[New] In 2026, GCC cities like Doha, Dubai, and Riyadh will continue their push towards smart city development.
Travel And Tour World
[New] Hong Kong's ongoing smart city transformation will pivot with the advent of AI increasingly reaching every area of smart city development.
IoT M2M Council
[New] Major projects like NEOM in Saudi Arabia and Dubai's Smart City initiative are creating thousands of opportunities for qualified engineering professionals.
Al-Mithaq Institute
[New] The vision to 2045 is to build a comprehensive smart city model linked to green growth and modern governance.
Nhan Dan Online
[New] Cities like Berlin and Munich are expected to implement pilot projects that include air taxis as part of smart city transportation.
Precedence Research
[New] Expanding next-generation connectivity and ICT infrastructure (projected to reach AED 192 billion in 2025) creates significant opportunities in smart cities, utilities, logistics, real-time monitoring, and IoT-based service platforms.
LOGIC Consulting - A Leading MENA Consulting Firm
[New] Government leadership recognizes blockchain technology's potential to establish the Emirates as a global hub for digital economy activities extending beyond financial services into supply chain management, digital identity, and smart city applications.
CoinRank
[New] Organisers emphasise that air taxis are not a gimmick and believe they will leave an Olympic legacy of a different kind, where the smart city blueprint could be adopted by other countries within a decade.
Goodwood Estate
[New] Drone and robot logistics, as well as smart city traffic control, are growing, presenting significant opportunities for companies with autonomous driving experience, such as Hyundai Motor Company and KT. / UAE
SMART CITY KOREA
India's future smart cities will thrive not on visible technology but on well-functioning, robust utility systems that support growth and attract investors.
Prop News Time
Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 includes a $500 billion NEOM smart city project, designed to be a global innovation hub powered entirely by renewable energy.
Forbes
The projects launching and completing over 2026 will demonstrate whether smart city technologies can deliver on their promises of improved efficiency, sustainability, and quality of life. / USA
CCE l ONLINE NEWS
Researchers at IIT-Indore have developed an Urban Flood Risk Monitoring Application aimed at improving the flood resilience of Indian smart cities.
The Times Of India
The Colorado town of Vail will become the first US municipality to implement HPE's new agentic AI smart city solution.
IoT M2M Council
Europe and Asia-Pacific are expected to follow with robust growth driven by urbanization, smart-city initiatives, infrastructure security and increasing commercial drone adoption.
Market.us Scoop
Smart city investment in North America is projected to reach $750 billion by 2026, up from $3 trillion in 2017.
CCE l ONLINE NEWS
Denver's smart city evolution centers on Pena Station NEXT, a transit-oriented, mixed-use development expected to be completed in 2026.
CCE l ONLINE NEWS
Expected commercially around 2028, 6G will deliver immersive, cloud-based AI-enabled communications across smart cities, autonomous vehicles, and industrial IoT systems.
aipix.ai
For 2026, we expect continued momentum, especially as AI becomes more context-aware and further integrated across mission-critical verticals such as venues and smart cities.
asmag.com
Last updated: 05 January 2026
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