The future of and IoT in su
Can the data demands of AI and IoT be counterbalanced to create a net-positive sustainable impact and enhance the world ’ s future smart cities ?
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WRITTEN BY : JOSEPHINE WALBANK
Smart cities are a concept that ’ s revolutionising the way we think about urban living . It is a term that covers cities with advanced data collection and deployment technologies , using advancements in AI , ML , cloud and 5G to manage the services and resources that its residents have access to .
The pace of innovation can hardly keep pace with the industry ’ s imaginings for smart city technologies . Yet alongside this , sustainability targets are becoming increasingly ambitious .
The data demands of our AI , IoT , cloud models , and the consequent neural networks – with their huge computational resources and energy consumption – that they require could seriously hinder the world ’ s net-zero targets .
134 May 2023