The first smart city development in the Middle East, the partly constructed Masdar City in Abu Dhabi, relies on renewable energy sources and utilizes sustainable building materials such as low-carbon cement and recycled aluminum. The Line will harness an estimated 90 percent of available data to enhance infrastructure capabilities-a percentage significantly greater than that utilized in any existing smart city. The aim is for the Line to be carbon positive, and for it to be powered by clean energy, artificial intelligence, machine learning and predictive analytics. The largest of these projects is the planned US$500 billion mega-city, NEOM, which according to recently unveiled plans will incorporate a zero-carbon hyper-connected city called "the Line." It is currently developing four significant smart cities-NEOM, Amaala, Qiddiya and the Red Sea Project-each involving multibillion-dollar construction contracts. Saudi Arabia stands out especially for its ambitious giga-projects. The implementation of digital and data-driven technologies has the power to enhance the socio-economic potential of these new "smart cities" and to improve the day-to-day lives of those who live there.Ĭountries in the Middle East have been remarkably proactive in developing smart cities, with a tendency to build them from the ground up rather than incorporating technology into existing environments.
Countries in the Middle East have been remarkably proactive in developing smart cities, with a tendency to build them from the ground up
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