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Smart sensors have saved £32,000 by reducing how much city centre flowerbeds needed watering through the summer months.
The Smart City programme in Wrexham has also seen smart benches installed with free USB and wireless phone charging points powered by solar power.
The council has also installed sensors in public bins that plot waste collection routes based on how full they are to keep areas cleaner.
The flower bed sensors saved about £32,000, 1,000 litres of water and three hours in time each day over seven months, according to a council report.
Other real-time flood sensors have also been installed to alert officials when water levels rise in a culvert behind Wrexham's St Giles parish church, improving response times if action is needed.
