Future City 'Solarsido' Unveiled at the 2022 World Smart City Expo

Aerial View of Future City 'Solar City' [Provided by Hanyang]

[Asia Economy Reporter Noh Kyung-jo] Solarsido Enterprise City announced on the 30th that it will introduce the future city 'Solarsido' at the 2022 World Smart City Expo.

The expo will be held from August 31 to September 2 at KINTEX in Ilsan. As a platform for exchanging smart city-related technologies, public and private experts gather to collectively envision a sustainable future city centered on people. It is co-hosted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Ministry of Science and ICT.

Solarsido is an eco-friendly future city being developed on a 6.32 million pyeong site in the Haenam-gun area. Last year, it was selected for the 24 billion KRW 'Regional Hub Smart City Development Project' announced by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

Based on core concepts such as energy, gardens, and smart technology, various smart infrastructures are being harmoniously built with nature, including ▲ autonomous driving mobility services ▲ solar-powered waste treatment facilities, smart poles, and other lifestyle services ▲ smart healthcare ▲ metaverse safety and security systems.

The biggest feature of Solarsido is the realization of a 'city within a garden.' Unlike traditional garden cities where parks are artificially placed between houses and buildings, Solarsido incorporates the city while preserving the original natural environment as much as possible. At the center of the nature-friendly residential complex, a community center concentrating lifestyle services (guesthouse, shopping mall, sports facilities, etc.) is also provided.

A 'data center cluster' based on renewable energy will also be established within Solarsido. This project involves building a data center cluster with a capacity of over 200 MW, a dedicated solar power generation complex, and an infrastructure and trading system for power supply between producers and consumers.

A Solarsido official said, "The World Smart City Expo will be an opportunity to introduce Solarsido as a standard for future cities where people want to live," adding, "In the face of the crisis of regional extinction, we will strive to develop it as a model case of balanced development, a future city where regional characteristics and smart technologies are harmoniously implemented."

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