For starters, in the absence of actual residents, scientists working at the site won’t have to worry about the consequences of intentional blackouts, traffic jams, or sewage backups. The exact site has yet to be determined, but the idea is to turn the region into a Silicon Valley of next-generation infrastructure companies.īuilding a town like this from scratch may appear wasteful at first glance there are plenty of existing cities that could benefit from a few next-gen retrofits. The proposed $200 million project will be built by Pegasus Global Holdings, a tech incubator and consulting company, on land owned by the state of New Mexico. The town has yet to be built, but when it’s completed it will be a testing ground where researchers can study how, say, smart grids or intelligent traffic systems will work in the real world. Though it could house 35,000 people, its only visitors will be scientists and engineers working to coax our cities toward a smarter, greener future. This will be a modern ghost town, complete with apartments and offices, houses and highways. But unlike in Western movies, this one won’t be filled with brittle old saloons, horse corrals, and tumbleweeds. Photo: Pascal BovetThe story begins with a setting fit for the Wild West: Down a lonely road in dusty New Mexico lies a ghost town.
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