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Who leads the way in building the cities of tomorrow?asks a recent study by ProptechOS, a Real Estate company dedicated to the confluence between the real estate and technology sectors. In search of an answer, The study analyses 16 variables related to connectivity and infrastructure, sustainability and the labour market, from which it arises that Austin and Miami are leaders in these developments, but according to the same survey, Seattle in Washington State surpasses them.
The company explains that smart cities are characterized by provide many benefits to its residents and act as a beacon for the development of other cities around the worldaccording to the ProptechoOS report.
They also detail that There is no unequivocal sense of what it means to live in a smart city because it is a large universe where sustainable urban design, commitment to the well-being of its residents, and transportation-related connectivity solutions, among other variables, apply.
The map with the 20 smartest cities prepared by Newsweek based on ProptechOS information for 2024
In the 2024 rankings, Seattle in Washington was crowned the smartest city in the United States with 75.7 points in the global ranking. Miami with 75.4 points and Austin With 72.7 they completed the podium of the three best positioned in the entire country.
The achievement of Seattlewhich displaced Austin from the top spot on the list, was based on the number of companies in the AI and IoT sector which houses, with 34 and 13, respectively, for every 100,000 people. In addition, the study values the important advances that were made in the city in the vector of sustainability where Seattle increased its green coverage by 13,700 hectares between 2010 and 2020, in addition to having an infrastructure for charging electric vehicles equivalent to 10 points for every hundred thousand residents, according to ProptechOS
Texas city continues to hold the top spot in smart city infrastructure metricsaustintexas.org
In Austin’s case, the award was bittersweet, as it had topped the list in 2023. Likewise, Texas city continues to hold the top spot in smart city infrastructure metricswith a score of 86.2 out of 100 for being at the forefront in factors such as:
Specifically, the report details that Austin stands out especially for its high speed broadband downloadwhere it achieves a performance of 275.60 Mbps, compared to the country average of 217.14 Mbps. Also, according to the ProptechOS survey, the city is Home to some 337 companies in the artificial intelligence sectorwhich means there are 35 AI companies for every 100,000 residents.
Miami has been a great recipient of new technological ventures in the last two yearsAP
After Seattle in Washington, Miami moved up to second place on the list of smart cities based on its good averages in infrastructure, where it obtained a score of 83.3, Sustainability with 64.9 points and labor market development with 75 points.
In fact, that last indicator has been key to its global positioning because the city has been a major recipient of new technological ventures in the last two yearsto the point of shaking the traditional foundations of Silicon Valley.
In the last two years alone, the AI company investment growth grew by 270%according to a report by The Voice of AmericaThe report highlights the fundamental role of Miami Dade College in this growth, since this higher education institution has an enrollment of 150,000 students and has promoted the creation of an artificial intelligence center, where a synergy has been generated between educational programs and actions of the private sector.
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