On Smart Cities World we read last week about the way that urban digital twinning and city modelling technology is having a transformative effect on how cities are designed, monitored, and managed. The website is referring to a recent report by tech market advisory firm ABI Research, which states that “digital twins will form the ‘end game’ of the smart cities journey to optimized design and the ultra-efficient operation of entire cities”. According to ABI, the technology optimizes performance of cities across verticals such as energy management, mobility, and sustainability. Currently, Rotterdam, Boston, New York, and Singapore are among the cities that have deployed digital twins, but according to ABI, this deployment will rise to more than 500 by 2025.
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