{"id":23042,"date":"2020-03-04T10:09:24","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T08:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/?p=23042"},"modified":"2020-03-04T10:16:43","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T08:16:43","slug":"expected-worldwide-spending-on-smart-city-initiatives-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/expected-worldwide-spending-on-smart-city-initiatives-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Expected Worldwide Spending on Smart City Initiatives in 2020  \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"modal-ready\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-23043 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/smart-city.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"326\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/smart-city.jpg 5556w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/smart-city-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/smart-city-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/smart-city-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/smart-city-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/smart-city-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/smart-city-146x146.jpg 146w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/smart-city-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/smart-city-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/smart-city-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/smart-city-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\" \/>The world will put nearly $124 billion into smart urban solutions in 2020, according to a recent<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.idc.com\/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS46016320\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">analysis by the international consulting firm International Data Corporation (IDC)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Thus, global costs for smart city initiatives will increase by nearly 20% compared to 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Singapore is expected to remain the leader, followed by Tokyo, New York and London. According to the analysis, the top 100 cities in terms of costs account for nearly 30% of<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> global spending<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The prognosis that leading cities will continue to sustain growth in the short term is interesting, but overall the market is comprised of medium and small cities, which are also investing, albeit in relatively smaller projects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The report looks at data on investment in smart solutions across 200 cities. About 80 of them invest more than $100 million a year. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the same time, around 70% of the opportunity lies within cities that are spending $1 million or less per year. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are great opportunities for solutions that draw on the experience of large projects and then adapt them in order to create affordable initiatives for small and medium-sized cities, the report&#8217;s authors comment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last year, one-third of the use cases were <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">related to sustainable energy and infrastructure<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Data-driven public safety and smart transportation <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">accounted for<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 18% and 14% of total costs, respectively. The largest share of investment was attracted by smart grids.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Activities such as CCTV, public transport and intelligent traffic management demonstrate the greatest potential. The fastest growth of costs over the next five years is expected in the area of the so-called <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">vehicle to everything<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (V2X) &#8211; the communication of vehicles with infrastructure, as well as in digital twins (digital copies of physical objects) and officer wearable devices.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By 2023, global spending on smart cities initiatives is expected to reach $ 189.5 billion, with the United States, Western Europe and China holding a 70% share.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The world will put nearly $124 billion into smart urban solutions in 2020, according to a recent analysis by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":23044,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[169],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.14 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Expected Worldwide Spending on Smart City Initiatives in 2020 \u00a0 | Sofia Investment Agency<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&nbsp; 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