Data centers leveraging AI technology are becoming the most valuable physical assets for municipalities, promising to manage soon driverless vehicles providing transportation, sanitation and healthcare services in smart cities
Cities and organizations around the globe are reimagining how to manage their most valuable physical assets and spaces using AI. This technology offers powerful new methods to create more sustainable cities, maintain infrastructure and improve public spaces such as roads for residents.
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Today’s urban centers are starting to look and feel different from the cities of the past. The “smart city” boom has transformed the way cities are structured and how people live in urban areas. As smart city urbanization continues to surge, the electric vehicle revolution is surging along with it. EV adoption has been a pivotal aspect in the ongoing transformation of cities, playing a critical role in sustainable mobility.
The cornerstone of EV charging infrastructure is the software that runs the stations and keeps charging accessible to EV drivers. In smart cities, the meld of EV charging software and other smart technologies, such as renewable energy sources, smart tech grids, and IoT devices, contribute to the building of a cohesive, responsive, and ultimately sustainable urban environment.
Being the catalysts of growth, smart cities are founded on a technology-powered infrastructure. Digitisation in global economies has led the way to a transformative shift to smart security, universal convenience, and accelerated advancements.
By 2026, smart cities will be expected to generate an economic benefit of USD 20 trillion globally.
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They didn’t go away — it’s just more about the buildings in the cities now
In May 2020, the smart city concept appeared to have been dead and buried when Sidewalk Labs ended its collaboration with the City of Toronto to create Quayside, a data-infused, sustainability-focused experiment in urban living.
Killed by a combination of Sidewalk Labs’ opaque vision for the techno-neighborhood, conflicts about public funding of the built world over enhancing the natural environment, privacy concerns, and the 2-month-old COVID-19 pandemic, Quayside’s death seemed to herald the demise of the smart city. In December 2021, Alphabet folded Sidewalk Labs, its urban innovation arm, into Google.
How do you define a smart city? If you’re an average urban resident, you believe it’s the use of electronics, devices and systems that collect and interpret digital data to improve resource efficiency and quality of life. While most utilities and technology providers would agree, the term “smart city” has evolved, and is born out of the technological advancements a given society has available or is developing at the time. Many resources and technologies intersect to deliver the current smart city experience — all tied together by one feature: data. Whether it be traffic pattern data informing street light timing and public transportation schedules or solar arrays powering local schools, hospitals and businesses, optimizing the quality of life for smart city residents requires secure, accessible data collection.
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