PlanIT Valley
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Living PlanIT promised a city of 225,000 people run by sensors and an 'Urban Operating System.' It never broke ground — the smartest city that stayed a rendering.
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The strongest source is press reporting; no primary evaluation was located. It grades who did the looking — not how well the project went. All four grades →Part of 1001 Smart Cities — 1,167 documented projects · 🏙️ Paredes city profile · 📡 Sensors & IoT guide · 📡 Data & IoT projects
Near Porto, in Paredes, startup Living PlanIT promised a from-scratch city for roughly 225,000 people run by an 'Urban Operating System' with billions of sensors. The roughly $19 billion needed for full build-out never materialized — the smartest city never built.
🎓 Lesson
A city is not a software product. Without residents, financing and political anchoring, even the smartest 'urban operating system' stays a rendering.
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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “PlanIT Valley” — Paredes, Portugal. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/planit-valley/ (last verified 2026-08-02). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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