servers in Germany. Data sovereignty and compliance for Bottrop-based companies, municipalities, and climate protection projects.
Around-the-clock monitoring of your IoT infrastructure. Proactive alerting on failures, automatic scaling, and continuous performance optimization for Bottrop's energy and environmental data.
A dedicated technical contact, coordinated commissioning, and clearly defined response times.
Concrete services
You can start with one clearly defined requirement. Architecture, devices, platform, applications, and operations are planned so the first component can become part of one coherent IoT system when needed.
ChirpStack, ThingsBoard, and Grafana on hardened infrastructure. Operations, backups, and monitoring for Bottrop-based companies and climate protection projects - you focus on your core business.
View serviceWe plan radio coverage and gateway positions from site and building data, select suitable gateways and sensors, provision devices and payload decoders, and integrate them with ChirpStack. Device onboarding, data validation, and radio testing are coordinated with the platform.
View serviceEnd-to-end development of your IoT solution: custom web apps, mobile apps, and dashboards for energy monitoring, CO2 tracking, and smart city data. From platform setup to finished application - cloud or on-premise.
View serviceConnect machines, PLCs, HMIs, edge systems, ERP, and MES through documented protocols and interfaces in one controlled data flow.
View serviceRegional application fields
Typical starting points for companies and organizations in Bottrop and the surrounding economic region.
Hosting the IoT platform for energy monitoring in energy-retrofitted buildings, CO2 reduction tracking, and smart home integration across the Innovation City quarter. Real-time dashboards for consumption analysis and climate protection KPIs.
Technical approach
ThingsBoard, Grafana, ChirpStack
Hosted monitoring platform for solar and PV systems, heat pumps, and battery storage on former mining and industrial sites. Yield forecasting, anomaly detection, and automated reporting.
Technical approach
Grafana, Node-RED, MQTT
Central hosting for intelligent street lighting, environmental sensors, and air quality monitoring on brownfield conversion sites. Automatic threshold alerting and integration with municipal control systems.
Technical approach
ChirpStack, ThingsBoard, Milesight
The examples illustrate possible application patterns. Architecture, radio coverage, device selection, data model, and operating scope are assessed for the specific project.
One system instead of isolated silos
Value does not come from a single sensor or dashboard. What matters is an end-to-end data path with clear interfaces, access rules, and operating responsibilities.
Sensors, gateways, machines, PLCs, and existing data sources are selected or connected according to the measurement task, environment, and protocol.
View componentLoRaWAN, MQTT, cellular links, edge gateways, and private networks move data between sites, platforms, and other systems in a controlled way.
View componentChirpStack, ThingsBoard, Grafana, databases, and rule engines provide device management, processing, history, and alerting.
View componentDashboards, portals, mobile apps, and ERP, MES, and API integrations put IoT data into the actual workflows.
View componentMonitoring, backups, updates, incident response, and service levels keep the platform and data paths maintainable and transparent.
View componentThe architecture can grow with more devices, sites, applications, and deployment locations without introducing isolated connections or hard-to-maintain special paths for every extension.
Technical foundation
Open-source stack optimized for energy and environmental monitoring: ChirpStack for LoRaWAN network management, ThingsBoard for device control and rule engine, Grafana for visualizing climate and energy data. Hosted on Linux servers with TLS encryption, automatic backups, and regular security updates.
LoRaWAN
Radio standard
EU868
Frequency plan
MQTT & APIs
Interfaces
Cloud & on-premises
Deployment models

We rely on Milesight and know the product portfolio inside out - from environmental sensors to LoRaWAN gateways to industrial controllers. We advise, source and integrate the right hardware for your use case.
Milesight hardware ships worldwide - we deliver pre-configured and firmware-updated, ready to deploy.
We also work with hardware from other manufacturers - whether proprietary or open-source. What matters is that it works reliably and integrates into our stack.
Project path
The initial step remains manageable. Device count, architecture, integrations, and operating responsibilities are defined only after the technical assessment.
Capture measurements, sites, users, existing systems, alert paths, and the expected business outcome.
Combine radio path, devices, platform, data model, interfaces, and security requirements in a testable design.
Provision devices, configure services, process data, and connect dashboards or business applications.
Agree monitoring, updates, backups, and response paths, then add further sites or capabilities in a controlled way.
Region and scale
A regional entry point does not limit the architecture. Platforms can cover multiple plants, properties, fields, or customer sites under one operating model.
The regional scope includes Bottrop, Gladbeck, Oberhausen, Essen, Ruhrgebiet, Mülheim an der Ruhr. Multiple sites can share one platform while retaining separate roles, data spaces and alert paths.
Industries
The technical foundation can be adapted to different measurement tasks and business processes.
Specialist services
Dedicated service pages explain platforms, development, LoRaWAN, and visualization in detail.
Enquiry
Briefly describe the measurement task, sites, existing devices, and desired outcome. We will assess architecture, platform, integration, and possible operations.
Answers about our IoT services in Bottrop - from energy efficiency monitoring and network deployment to platform development and managed operations for climate protection, renewable energy, and smart city.
Themen
Through real-time energy monitoring in retrofitted buildings, automated consumption analysis, and CO2 reduction tracking. LoRaWAN sensors capture heating consumption, room climate, and electricity usage - the hosted platform aggregates the data into climate protection KPIs and identifies savings potential.
Yes. Via MQTT and HTTP interfaces, we integrate smart home systems such as KNX, Zigbee, or Z-Wave into the central IoT platform. This allows building automation and energy monitoring to be consolidated across entire quarters and analyzed in real time.
Bottrop's compact urban structure and open brownfield sites provide excellent conditions for LoRaWAN. A few strategically placed gateways - for example on the Tetraeder hill or on municipal buildings - reliably cover large parts of the urban area.
Yes. Via Modbus and M-Bus bridges, existing meters, heat quantity meters, and building controls can be integrated into the LoRaWAN network. This allows legacy buildings to be digitized without extensive rewiring.
Yes. Beyond standard dashboards in Grafana and ThingsBoard, we build custom web apps and mobile apps - for example, quarter-level energy overviews, CO2 cockpits for city administration, or tenant apps with individual consumption feedback.
Yes. Via ThingsBoard and Node-RED, we integrate LoRaWAN, MQTT, HTTP, and Modbus sources into a unified platform. This allows PV yields, building consumption, and air quality data to be analyzed together and forwarded to existing municipal systems.
By default, we operate the platform on agreed infrastructure in German data centers.
Yes. We install and harden the IoT platform remotely on your provided infrastructure.
The timeline depends on the platform, device count, radio planning, data paths, integrations, and operating model. After the technical assessment, you receive a rollout plan with prerequisites, dependencies, and milestones.
Yes. We design multi-tenant platforms for companies, utilities, and the municipality with multiple properties - whether Innovation City quarter, Prosper area, Kirchhellen, or Batenbrock. Each location gets its own dashboards, access controls, and alerting profiles.
Regional IoT entry points
Further regional pages explain LoRaWAN, platform integration, system connectivity and managed operations for the respective business area.
IoT services, LoRaWAN and managed platforms for Gladbeck
View regional serviceIoT services, LoRaWAN and managed platforms for Oberhausen
View regional serviceIoT services, LoRaWAN and managed platforms for Essen
View regional serviceIoT services, LoRaWAN and managed platforms for Ruhrgebiet
View regional serviceNo risk: worst case, you leave with a clearer understanding of your project than before.


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